Highlights
The first impression you make is often your CV / résumé and cover letter
Your 1st round in HR means 30 seconds for a make-or-break deal
Objectives
- Developing your written treasure chest
- Enhancing how you communicate your hiring value on paper
Required Material
- Laptop or tablet
- 2 to 3 dream-job descriptions
Take-aways
- List of your hard skills and soft skills; understanding of how to integrate them into your professional presentation
- Drafts of CV / résumé and cover letter
- Tools and checklist for future job applications
Prerequisite
- Highly recommended: The Right Company & Job Fit; Professional Emails: Ensuring Yours Are Read
Seminar Essentials
Your hard and soft skills
- Understanding the difference between your hard skills and soft skills
- Learning how your soft skills fit in with and complement your hard skills
- Highlighting them within a professional context
Your CV / Résumé
- The full inventory
- Precision and correctness
- Keeping it up to date
- Customizing it for the job
- Pitching your professional value on paper
Cover letters
- Making yourself stand out
- What to include—and what not to
- Being clear and to-the-point
- Researching the right potential employer for you
- How to customize each to best effect for the company/job