- Features interviews with industry professionals, employers, and graduates, self-development exercises and focused learning outcomes
- Is a one-stop shop with everything readers need to become job-ready, including developing the skills that employers want, doing a successful job search, performing in interviews and assessment centres and planning for a dream career
- Empowers job-seekers to feel in control of their employability and career planning by providing practical advice and interactive self-assessment exercises
The Job-Ready Guide
How to Set Yourself Up for Career Success
Develop the skills employers want, succeed at the job application process and plan for a successful career in your dream industry with this inspiring and practical one-stop-shop.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9780749483258
Edition: 1
Published:
Format: 235x155
248 pages
About the book
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'.
About the authors
Anastasia de Waal is director of I Can Be, a charity focused on breaking down barriers to opportunity for disadvantaged children and young people.
Before setting up I Can Be, she was Deputy Director of think tank Civitas and Director of the Family and Education Unit. A qualified primary school teacher and a Trustee of national parenting support charity Family Lives, Anastasia de Waal has written a number of publications on education and family issues.
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