The Job-Ready Guide: How to Set Yourself Up for Career Success

By Anastasia de Waal

Book Overview

To get the career you want, you need to be job-ready. This is your all-in-one guide to understanding what employers want and how to prepare yourself with a personal career plan.

From gaining work experience, to mastering essential skills and acing the application process, The Job-Ready Guide is a complete resource for standing out from the crowd and getting a job offer. It shows you how to build a strong CV, write an impressive cover letter, excel at interviews, and cultivate the professionalism that employers want.

Moving from education into the workplace can be a challenge: the world of work demands skills that you may never have had to truly use - or think about - before. The Job-Ready Guide will help you to boost your employability, covering everything you need to prepare for and start a successful career. You'll be able to conduct a systematic job search, learn how to network and develop a personal brand online, as well as hone valuable skills including leadership, teamwork, creativity and problem-solving. A highly practical, hands-on guide, this book is packed with useful features, including interactive exercises to help you in your real life; insider advice from employers; and tips from professionals at different stages in their careers who reveal 'what they wish they'd known'.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0749483253
• ISBN13: 9780749483258
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 16 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 11 to Postsecondary