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WORK AND TRAINING
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Subsection 11.01a:
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Printed material
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How You Can Get That Job
| 0 74943 894 0
| £7.99
| Jan03 |
| Provides
step-by-step advice to completing an application form. Covers:
understanding what employers are looking for, planning your
application, getting across your skills and personality, presenting
and filling in the form, and how you can use the Internet.
Kogan Page Ltd in association with The Times. |
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The Job Application Handbook
| 978 1857039924
| £9.99
| Oct04 |
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book looks at how to approach employers when they are made
redundant, entering the job market for the first time or simply
wanting a change. How to Books |
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Online Job Hunting
| 978 0749436469
| £10.99
| Jan02 |
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Provides
a starting point for using the Web to find a job. Covers:
job and CV banks, job sites, online security, building an
electronic CV, sending electronic CVs, email covering letters,
and developing an online strategy. Kogan Page |
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Readymade Job Search Letters
| 978 0749442774
| £8.99
| Nov04 |
| Provides
tips, guidelines and sample letters covering a variety of
situations including: speculative letters, introductory letters,
letters responding to advertised vacancies, letters applying
for promotion, covering letters accompanying CVs and application
forms, and online letters and emails. Kogan Page Ltd in association
with The Times
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Create 2008
| 1 903449 30 8
| £99.00
| Jul06 |
| Pack contains
the master sheets for 17 self-study workbooks focusing on
the needs of post-16 students and adult clients. Each workbook
is designed to help the user explore a topic in depth. Features
step-by-step instructions, activities and exercises, advice
and information, addresses of relevant websites, recommended
reading, action points, and guidance notes. Use 10 digit ISBN.
Highflyers (also features in Choices category) |
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What Color is Your Parachute?
2008
| 978 1580088671
| £16.99
| Oct07 |
Contains
full range of information, facts and statistics.New edition
includes Internet developments and the changes taking place
in job hunting methods. Ten Speed Press |
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on professional careers resources see Choices
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Videos
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I Like the Sound of Her
| XJUMP11
| £35.00+VAT
| 1994 |
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video covers telephone and job search skills. It highlights
the many ways in which having a good telephone manner and
using good verbal communication is as important as having
an effective CV to the job seeker. Jumpcut Ltd |
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Useful websites
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Careers Advice Service - Assess your Skills and Interests
http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/skills/
(opens in a new window)
Interactive quiz to help discover skills and interests
Careers Advice Service - Application forms
http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/appforms/
(opens in new window)
Assistance on how to complete an application form
Career Values Tool from advice resources
www.careervaluestool.com/adviceresources.htm
(opens in new window)
Career Value Tool to assist with decision making, career moves
and job comparisons.
Prospects
www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/
Applications__CVs_and_interviews/p!eefmd (opens in a
new window)
Comprehensive section on applications, CVs and interviews
Direct Gov
www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Jobseekers/LookingForWork/index.htm
Government information website for UK citizens. (opens
in a new window)
Monster UK
http://content.monster.co.uk/13705_en-GB_p1.asp
Commerical job search website offering career information
on CV and applications. (opens in a new window)

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