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This book guides you through the entire CV drafting process from choosing the content and style to actually writing it section by section. The author poses 15 common CV writing questions and addresses them one by one in each chapter. There are also reminders about digital applications before providing you with plenty of CV and cover letter samples. With this handy and useful reference, you will become more confident in creating a truly professional CV.
Highlights include “Building your CV: section by section” (pp. 40-101), “The 15 most common CV writing mistakes—and how to avoid them!” (pp. 102-111), and “Digital considerations” (pp. 146-153).
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Catering for university graduates, the book helps you craft persuasive cover letters with examples. Beginning with some general information about and essential guidelines for cover letters, the book gives you practical advice from the experts and offers cover letter examples for various positions.
Highlights include “Advice from the experts”(pp. 15-28) and “Cover letter examples for various positions: professional management” (pp. 57-78).
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In addition to basic job searching strategies, this book features practical advice on finding a job in an international context in the 21st century. There is a special section on establishing your online profile in social media such as LinkedIn and Twitter (Ch. 7). Detailed discussions have also been devoted into the preparation of country-specific resumes (Ch. 12, 13 & 15) and cover letters (Ch. 16). The book finishes off with a chapter of practical interviews tips (Ch. 17) and is genuinely an all-in-one book for your job application preparation.
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The book explicates the oral presentation process in terms of its content, delivery, and design. A presenter in a TED talk is required to speak for 18 minutes or less on a topic. The book provides you with useful and practical skills and tips in engaging, impressing, and captivating the audience. Through careful selection of content and providing a range of verbal and non-verbal communication skills, this book gives you plenty of ideas about how to deliver inspiring as well as entertaining presentations.
Highlights include enhancing your language (pp. 121-130), mastering your verbal delivery (pp. 139-146), managing your nonverbal delivery (pp. 147-152), and creating inspiring slides (pp. 161-166).
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This concise guide helps you enhance your presentation skills by walking you through the necessary steps in preparing, delivering, and self-reflecting on a presentation. This quick read also identifies possible embarrassing moments on the stage and provides you with particularly practical and witty tips, helping you better prepare for the presentation and overcome the stage fright by anticipating different scenarios.
Highlights include crafting your message (pp. 23-34), practising your delivery (pp. 49-56), delivering your presentation (pp. 57-64), and managing the response (pp. 65-72).
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Focusing on academic presentation contexts, the book will guide you how to prepare for paper and poster presentations in seminars and conferences by articulating results, findings, and conclusions accurately and concisely. Supplemented with useful phrases you can use during your presentation and suggestions on how to begin a presentation, you will learn how to produce and deliver memorable presentations.
Highlights include “Visual elements and fonts” (pp. 57-74), “Ten ways to begin a presentation” (pp. 75-88), “Posters” (pp. 217-228), and “Useful phrases” (pp. 249-273).
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