The order in your CV
The order in your CV: write your CV counter-chronologically and use a skill section and a summary, which frees you from chronology
job applications
Who needs a job advertisement?
When applying to job ads, it can be challenging to stand out. With unsolicited applications, you have to find out who might be interested in you at all.
Add do not subtract
It hurts to delete parts of our life (course) that we have come to love. Reverse the process: Start with a blank document and add the key points to it. Adding feels better than subtracting.
In the job interview: Braving the gaps
It´s really hard. I am looking for the perfect replacement for this open position for four months now. In the beginning I was still dreaming of the Allround-Mr-Perfect, but I left this notion far behind me by now. I would already be happy if I would glimpse some potential for this Allround-Mr-Perfect.
Body language during the job interview
For hours we sit at our desk to prepare for the job interview. The company website, annual reports, Top 100 questions for job applicants- we go through all of this several times. Well prepared we enter the room. Boom! Within a second our interview partners have already decided whether to give us a chance to get the job or not.
Interview questions
Let´s look at individual interview questions and what the intention of the interviewer is when they ask you. Take the questions from this handout as exercise and play them through for yourself.