文档介绍：How to
Prepare a Resume for Interview ess!
Contents
Introduction Page 2
How essful people behave Page 4
Know yourself Page 8
STAR stories Page 11
Let’s anised Page 13
Interpret job description / job adverts Page 18
CV / Resume format Page 21
The words are the power Page 25
Don’t forget you cover letter Page 34
The MAGIC ingredient Page 35
Conclusion Page 37
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Introduction
This is a guide to help secure the interview YOU want.
It’s not about revving up your CV / Resume with wonderful power words and phrases that
are not a true reflection of the core you.
As a recruitment consultant I meet quite a few people who’s CV / Resume is not an
accurate reflection of their capabilities, many are considerably “overstated”.
And I can assure you this is not the route to take.
In fact I made this mistake myself, not through dishonesty, but through a simple lack of
understanding of my own motivators and de-motivators.
Early in my career I essfully “spun” my CV / Resume, and then myself through
interviews and into various jobs.
Sales jobs.
But the truth of the matter is that though I like many elements of selling (eating pasties
parked in pany car whilst waiting to meet clients, being one), I also detest other
elements.
Not just dislike or tolerate, but actually hate.
I would start off like a whirlwind, learn the product, develop my own system of selling it,
beat my targets, and alls well.
Then I would find myself simply “shutting down”, unable to motivate myself to action the
processes I knew worked.
These memories still makes my toes curl with embarrassment and pain.
I thought I was clinically lazy (though deep down I knew this wasn’t the case, as some
tasks would fill me with energy which would drive me all night