Ivanka Menken - Essential Steps to Finding and Securing the Job You Want! - Professional Development - Foundation Level Complete Certification Kit

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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................ 4

2 HOW DOES THE CERTIFICATION KIT WORK? ..................................................................... 6

2.1 E L EARN C OMPONENT .......................................................................................................... 7

2.2 T HE P ROFESSIONAL D EVELOPMENT F OUNDATION A SSESSMENT .................................................. 7

3 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 10

4 GOAL SETTING ................................................................................................................ 11

4.1 S ETTING SMART G OALS ................................................................................................... 12

5 JOB SEARCH.................................................................................................................... 20

5.1 O NLINE J OB S EARCH ......................................................................................................... 20

6 COVER LETTERS .............................................................................................................. 25

6.1 C OVER L ETTERS ............................................................................................................... 26

6.2 C OVER L ETTER T IPS .......................................................................................................... 27

6.3 W HAT IS A C OVER L ETTER - R EALLY ? ................................................................................... 28

6.4 Y OUR STEP - BY - STEP PLAN FOR CREATING A COVER LETTER ........................................................ 32

6.5 R EQUIREMENTS AND R ESPONSES ......................................................................................... 33

7 RESUMES ........................................................................................................................ 43

7.1 P REPARING A R ESUME ...................................................................................................... 44

7.2 W HAT I S AN O BJECTIVE S TATEMENT ? .................................................................................. 45

7.3 W HAT I S A P OSITIONING S TATEMENT ?................................................................................. 46

7.4 T HE C AREER S UMMARY ..................................................................................................... 47

7.5 T HE S IX 'P' P RINCIPLES ..................................................................................................... 49

7.6 O NLINE R ESUMES ............................................................................................................ 51

7.7 W HAT TO S AY W HEN E MAILING A R ESUME ........................................................................... 52

7.8 H OW D O HR-R ECRUITERS V IEW AND V ET CV' S ? ................................................................... 53

7.9 T HREE C OMMON R ESUME M ISTAKES - T HAT A RE E ASY TO F IX ! ................................................ 55

7.10 M ORE T IPS FOR A VOIDING R ESUME M ISERY ......................................................................... 57

8 THE INTERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 59

8.1 F IRST I MPRESSIONS .......................................................................................................... 59

8.2 P RESENTING Y OURSELF ..................................................................................................... 60

8.3 D OES L ISTENING M EAN H EARING ?...................................................................................... 62

8.4 B ODY L ANGUAGE ............................................................................................................. 66