The Perfect Hospitality CV

Applying for a new job is always a nerve-racking experience; you want your application to make the best possible impression on a potential employer so you can get to the next stage - the job interview, but it's not as easy as it seems.

Take Away the Stress of Preparing Your CV

This comprehensive guide takes away much of the stress of preparing and presenting your job application, in particular, your CV. Packed with information, advice, and practical how-to tips, "The Perfect Hospitality CV" is your handbook for greater career success.

Understanding how to make a great first impression on potential employers and show them what you have to offer is a key element in creating a successful job application. For instance, did you know that tailoring your CV for a specific position or job advertisement can significantly increase your chances of getting a job interview? Or that careful mirroring of a job advertisement's wording can strike an unconscious chord within potential employers and affect the way that they view your application? No? Chances are that your competitor doesn't either.

In this practical guide, we explore the why, what and how of creating a successful CV to help you get a winning edge over your competition.

Find Out What Employers in the Hospitality Industry Really Want

This guide gives you the "low down" on what you need to be saying to employers if you're seeking a position in: the hotel industry; restaurants; bar/publican industry; catering or corporate hospitality. The guide takes recruitment advertisements from the real world, lets you know what the employer is really looking for and shows you how you can use your experience and personality to create a CV that will get you the interview you're after.

The Essential Career Tool

Written in an interesting, friendly and practical style "The Perfect Hospitality CV" is an essential career tool that will have you creating more effective and more successful CVs in just a few hours.

So What's in the Guide?

Authored by an experienced career counsellor, in collaboration with recruitment professionals from around the globe, this guide takes you through the complete process of understanding, creating and writing your CV for maximum impact.

Here's a chapter-by-chapter overview:

Chapter 1. Your CV

Analyses the aim of a CV, why you need a good CV and explains what makes a CV successful.

Chapter 2. Creating a CV for Jobs in Hospitality

Examines two key issues: Why do you need a CV that's specific to this industry? What are employers in the hospitality industry looking for?

Chapter 3. Tailoring your CV for Hospitality Jobs

Discusses the need to tailor your CV for different jobs in this industry and the essential elements of hospitality jobs in general.

Chapters 4a & b. Matching your CV to Specific Jobs and Advertisements

An extensive look at the ways in which you can make your CV match the many and various jobs in this industry, whether entry-level, mid-career or senior. Includes in-depth dissections of typical recruitment advertisements.

Chapter 5. CV Layout

Considers the fundamental elements of a CV's format and layout, together with details of how to complete yours. Includes: tips for creating an effective CV layout; appearance; content and context; personal details; personal statement; skills overview; career history; education and training; references.

Chapter 6. A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Your CV

A section-by-section commentary on what to write in your CV - from analysing job requirements in the hospitality industry through to assessing your own personal attributes.

Chapter 7. Useful Words & Phrases

Comprehensive notes on the impact of the words and phrases you choose for your CV, together with lists of words and phrases for you to use relating to your personal characteristics and the job requirements. There is also a useful glossary of hospitality industry terminology.

Chapter 8. Overcoming Potential Problems in Your CV

A guide to how to overcome problems when completing your cv, comprising: no work experience; no related work experience; gaps in employment; no education; job jumping background and no references.

Chapter 9. CV Checklist

Create the first draft of your CV, print it out and then use this checklist to make that you've 'ticked all the right boxes'.

Appendix

A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Font Style in Microsoft Word A Sample Functional Hospitality CV

Also included are:

     A comprehensive step-by-step guide to creating the best possible CV for your needs
     A printable CV checklist to help you evaluate your CV's effectiveness
     Superb MS-Word based CV templates for the major CV types

Our Commitment

The quality of our book and templates is outstanding as we hope you can see from the rest of www.greatcvs.co.uk. However if for any reason you are not entirely happy then simply return the guide and templates to us and we will refund your money immediately.

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