Cover letters

There’s a distinct possibility that you’ll need to send a cover letter with your CV. Read our advice on how write a cover letter.

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Other things to bear in mind when you’re applying for a job

CV guides

a few words about our CV Guides

We have written three different CV guides for three different types of jobseekers:

  1. 'A guide to writing effective CV’s for existing employees and people looking to get back to work’ which will help anyone who is, or has been, in full-time employment. For example:
    • people that want to change their career
    • a parent returning to work after maternity of paternity leave
    • someone who has recently been made redundant
    • someone who has been unemployed for a while.
    A guide to writing effective CV’s for existing employees and people looking to get back to work
    only £5.00
  2. A guide to writing effective CV’s for university students and graduates’ which will help people who are currently, or have recently been, studying full-time at college or university.
    A guide to writing effective CV’s for university students and graduates
    only £3.75
  3. ‘A guide to writing effective CV’s for school leavers’ which will help people who are 16 to 19 years old and who are currently, or have recently been, at school full-time.
    A guide to writing effective CV’s for school leavers
    only £2.50