Preface
With the employment pressure becoming heavier, seeking a good job has become more and more difficult. If you want to be a successful job seeker and would like to find a job that is just right for you in a short time, then this book will serve as one of your best advisers on your new career path.
It is true that the book is not a guarantee of a job offer, for not all the advice or tools or tactics given in this book will apply to your specific situation and work for your job search. Yet they still can assist you in opening new doors and help you get into the job market successfully. The book offers you many available tools and techniques that you can use in your job search, and at the same time, it allows you to make modification to fit your personal style and specific needs. And that has been a central focus in writing this book.
The book consists of five chapters, which cover the basic steps of job search: careering planning, English recruitment advertisement, writing cover letters, preparing resumes and finally, interviewing. The first and third and fifth chapters were written by Xiao Yingna, the second by Qin Hui, the forth by Li Fang. The whole book was reviewed by Xiao Yingna. Also thanks to Zhang Chunling, Fu Baiwei, Liu Li and He Qing for the help.
Career planning makes you understand the importance of career planning and the process of career planning. It will show you how to make selfassessment, how to make career exploration, how to set career goals, and finally, how to work out an action plan to accomplish the goal.
Searching job information mainly focuses on how to conduct searching a specific job and how to understand recruitment adverts online, or on newspapers or other publications.
Writing cover letters, preparing resumes and participating in interviews are the three essential tools for you to sell yourself to your potential employers. The book provides a practical and comprehensive guide to help you draft the best possible winning cover letters and resumes for any position, and teaches you how to perform well when you go for an interview and finally leads you to your ultimate goal.
This book is a compilation of techniques, tactics, methods and approaches specifically designed for entrylevel job hunting. It can be the textbook to vocational college students or a reference book to anyone who is looking for a job either now or possibly in the future.
As the time is limited, errors and omissions may inevitably exist in the book. Hence, your criticism and advice will be highly appreciated.
Finally, we hope to express our sincere thanks to Fudan University Press for its great support to this book.
Authors
May, 2018, Haikou
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