Presenting a good CV can truly make or break your chances at getting a job. The CV is your voice telling the perspective employer what makes you stand apart from your competition. It also highlights your experience and unique qualifications. It is essentially a marketing tool that is selling you instead of a product.

In essence, your CV is the gateway to a job interview so it had better be good. Listen up!

Getting Organised

1. Organise your information: Organise your information before getting started. Have all of your dates and documents prepared and close by for easy reference.
2. Plan your CV layout: Set up a template or background for your CV. Design a heading at the top of the page and create any other formatting you will be using.
3. Examine the field: Look at the field in which you are looking to get a job. Read some job ads for that field and use the information you find to determine what you need to be include in your resume.
4. Include relevant personal contact details: Fill in your contact information. Name, address, e-mail and phone number should all be neatly placed at the top of the page.
5. Verify your information: Make sure that you verify all of your information and fact check all of your dates, phone numbers and addresses.
6. Know the job requirements: Know the requirements of the job for which you are applying. Make sure that when you list your responsibilities you include tasks and skills that are relevant to what the requirements of your desired job are.
7. Decide on objectives: Decide on what you want your professional, vocational or research objective to be. Formulate your wording and fill it in.

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So the call has come in and you’ve finally gotten that much anticipated job interview. What do you do now? Run out and celebrate with your friends or make sure that you are both physically and mentally prepared to do your very best on your big interview day? Being prepared for your job interview can be the difference in whether you get the job or not.

An interviewer can easily tell which candidates for the job came in prepared, and which ones are just winging it. By making sure that you are both mentally and physically prepared for your job interview, you give yourself a much better chance at coming in a winner. Here are 50 tips for before, during, and after a job interview to make sure that you are completely prepared for the entire interview process.

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When you’re at college, it becomes more important than ever to find ways to save money. Here are 70 different ways that you can cut costs.

Course Books

Text books can be very expensive, but whether you like it not they are something you’ll just have to find the money for. However, the smart student won’t fork out for the full price! Here are some ideas on how to save a ton of money.

1. Buy them used - Check out your college bookstore for used books. You can also find used bookstores online.
2. Get them on eBay - Numerous books can be found on nearly every course imaginable.
3. Get them online - There are tons of stores that offer course books for a lot less money than the local stores.
4. Start comparing prices - There are numerous utilities available online that will help you compare prices from stores across the web.
5. Start networking - Campus Books currently has more than 8 million titles in stock.
6. Sell your old books - Don’t let this opportunity pass you buy. You can recoup a lot of money simply by selling the books you no longer need.

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