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    How to Show Off Your Transferable Skills in Your Cover Letter

    How to Show Off Your Transferable Skills in Your Cover Letter

    In today’s job market, transferable skills are crucial in showcasing versatility and potential to excel across industries. Learn to incorporate transferable skills in a cover letter to land your next job!
    Resumes are crucial for showcasing skills and experience, but when paired with a strong cover letter, they can distinguish you from a crowded field of applicants. A well-crafted cover letter allows you to highlight your value, express interest in the position and the company and emphasize transferable skills, particularly useful if you’re changing careers or lack extensive work experience.
    Table of Contents
    • What are transferable skills?
    • How to talk about transferable skills in a cover letter
    • Cover letter examples with transferable skills
    • Cover letter writing tips

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    35+ Cover Letter Templates to Try Right Now

    35+ Cover Letter Templates to Try Right Now

    Looking for killer cover letter templates to take your job search to another level? Search no more. The best free cover letter templates are a few scrolls away from you.
    In this guide:
    • A selection of 25+ free cover letter templates from several online resources.
    • Instructions on how to use these templates and where you can find more.
    • Pros and cons of using cover letter templates from each of these sources.

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    How to Write Entry Level Cover Letters

    How to Write Entry Level Cover Letters

    Your cover letter plays a critical role in how you communicate your information to potential employers.

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    Cover Letter Examples for All Job Applications and Situations

    Cover Letter Examples for All Job Applications and Situations

    Our list of 200+ cover letter examples is perfect for all job seekers, whether you need to write one for a specific life situation (like a career change) or you’re looking for an industry-specific sample.

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    8 Ways To Incorporate Volunteer Work Into Your Cover Letter

    8 Ways To Incorporate Volunteer Work Into Your Cover Letter

    Your cover letter is a strong tool at your disposal during your job search. It often determines whether employers review or reject your resume. To keep your document out of the trash, use relevant cover letter samples and avoid common mistakes such as detailing every prior position in your career. How do you avoid such a mistake? How do you make your document more impressive than other candidates’ cover letters?
    Consider including volunteer work in your letter. In some cases, it is not a good idea to mention this information, but often it improves your chances of standing out as a remarkable applicant. Use the following tips to learn how to use this type of experience to enhance your document.

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    English@Work: CVs

    English@Work: CVs

    Based on interviews with industry professionals and recruitment specialists, this course helps you create a compelling CV / résumé that will get your foot in the door. Be the last they have to read - Be the first they want to call!
    By the end of this course, you will have learned how to:
    • prepare your CV
    • get your CV noticed
    • find suitable referees
    • use positive action verbs
    • use HR buzzwords

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    Applications for positions Job hunting Résumés (Employment)
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    English@Work: Advanced Job Interview Skills

    English@Work: Advanced Job Interview Skills

    Once you have successfully grasped the foundation of interview success by completing our English@Work: Basic Job Interview Skills course, how you persuade others to believe that you are as good as you say you are is now the challenge. Our instructors have had a 100% success rate in getting interviews and landing a job, and we hope to share that experience with you.
    By the end of this course, you will have learned how to:
    • prepare precise and persuasive answers to challenging questions
    • use verbal and non-verbal skills to impress the interviewers
    • perform professionally during and after interviews

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    Job hunting Employment interviewing Interviewing
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    English@Work: Basic Interview Skills

    English@Work: Basic Interview Skills

    Based on advice from accomplished professionals in the business, HR and academic field, we have created a course that helps you build a solid foundation to succeed in job interviews and get that ultimate call. This course will change the way you prepare for and perform in job interviews.
    By the end of this course, you will have learned how to:
    • achieve interview success in six steps
    • find out how YOU can be an independent learner and become a life-long learner
    • stand out from the crowd using four strategies
    • avoid common mistakes
    • highlight soft and hard skills using appropriate vocabulary and expressions
    • structure impressive answers using four steps
    • express opinions and delaying answers effectively

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    Cost-benefit analysis of the Green Deck development

    Cost-benefit analysis of the Green Deck development

    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University organized a seminar series focused on green deck development, specifically designed for FCE undergraduate students. The series offers opportunities to learn about the development of green decks, relevant research, and gain exposure to the practical aspects of the industry. This PDF contains the presentation material from Dr. Mark Hsu, covering the cost-benefit analysis of green deck development.

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    Survey on Public Support to Green Deck Project

    Survey on Public Support to Green Deck Project

    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University hosted a seminar series focusing on green deck development, specifically designed for FCE undergraduate students. The series offers opportunities to learn about the development of green decks, relevant research, and gain exposure to the practical aspects of the industry. This PDF contains the presentation material from Prof. Eric Chui and Dr. William Chan, covering the survey on public support for the Green Deck Project.

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    China -- Hong Kong City planning -- Environmental aspects Public opinion Pollution prevention Urban renewal
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