Kick Start Your Career ─ Successful Strategies and Winning Techniques

For new graduates the key challenge remains how to secure that first career related job. Full of guidance and tips on how to handle the complex field of job hunting, Kick Start Your Career can help navigate an ever changing job market and secure your chance at your desired career. It is a valuable investment in your future.

It advises the reader on how to:

• stand out in job applications;
• use social media for job searching;
• create resumes and cover letters that stand out; and
• succeed at interviews.

It provides a practical, hands on, step-by-step approach.
The "Personal Plan" via the Appendices helps to create a progressive individual strategy; it directs soon to be graduates towards achieving their career aspirations. This book will help graduates progressively builds up job hunting resources- skills, achievements, resume, cover letter and interview responses and turn this into a practical outcome- a new job.

The aim of this book is to help young graduates navigate the job hunting marketplace and succeed in getting their first career related job. It is a key companion to any student or recent graduate exploring the job market.

Lee Smith’s professional life involved developing young graduates. He holds multiple qualifications in applied science and technology. Extensive experience in preparing Personal Development programs led to a focus on helping young graduates transition from university to find their first career job.

John van Genderen is Professor Emeritus at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, and International Visiting Professor at Wuhan University, China. He is also Assistant Editor in Chief of their international journal Geo-Spatial Information Science. He has delivered University education programs in 140 countries.