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Turn Your Degree into a Career Michael Collins

Turn Your Degree into a Career By Michael Collins

Turn Your Degree into a Career by Michael Collins


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Summary

Proven job-hunting techniques to help you find and launch your ideal career. This book provides honest advice about the true nature of job-hunting as a graduate, based on the author's extensive experience of teaching students how to successfully turn their degree into a career.

Turn Your Degree into a Career Summary

Turn Your Degree into a Career: A Step-by-step Guide to Achieving Your Dream Career by Michael Collins

The graduate of ten years ago started work armed with nothing more than a degree. With over 40 per cent of school leavers studying at higher education, you now need much more to impress a potential employer. Whatever you studied at university, you still have a wide choice of potential careers. The subject of your degree doesn't have to determine your career direction. What is important is how you go about getting that career. Turn your Degree into a Career covers everything you need to turn yourself from graduate to professional. It explores how you can decide upon your ideal career - what careers you might enjoy, what skills you want to use, and where you want to work. It deals with researching your career, and how to supercharge your CV with a year out. All the basics are covered including how to write application forms, CVs and covering/speculative letters that really work. You'll find useful information on preparing for a successful interview, dealing with aptitude tests and assessment centres, notes on pursuing post-graduate qualifications, as well as tips for survival in the world of work.

About Michael Collins

Dr Michael Collins runs a course on Personal and Academic Development in the University of East Anglia, offering undergraduates support on careers and job-hunting issues. Benjamin Scott, once a student on Mike Collins' course, is regularly invited to lecture on the PAD course. For over two years he worked for a London advertising agency - a job he owes to the skills taught by Dr Collins. He continues to assist the career centre with mentoring and advising undergraduates.

Table of Contents

Introduction; One: Before you start applying; 1. Making a confident career choice; 2. Considering other directions; 3. The courage to follow your careeer choice; 4. Why sampling a career is vital; 5. Build a cunning plan; 6. Researching your career choices; 7. How to develop your own brand; 8. Skills you bring to an employer; 9. Supercharging your CV with a year out; Two: Applying; 10. The undoubted power of speculative letters; 11. Keeping your application from the bin; 12. Don't be afraid of the big bad application forms; 13. The CV: some rules to follow when creating yours; 14. Last minute tips about sending an application; 15. Well done - first interviews; 16. Top 20 questions & how to deal with them; 17. Fantastic - Second interviews; 18. Prozac for job hunters; Three: Beyond your first job; 19. Planning for the next job or career; 20. Your experience; Appendices

Additional information

GOR004128001
9781857038675
1857038673
Turn Your Degree into a Career: A Step-by-step Guide to Achieving Your Dream Career by Michael Collins
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
2003-03-01
208
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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