Saturday, October 24, 2009

Career change resources 24 October - CV tips

I've been posting more useful career change tips and resources on Twitter - here is a further selection, all connected with CV writing.

1) Pimp Your Resume: 5 Cool CV Tips - http://bit.ly/nYmRA
2) Resume Building – 8 Tips For On The Job Resume Building: Don’t Wait until you are Out of a job to update your CV http://bit.ly/iN0v7
3) Why Shouldn’t I Write My Own Resume? Asking a professional for help with your CV: http://bit.ly/GVBFB
4) Three Resume Rules for Baby Boomers: For job seekers over 50 worried their CV dates them: http://bit.ly/NwBBC
5) For help with your CV, visit http://bit.ly/45V2Xa
6) Should you lie on your resume? http://bit.ly/Rok0u
7) Is Your Resume Presentable? http://bit.ly/3owSRp
8) Cover Letter Tactics That Give Your Cover Letters an Unfair Advantage: http://bit.ly/15ZwDn
9) Avoid the Cardinal Sins of Resume Writing http://bit.ly/2kG9CX
10) Quick and Easy Tips to a Resume and Cover Letter: When you submit your resume to a recruiter or prospective employer: http://bit.ly/qvrDw

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And if you are at the stage where you are thinking of changing career but don't know what you'd like to do instead - I offer a career coaching programme aimed at helping you find the work you would LOVE to do - visit http://www.transitionslifecoaching.co.uk/career.php for further information, then contact me for a free consultation.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Career change resources 8 October

Here's another selection of useful articles for those of you looking to change careers.

1) Are you ready to change career paths? http://bit.ly/MSVFc

2) How to Gracefully Leave a Job: Just as every story has an ending, so do jobs. http://bit.ly/3vGoPK

3) Eleven businesses you can start at home in your pyjamas. http://ow.ly/pSwL

4) The top 5 reasons why resumes fail: http://bit.ly/iBFYP

5) Resume Rules for Baby Boomers: For job seekers over 50 worried that their CV dates them: http://bit.ly/NwBBC

6) Write catchy cover letters to get job interviews: http://bit.ly/lzb52

7) Improve your chance of interview success - 4 Top Interview Questions and YOUR Best Answers: http://bit.ly/140mhj

8) Finding a job without prior work experience http://tinyurl.com/nj267q

9) Good book: The work we were born to do, by Nick Williams. http://tinyurl.com/yc9gnu5

10) How much enthusiasm should you show at a job interview? http://bit.ly/k0Ug2