Pass Your Exam, Get That Job and Build a Career

"If you have a genuine interest in something - anything - you will find out everything you can about that 'something'. You will read books and articles on the subject. You will watch YouTube videos. You will google it. In fact you will allow yourself to become immersed in it. The same applies to the job for which you are applying. At the interview you may be asked, 'Why do you want to work for us?' What are you going to say? 'I'm so desperate that I'll take anything. It was just your job which came out of the hat?' That may be true. But it's not what the interviewer wants to hear. They want to know why, out of the thousands of jobs on offer, you have chosen to go to them?" There are three crucial steps to forging a successful career. Getting the required professional qualifications. Getting through a competitive selection process. Earning a reputation as someone who adds value to an organisation and its customers. And there is then the biggest prize of all: getting into management. This motivational book contains everything you need to know about exam technique; applying for and getting shortlisted for a job interview; attending and making a good impression at interview; starting a new job; and getting into management. Practical tips include: 'how to ask for a pay rise'; 'how to get promoted'. Exam technique alone cannot get you through a professional examination. But poor exam technique can fail even the best candidate. The author, as someone who has spent more than 20 years setting and marking professional examinations, takes the reader into the back office of a professional institute to show how a professional examination is put together, how it is set, what questions can and cannot be asked, how it is marked and what the candidate needs to do to get that critical pass. As someone who has sat at both sides of the interview table, the author will also take you through the recruitment process and show you: how to find and apply for the job you really want; how to write a CV which will get you shortlisted; how to sell yourself to an interview panel; what you need to do to 'hold down' a new job and earn the confidence of colleagues and clients. Like the air we breath, there are job opportunities all around us. But you need to know where to find them and how to beat the competition. They say you can't put an old head on young shoulders. Well let's see.....