The idea of a Creative Commons Career Handbook was born while working in a Career Center in a European university. The general problem with universities in Europe is that resources are too limited to create valuable resources for students and others. The vision I have with this handbook is that it will evolve in a reference for students, but also for more experienced professionals who need to write cover letters and update their CVs.

Skills edit

Career_Handbook/Skills

Transferable skills edit

Business awareness edit

Networking edit

Application process edit

Career_Handbook/Application_process

Reading job advertisements edit

Application tools edit

Career_Handbook/Application_tools

Curriculum Vitae edit

In most European countries a Curriculum Vitae is used instead of a [resume], which is more common in North America.

Structure of a CV

Resume Header------------

Name (including gender, age, and nationality)
Address (including phone and email)

Goals and Objective

Resume Header------------

Resume Body--------------

Details of Work experience
Education
Skills possessed
Brief Description of Work Experience
Significant Achievements

Resume Body--------------

Resume Footer------------

Other experience
Personnel Details (Languages know,DOB,)
Hobbies

Resume Footer

How to use action verbs edit

Action verbs can be used to stress the skills you possess and want to bring to the attention of the recruiter. Action verbs can best be used at the beginning of a sentence, since they get the most attention at that place.

How to build a good CV-sentence?

Appendix edit

Career_Handbook/Appendix

Action verbs edit

Action verbs can be used in [CVs], [resumes] and [letters]. On this page you find a list of action verbs organized by the type of skill that the action verb signals.

Administrative skills

approved
arranged
catalogued
...

Communication skills

addressed
advertised
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