CHAPTER EIGHT

Refine your CV message and start telling people what you can do for them

THIS CHAPTER LOOKS AT:

  • Building on feedback from level 1 conversations
  • Communicating your best evidence
  • Focusing on key skills and achievements
  • Writing your CV profile
  • Why you may never need a CV

LEARNING FROM LEVEL 1 CONVERSATIONS

In your easy-access meetings at level 1 you discover what it feels like talking to people about the world of work that they know. You begin to learn how to make open-ended enquiries that sound like just that – enquiries, not veiled requests for job interviews. You are learning how to seek help without asking for something difficult or embarrassing. Level 1 conversations get you used to talking about yourself and your ‘offer’. ...

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