CV Writing Workshop

Illumine have partnered with The CV House to offer our clients the very best CV writing services.  The CV writing workshop can be used on a standalone basis or would work equally well alongside our ½ day Selling yourself - Job Interview Training course.

• About the workshop.
• Detailed workshop outline.

How it works

In response to customer demand, The CV House has created a CV Writing Workshop to allow individuals to benefit from the expertise of the UK's best specialist executive CV writing firm at a more accessible price.

Workshop attendees will learn the invaluable skill of writing and adapting your own achievement based CV but it is so much more than that ...  In addition, the workshop will help attendees focus on the things that are critical about the whole process of searching for a new job - using the CV effectively in interviews, powerful cover letter writing for job applications, dealing with headhunters and recruitment firms, adapting your CV for specific jobs etc.

The CV writing workshop in fact comprises three key elements:-

1. Once signed up for a workshop, attendees receive a pre-work pack. This includes details of the workshop itself, example CV templates and a pre-work exercise where attendees do some preliminary work populating the CV template and structuring the basics of their new CV with career history and facts. We also ask attendees to start thinking about some of the key areas we will be exploring on the workshop. 
2. The workshop itself. The workshop is a dynamic 3 ½ hour session for a maximum of 12 people with two experienced CV writers from the CV House team. Key topic areas in the workshop are:
    - The CV and why it is important.
    - CV components and structure.
    - The Achievement based CV.
    - Practical writing session and coaching.
    - The CV House guide to next steps (e.g. using the CV effectively, job seeking resources, working with headhunters, writing great cover letters).
3. The post-workshop CV critique and evaluation. After the workshop attendees will complete their CV and send it to the CV House who provide a detailed critique and provide final pieces of advice and suggestions to enable attendees to polish their CV so that it is ready to start working harder for them in their job search.

Attendees are welcome (and encouraged) to bring personal lap top computers with them to the workshop (attendees spend some time working on their own CV to put learnings into practice) although it is not essential.

Workshops are due to start in June 2009. If you would like to find out more and to be the first to be notified of the course dates and venues, please follow this link or email illumineCVworkshopenquiry@thecvhouse.com

CV writing workshop - detailed contents

Pre-work:

• Workshop preparation pack.
• CV templates/basic population tasks.
• Reflecting on your career history.
• Joining instructions/venue details etc.

The workshop:

Session 1 - Your CV and why it matters:

• Introductory presentation.
• Basic principles.
• Overview of CV styles.
• Which style works best?
• Q&A.

Session 2 - Achievement based CVs, why they work:

• What is an achievement?
• Writing SMART achievements.
• Choosing the right statements for your CV.
• Writing a punchy, persuasive, positioning profile.
• The fours P's.
• Putting it all together.
• Q&A.

Session 3 - Practice and coaching:

• Putting it into practice - building on pre-work.
• Time one on one with the course leaders.

Session 4 - Moving On - finding your next job:

• Accessing the External Job Market.
• Recruitment Consultants - different types and approaches.
• The Internet.
• Advertised vacancies, press and internet.
• What about Internal Vacancies?
• Adapting your CV for specific jobs.
• Networking.
• Direct Approaches.
• To Apply Or Not To Apply; That Is The Question.
• Cover letters/emails.
• Q&A.
• Close of session/ Workshop Evaluations.

Post-workshop:

• Finishing your CV.
• CV House final critique by email (from your course leaders).

If you would like to find out more and to be the first to be notified of new course dates and venues, please follow this link or email illumineCVworkshopenquiry@thecvhouse.com

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