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The idea of a Creative Commons Career Handbook was born while working in a Career Center in a European university. The general problem with universities in Europe is that resources are too limited to create valuable resources for students and others. The vision I have with this handbook is that it will evolve in a reference for students, but also for more experienced profesionals who need to write cover letters and update their CVs.

Contents 1 Skills 1.1 Transferable skills 1.2 Business awareness 1.3 Networking 2 Application process 2.1 Reading job advertisements 3 Application tools 3.1 Curriculum Vitae 3.1.1 How to use action verbs 4 Appendix 4.1 Action verbs

[edit] Skills

Career_Handbook/Skills

[edit] Transferable skills

[edit] Business awareness

[edit] Networking

[edit] Application process

Career_Handbook/Application_process

[edit] Reading job advertisements

[edit] Application tools

Career_Handbook/Application_tools

[edit] Curriculum Vitae

In most European countries a Curriculum Vitae is used instead of a [resume], which is more common in North America.

Structure of a CV

• Name (including gender, age, and nationality)
• Address (including phone and email)
• Education
• Work Experience
• Other experience
• Skills (computer and language)
• Hobbies

[edit] How to use action verbs

Action verbs can be used to stress the skills you possess and want to bring to the attention of the recruiter. Action verbs can best be used at the beginning of a sentence, since they get the most attention at that place.

How to build a good CV-sentence?

[edit] Appendix

Career_Handbook/Appendix

[edit] Action verbs

Action verbs can be used in [CVs], [resumes] and [letters]. On this page you find a list of action verbs organized by the type of skill that the action verb signals.

Administrative skills

• approved
• arranged
• catalogued
• ...

Communication skills

• addressed
• advertised
• edited