| 1 Preliminaries - thinking about the type of job you want |
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1.2 What is the purpose of a CV/resume? |
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1.3 What are research institutes really looking for? And companies? |
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1.4 Is it a good idea to send the same CV to different companies/institutes? |
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1.5 Do I need to be honest? |
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1.6 Will recruiters access my Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts? |
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1.7 Should I used LinkedIn? |
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1.8 Should I consider a video CV? |
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1.9 Is it a good idea to have my CV on my personal website? |
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| 2 Templates and Recruiters |
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2.2 How many pages should a CV be? |
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2.3 What is the typical order of information in a CV? |
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2.4 What is a template? Should I use one? |
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2.5 How fast do recruiters read CVs? Do all recruiters read CVs in the same way? |
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2.6 Isn't the information contained in my CV more important to a recruiter than the layout? |
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2.7 How can I help recruiters understand what the most important fr information is on CV? |
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2.8 How does a LinkedIn page differ from a traditional CV? |
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2.9 What do potential employers want to see on my LinkedIn page? |
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2.10 How do recruiters and HR use LinkedIn? |
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2.11 Do recruitment agencies ask candidates to use a particular template? |
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2.12 I want to be different. Should I create my own layout and style? |
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2.13 What about spacing between lines, paragraphs and sections? And bullets? Fonts? |
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2.14 What is the Europass? Why and how should I modify it? |
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2.15 I have decided to use a template. What can I customize? |
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2.16 Templates and Recruiters: Do's and Don'ts |
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| 3 Personal Information |
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3.2 How should I write my name? |
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3.3 Where should I write my name? |
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3.4 Should I include a photograph? |
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3.5 I have decided to include my photo. What kind of photo should I choose? |
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3.6 What are the qualities of a good photograph? |
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3.7 How should I write my date of birth? |
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3.8 How 'professional' does my email address need to look? |
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3.9 How should I present myself on LinkedIn? |
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3.10 On LinkedIn, what should I put under 'Advice for contacting'? |
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3.11 Personal information: Do's and Don'ts |
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| 4 Objectives and Personal Profiles |
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4.2 What is an Objective? |
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4.3 What should I write in my Objective? |
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4.4 Is writing an Objective always a good idea? |
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4.5 What is a personal profile/career summary? Where in my CV/resume should it be located? |
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4.6 How should I structure my personal profile and what should it include |
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4.7 What is the best format - one single paragraph or a series of bullet points? |
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4.8 What tenses should I use in my personal profile? |
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4.9 How can I make my statements sound more dynamic? |
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4.10 How can I match my profile to the job specifications? |
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4.11 How useful will my profile be for recruiters? |
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4.12 What key words should I insert in my profiles and how can I insert them? |
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4.13 How do I write a profile on LinkedIn, Academia and Research Gate? |
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4.14 Where should I place my profile online? |
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4.15 Objectives and Profiles: Do's and Don'ts |
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| 5 Personal Statements, Bios, and Publications |
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5.2 What is a Personal Statement? What are the elements of a good Personal Statement? |
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5.3 What is a motivational letter? What is a statement of interest? |
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5.4 What is a bio? When would I need one? |
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5.5 What is the structure of an extended bio? |
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5.6 How do I write a bio for a home page? |
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5.7 Can my academic biography include personal information and humor? |
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5.8 How should I report my publications? |
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5.9 Do's and Don'ts: Writing a Bio |
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| 6 Education |
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6.2 Should I make my education and work experience look as if I have always been following a well-defined path? |
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6.3 Where should the Education and Work sections be located? |
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6.4 What is the typical layout? |
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6.5 Which is better I developed a system or Developed a system (i.e. with or without the personal pronoun)? |
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6.6 How should I write the date in the Work Experience and Education sections? |
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6.7 I am not sure whether my degree has an equivalent outside my own country. What should I do? |
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6.8 What about additional courses that I have attended? |
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6.9 Education: Do's and Don'ts |
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| 7 Work/Research Experience |
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7.2 How should I lay out the Work Experience section? |
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7.3 Do I have to call this section Work Experience? Are there any other alternatives? |
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7.4 How can I highlight how my work experience fits in with the post I am applying for? What key words should I try to insert? |
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7.5 How can I make my key words stand out, yet not be too obtrusive? |
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7.6 I am a recent graduate. My CV looks rather empty. What can I do to fill it up? |
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7.7 Is it worth mentioning my teaching experience, even if it does not directly relate to the post I am applying for? |
