"In this student edition, we have gone back through the 4th edition of Brilliant CV and have rewritten, amended and focused the chapters to make them directly relevant to students"--Introduction.
'Brilliant Intern' is the essential guide to what is fast becoming an essential part of every graduate's career path - an internship. It will take you through the process of finding a relevant, meaningful internship.
All the practise and experience you need to become familiar with all the common tests, feel comfortable with a range of difficulty levels and sail through the test on the day.
Practice prepare and get ready to pass. Don't let a psychometric test stop you getting the job you want. Packed with practice questions and practical Passing Psychometric Tests will help you lose the fear, prepare and practice with everything you need to know to pass with flying colours.
Are you chasing a job that you really want, but need to take a verbal reasoning test to get it? With the help of this book, you'll sharpen your skills and quickly become confident in your ability to pass.
Identify your strengths so you can maximise your contribution and make a big impact at work. Using simple, practical steps and strategies, each of which has been developed, tested and proven to boost your personal performance.
This title is split into three parts. The first part deals with the basics of meeting and greeting communications, the second looks at problem solving and verbal communications. Finally part three deals with team work, and managing your boss, your customers and yourself.
Explains what career counselling actually is, why people seek it, and indicates the many contexts where it is used. This second edition examines the issues typically brought to career counselling, and also includes a chapter on the role of career counselling within organisations.
Careers Guidance in Context re-evaluates the concept of 'a career' in the light of economic restructuring, globalization and the growth of information technology. It draws together up-to-date theories about guidance work and debates the importance of integrating theory and practice.
Around the globe, people are facing the same problem - that we are born as individuals but are forced to conform to the rules of society if we want to succeed. This title builds on the strategies outlined in The 48 Laws of Power to provide a practical guide to greatness. It helps you learn how to start living by your own rules.
Uses detailed case material to show how counselling strategies can be used with clients seeking careers guidance. Offers guidance in structuring interviews and discusses important issues affecting working in the public sector.
Crisis at Work examines the impact work, as a precarious entity, has on the intimate and intrapersonal lives of individuals. It examines how we negotiate our identities, the trade-offs we make, and how we achieve greater meaning and fulfilment when our productive lives fail to sustain and fulfil.
Whether you're 20, 40, 60 or older, many of us are still looking for an answer to the perennial question, 'What do I want to be when I grow up?' Using real-life stories and techniques like reframing, prototyping and mind-mapping, this book helps you learn how to build your way forwards, step-by-positive-step, to a life custom designed by you.
A succinct guide to understanding and developing transferable skills, explaining why they are needed and how they can be acquired, and how to use them to impress prospective employers.