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    CV Writing for IT Technicians
    CV Writing for IT Technicians
    CV Writing for IT Technicians
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    CV Writing for IT Technicians

    By Nick J. Alexander

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    There is absolutely no doubt that to be an IT Technician you need to be clever. There are operating systems, methodologies, frameworks, dynamic applications, programming languages, visual tools, components. The list goes on.

    CV reading is generally not a particularly stimulating task. An agency recruiter spends a very considerable amount of time doing nothing else because that's what they're paid to do. Wrong! They're paid to find a winning candidate for the position their company is being paid to fill.

    TO WIN, YOU NEED TO BE IN CONTROL and getting a job today generally involves sending in your CV, possibly psychological testing and interviews. THE ONLY part of this process that YOU CAN CONTROL is the content of your CV. At every other stage the employer is in control. BUT you can influence their level of control by making certain that your CV and covering letter are Attention Grabbing, Easy to Read, Persuasive and Directly Relevant.

    This book shows you how to write a clean, clear, brief and direct CV with no vague statements but hard-facts to put you into the "contact for interview" list!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNick J. Alexander
    Release dateMar 8, 2012
    ISBN9781465992130
    CV Writing for IT Technicians
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    Nick J. Alexander

    Nick Alexander has worked for some of the largest multinationals in the world and has extensive experience in Sales and Marketing. An experienced recruiter Nick has seen some of the best and much of the worst examples of CV's and resumés; that's why he decided to write a series of straight-talking, no-nonsense guides to selling and marketing yourself to potential employers in this rough, dog-eat-dog world of economic recession.

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      Book preview

      CV Writing for IT Technicians - Nick J. Alexander

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      CHAPTER ONE

      DOES YOUR CV LOOK LIKE THIS?

      (OR THE ONE ON THE COVER!)

      CHAPTER TWO

      THE CHALLENGE

      CHAPTER THREE

      BEING EFFECTIVE

      CHAPTER FOUR

      SELLING YOU!

      CHAPTER FIVE

      BASIC CV ERRORS

      CHAPTER SIX

      WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE WORDS

      CHAPTER EIGHT

      OK, LET’S LOOK AT YOUR CV!

      CHAPTER NINE

      COVERING LETTER

      CHAPTER TEN

      YOU MAKE INTERVIEW!

      Nick Alexander

      CV Writing for IT Technicians

      There is absolutely no doubt that to be an IT Technician you need to be clever. There are operating systems, methodologies, frameworks, dynamic applications, programming languages, visual tools, components. The list goes on.

      However, when it comes to representing themselves on paper most are generally poor. There is too much concentration on the bits and bytes stuff and far too little on the person, their key competencies, directly relevant experience and scale and scope indicators. In addition sadly, most CV’s are badly laid out and confusing to the reader.

      You’ve got to remember that while all the stuff you know is directly meaningful to you, it is unlikely to be that understandable to a recruiter, who after all is not a techie. Too much importance is given to listing out a load of acronyms and technology references without giving due attention to relevance and true experience. In the world of selling products have features and benefits. Poor salespeople concentrate on the features; good ones concentrate on the benefits. IT technicians generally fall into the first category.

      CV reading is generally not a particularly stimulating task. An agency recruiter spends a very considerable amount of time doing nothing else because that’s what they’re paid to do. Wrong! They’re paid to find a winning candidate for the position their company is being paid to fill.

      If acting under retainer on behalf of a client their role is to act as a gatekeeper - filtering CV's against the brief they have been given and only selecting, in their best judgement, the most likely- looking candidates for further scrutiny.

      You must also be aware that software is often used to extract CV's that most closely match a brief from a database of stored CV's. So now you have to come to the top without necessarily being touched by human hand!

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