Guide To Getting Your Dream Job

The purpose of this guide is to give you some practical help with all aspects of job hunting. If you are unused to the business of changing your job, the whole prospect of job hunting can be daunting. Really, though, it's easy once you know how and when you have the right tools to secure yourself an interview and know the way to make the right impression once you get through the door.

Successful job hunting needs good organisation, just like any other task. Job hunting is a skill which few of us have to practice very often and, like any skill which is not used all the time, can become rusty. But job hunting techniques can be learned and improved and hopefully this guide can help.

This guide covers all the aspects you need to think about when you are job hunting, including:

1. Understanding the recruitment process

2. Honestly assessing your skills before you start

3. Writing an effective CV

4. How to write a successful covering letter

5. Online application forms and how to deal with them

6. Interviews – hints and tips and practice interview quiz

7. Assessment centres, presentations, case studies…some of the kinds of challenges you may face when going through the recruitment process

8. Aptitude tests

9. How to handle being made an offer