Writing your CV
Before you start your job search, you need to ensure your CV is ready and relevant for each job you apply to. Writing a great CV can be time-consuming but it is really important to get your CV right and to keep it updated on a continuous basis. The CV should be a work in progress i.e. you may need to adjust your CV for each role to which you are applying. It’s really important that your CV will be relevant to the role otherwise it may be overlooked and deemed unsuitable for the position. Ensuring that you are covering off the main responsibilities of the position clearly and early in the CV is key to gaining the employers attention quickly.
You should also ensure your CV outlines what makes you different to the other applicants. With so many CV templates available online currently, it is not unusual that many candidates will have a CV that looks identical to everyone else’s, thereby making your application seem dull and not stand out.
Interview Advice
The role of your CV is to get you an interview – Great, you’ve achieved that! Now to get ready for your interview.
This is the phase of your job search that requires some research and analysis from you in terms of your future potential employer – both the people and the business/sector in which they operate. If you are applying to a similar organisation/sector that you are already familiar with, you’ll have a lot of knowledge to hand already, but this doesn’t mean you will know everything you need to about the company you will be attending for interview. Familiarise yourself well before the interview. The expectation from the Interviewer will be that you have taken the time to educate yourself about them, so any vagueness or unawareness of their company may indicate a lack of interest.
Getting yourself mentally ready for an interview is half the battle in conducting a successful interview.
Contact us for Interview Advice and Interview preparation.
Personal/Career Coaching/Leadership Coaching
At times, even when everything is going to plan, we can feel stuck or stagnant and not sure what actions we need to take to get to the next step of our careers. It’s easy to just drift along and follow the direction being proposed to you but why not take charge and control of your own career as best you can? There doesn’t need to be a problem in your career to be coached – often Coaching is really useful when you’re going for a promotion to help with your confidence and sharpening your sense of capability or if you’ve recently changed roles and want to refocus your mindset about work. Whatever your needs, we can tease out with you what direction and what actions will help you move forward.
Does your team need Coaching? Wish to offer Coaching services to your employees as part of your Employee Retention Scheme -we can help.