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7.8 How should I describe internships and other research experiences? |
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7.9 I have done some jobs that don't seem to fit under the heading Work Experience, can I call them 'Other Work Experience'? |
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7.10 Work Experience: Do's and Don'ts |
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| 8 Technical and Soft Skills |
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8.2 How should I list my technical skills? |
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8.3 Under what section should I put my language skills? And how do I mention them? |
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8.4 Should I have a separate section entitled 'Communication Skills'? |
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8.5 How should I talk about my personality and soft skills? |
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8.6 How should I outline my skills in a resume? |
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8.7 Skills: Do's and Don'ts |
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| 9 Personal Interests |
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9.2 Under what heading should I put my hobbies and interests? |
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9.3 Which, if any, of my hobbies and interests should I mention in my CV and my online profiles? |
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9.4 What hobbies and interests should I avoid mentioning? |
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9.5 How can I use my interests to provide evidence of my soft skills? |
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9.6 Should I write a list or a short paragraph? |
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9.7 What are the dangers of writing a paragraph? |
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9.8 Are there any other tricks for gaining the hirer's attention through my Personal Interests section? |
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9.9 How should I talk about my interests on LinkedIn? |
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9.10 I don't have any Honors & Awards. Is it a problem? |
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9.11 What about Volunteer Experience and Causes? |
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9.12 Personal Interests: Do's and Don'ts |
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| 10 References and Reference Letters |
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10.2 Do I need to provide the names of referees on my CV? |
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10.3 Where should I put my referees on my CV? |
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10.4 Will HR people and recruiters contact my referees? |
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10.5 What is a reference letter? How important is it? |
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10.6 Who should I ask to write my reference letter? Can I write it myself? |
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10.7 How should I ask someone to write a reference letter for me? |
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10.8 How important is it for the reference letter to be written in good English? |
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10.9 Example of a poorly written letter |
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10.10 How should I structure my reference letter? |
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10.11 Is it acceptable and ethical for me to write my own reference letters? What are the dangers? |
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10.12 Is it OK for the reference letter to include negative information? |
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10.13 Are there significant differences in style between the ways US and UK academics write reference letters? |
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10.14 More examples of typical things mentioned in a reference letter |
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10.15 How can I get and exploit recommendations on LinkedIn? |
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10.16 References and reference letters: Do's and Don'ts |
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| 11 Cover Letters |
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11.2 What is a cover letter? How important is it? |
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11.3 What does the reader (HR person, secretary, professor) expect to find in a cover letter? |
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11.4 What is the typical structure of a cover letter? |
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11.5 How should I write a letter for a position in academia? |
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11.6 How should I write a letter for a position in business? |
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11.7 How should I apply for job that has not been advertised? |
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11.8 How can I use LinkedIn members when applying for job that has not been advertised and where. I do not know anyone in the company/institute? |
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11.9 What impression will hiring managers get if I use a template for my own cover letter? |
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11.10 Using my cover letter, how can I make it look as if I am perfect for the job advertised? |
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11.11 What information do I not need to include in my cover letter? |
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11.12 What are the dangers of writing an email cover letter? |
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11.13 What should I write if I am simply making an enquiry about a possible job (i.e. no job has actually been advertised)? |
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11.14 My cover letter does not fit on one page, what can I leave out? |
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11.15 What does a good cover look like? |
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11.16 Cover Letters: Do's and Don'ts |
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| 12 Checking your English and more |
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12.2 How important are my CV, cover letter and other such documents? |
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12.3 How important is the reader's first impression? |
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12.4 Am I likely to be a good judge of how accurate, appropriate and effective my CV and cover letter are? |
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12.5 How important is my English? |
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12.6 How important is spelling in English? |
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12.7 Can I use Google Translate to translate my CV and LinkedIn profile? |
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12.8 What do I need to be careful about when translating from my language into English? |
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12.9 Will I create a good impression if I use sophisticated grammar and complex sentence constructions? |
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12.10 What final checks should I make before sending my CV/resume and the cover letter? |
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12.11 On LinkedIn what final checks do I need to make? |
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12.12 If they contact me for an interview, what should I write back? |
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12.13 Checking your English and more... : Do's and Don't |
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| Appendix - Downloadable templates for CVs |
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| Keys to What's the buzz? exercises |
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| Sources for the Factoids |
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| Index |
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