Further reading: job searching, CVs and interviews
'The Essential CV Survival Guide’ by Doug Pitcher
This book contains examples of successful New Zealand CVs relevant to a wide range of careers, tips on how to create an effective CV, strategies for responding to advertised vacancies, job search techniques, cover letter guidelines, and advice on interview preparation and performance.
‘Job Hunting for Dummies’ by Max Messmer, Robert Half and Max Messmer Jr
Whether you're a recent high school or university grad, or an established workforce veteran, finding or changing jobs can be a scary experience. Author Max Messmer
– chairman and CEO of Robert Half International (the world's largest specialised staffing firm) – has used his job search expertise to create this guide to job hunting. Messmer offers the kind of friendly advice and insider's tips that can enhance your job search from start to finish.‘Job-hunting Online’ by Mark Emery Bolles and Richard Nelson Bolles
This book helps job seekers navigate the overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet, and find the most useful sites and avoid common pitfalls. Filled with hundreds of annotated website recommendations, and newly reorganised to follow the action steps of a successful job hunt, this time-saving desktop guide is essential to an effective online job search.
‘No One is Unemployable’ by Debra L Angel and Elizabeth E Harney
This book reveals a proven 10-step process and secret strategies for overcoming any barrier to employment. It's aimed at career professionals and their clients to help them meet employment barriers head-on and develop effective strategies to overcome them, redefine them, and and/or turn them into job-search assets.
‘The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search: The Proven Program Used by the World’s Leading Career Services Company’ by Orville Pierson
In this book the author outlines his method for developing a strategic job search plan. The guide covers every phase of the job search, leading the reader through a step-by-step process for creating a clear-cut plan.
‘Write Your Own CV: A New Zealand Guide’ by Paula Stenburg
This book has been written with the New Zealand job seeker in mind, taking the reader through 10 easy steps for producing a CV. While concentrating on the New Zealand market, the book takes into account the global workplace and gives advice on adapting CVs to the international job market. It also covers changes in CV style, electronic and international CVs, preparing portfolios, and details on Internet job searching.
