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Thanks for the invitation

CV Writing

HAVE A PROPER STRUCTURE

Education Experience Personal Info Skills Personal Interests References

CV Structure

Personal Information

Professional profile

Education

Professional Experience

Additional skills

References

WHAT RECRUITERS LOOK AT IN YOUR CV…

HAVE CLEAR ACHIEVEMENTS

CUSTOMIZE YOUR CV TO THE POSITION YOU ARE APPLYING FOR

CHECK SPELLING

THINGS YOU SHOULD AVOID

UNCUSTOMIZED, STANDARDIZED COVER LETTER

SUBJECTIVE TEXT IN THE CV

ADDRESSING THE WRONG

PERSON

HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE

PROFILE PICTURE

Please never do this!!!!!!!!!

LISTING IRRELEVANT

EXPERIENCES

HAVING A VERY LONG

CV

ADDING FAKE EXPERIENCES

HAVING A MESSY STRUCTURE AND

DESIGN

EXAMPLES OF BAD CV

EXAMPLES OF GOOD CV

THE TRADITIONAL

THE COVER LETTERSHORT

PERSONAL

CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

Dear David,

I am writing in response to the opening for xxxx.

I can offer you seven years of experience managing communications for top-tier xxxx firms, excellent project-management skills, and a great eye for detail, all of which should make me an ideal candidate for this opening.

I share your company’s values like xxxx as I am passionate about xxxx and did xxxx in the past. Therefore, I would love to be a part of your team.

I have attached my résumé for your review and would welcome the chance to speak with you sometime.

Best regards,Xxxx Xxxx

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Interview Techniques

Preparing yourself

Being Prepared

• Do thorough research into the company• Consider the position and research ways you could be

an asset for the company• Find creative ways to present yourself • Be prepared for the interviewer digging deep• Ask some interesting questions – have enough of them

During the Interview

• Do not sound like you are only trying to say what the interviewer wants to hear

• Listen to the questions and answer clearly and simply

• Show your personality during an interview – be charismatic

The questions

Your previous experience

• What do you like best about your current job/last job?

• What do you dislike most about your current/last job?

• What keeps you coming to work besides the paycheck?

The questions

Challenges

• What are the 2 biggest challenges you have faced and how did you deal with them?

• Talk about a time when you had to overcome major obstacles?

• What is the most difficult decision you have made in the last two years and how did you come to that decision?

• What was the most difficult period in your life, and how did you handle it?

• Tell me about the biggest mistake that you ever made?

The questions

About you

• Tell me the last thing you did which was fun and might make me laugh

• What has been the most valuable lesson taught to you by someone you highly respect?

• Who is your role model and why?

• What was the last thing you did that makes you really embarrassed and why?

• What is your plan B if you don’t get this job?

• How did you feel when you woke up this morning and thought about this interview?

The questions

Management and Leadership

• How do you manage your typical day in terms of emails, projects, to do lists, personal tasks, social chit chats and meetings?

• How do you manage and influence others?

• What are 2 areas of management style you would like to improve and how?

• What skills or knowledge do you hope to gain from working with EF?

Thank you &

Good luck.

James Mandl – james.mandl@ef.comKristina Segura –kristina.segura@ef.com