CareerWise© features:

CareerWise is designed to put you in control of your career - that's why we give you these invaluable tools to help you succeed in your job search.

In addition to over £400 worth of software you will also receive a comprehensive career guide and an invaluable career workbook.

From initiating a job search through to interviews, Psychometric testing, negotiating your salary, and even what to do later in your career when you want to move on, CareerWise gives you everything at your disposal to assist you in your career - and it's free with our Career Development Courses.

By using CareerWise you will be able to:

• Eliminate common CV mistakes - and make sure you CV goes to the top of the pile.
• Stand out from the crowd by writing winning cover letters.
• Perform well in interviews and Psychometric tests.
• Conduct effective job searches.
• Leave a position without burning bridges.
• Enter salary negotiations with confidence.

Subjects covered:

Facing Your Future: In today's rapidly changing business environment, career paths are seldom straight. Now you can plan and work in depth at refining your new career.

Your Lifeline: Pinpointing the major milestones in your life and career, you can ensure that you use those previous experiences in your new career.

The Analysis: Identifying and analysing your values, attribute, skills and achievements you can see where your strengths lie and transfer those skills to what employers are looking for.

Your Ideal Job: Considering what you most like and dislike about your past jobs or your current job. This enables you to recognise trends and ensures you make informed decisions based on your current and future skills.

Possible Jobs and Conducting an Effective Job Search:: Having analysed your skill and attributes you can now identify posts that suit your interest, experience, knowledge and aspirations.

Organising: How to plan the job search process from start to finish, including special advice for those seeking to develop their career within their current organisation.

Market Research: Using the media and other resources to research potential jobs. You will also be able to assess how well you match up to common employers' requirements.

Personal Contacts: An effective but tactful approach to networking and using personal contacts. Sometimes, it really is who you know!

CV Writing: The principles of effective CV's, different types of CV's and how to identify the right kind of CV and career profile for you. Your new CV will ensure you include key competencies and achievements and will highlight your skills which are appropriate for the job your are applying for.

You also recieve CV Writing software with easy to use templates to ensure that you will be highlighting your skills effectively.

Write Winning Cover and Thank You Letters: Analyse job adverts and descriptions to ensure you recognise the key requirements. Then create tailored letters which gets you noticed and gets results.

Psychometric and Aptitude Tests: How to prepare for tests and what to expect.

Our free Psychometric Test software includes hundreds of interactive multiple choice questions designed by test experts just like the top companies, universities and career advisors use.

These tests are just like the real thing and you can prepare in advance to increase your scores and enhance your job chances!

Types of Interview: Examining the different type of interview; panel, exploratory, first and second, sequential, group, stress and presentations.

Preparation: Preparing for the interview including ways to match your skills to the job requirements. You will be able to deliver a confident and focused performance in the interview and have prepared a three-minute summary statement and a thirty second mini-summary so that you can be sure you get your points across effectively.

Ace the interview/Face to Face: Advice on what to do immediately before the interview. Once in the interview, advice on body language and how to use it to your advantage. What not to do in interviews and how to answer different type of questions, including rehearsing for the most common interview questions. How to seize the opportunity and explain how you would "fit" the post.

At this stage you will also be able to watch an engaging video case study of an interview to "spot the mistakes" ensuring that you don't repeat them yourself.

Got that Job - Negotiate your salary with confidence: How to analyse your performance after the interview and how to negotiate job offers so that you get paid what you're worth.

Assessment Quizzes: Check how much you are improving your interview and job-getting skills by completing our Assessments.

A brief list of subjects covered on just one CD ROM:

Build a Better CV:

• Learn to write a CV that will get you noticed
• Tips for rewriting your CV
• Seven ways to revamp your CV
• Several targeted CV will make job search more fruitful
• Customise your CV for each job
• Specific objectives and keywords make tech CV's stand out
• Follow the three Rs to get your CV noticed
• Four steps to draw more attention to your CV
• Clarity is key in writing your CV
• Don't submit a typical IT pro's CV
• Document work history with details and specifics
• Results beat out responsibilities in CV creation
• List most recent responsibilities on your CV first
• How a little fat busting can improve a CV
• How to cut dead wood from your CV and avoid raising red flags
• Clearing dead wood from your CV is a must
• Explaining gaps in work history
• Remedying three common CV errors
• Don't neglect the hobbies section of your CV
• Make the most of your curriculum vitae with these 10 tips
• Jump-start your job search by downloading this skills-based CV template
• Skills-based CV template
• Eight CV tips for the experienced IT pro
• High impact CV for the experienced IT pro
• Check out these CV makeovers
• See the dramatic results of our CV makeover
• CV and cover letter examples
• CV essentials for independent contractors
• Sample contractor's CV

Writing Winning Cover and Thank You Letters:

• Create a cover letter that gets results
• Use this formula for the perfect cover letter
• Make sure your cover letter conveys the right message
• Tips and templates for creating an interview follow-up letter
• Interview follow-up letter templates

Ace the Interview:

• Win an in-house interview by acing your next phone screening
• Phone interview cheat sheet
• Ask potential employers the right questions to ensure a good fit
• Avert the 'overqualified' label in job interviews by facing it head-on
• Win jobs by being up front about background issues
• Point to specific successes in interviews
• How to explain in an interview why you have no reference for a project
• How to answer 'the' interview question: Why do you want this job?
• Avoid these six common IT interview mistakes
• Interview bloopers offer good insight into what not to say
• How to get the most out of informational interviews
• Dress matters in a job interview, no matter how much you hate wearing a tie
• Carry a familiar object during job interviews

Conduct an Effective Job Search:

• Finding work in difficult economic times
• Bouncing back from a layoff in a tough job market
• Job seekers beware: These five myths may derail your search efforts
• Dispelling a few myths about the hiring process
• Learn what hiring managers are looking for
• Don't let bad job ad listings deter your employment efforts
• Successful job hunts combine old and new techniques
• Avoid the seven most common pitfalls of job-hunting
• Do your homework before paying for online job services
• Online job boards: Boon or boondoggle?
• Fresh ideas to make online job boards work for you
• Welcome to the latest trend in online recruitment: screening software
• If used right, the Net and e-mail can boost the job search
• Get the most from your efforts at tech job fairs
• How a career coach can help you land your next job
• Being prepared for skills testing can help you score a job
• Manager breaks through four hurdles to find an effective job-hunt strategy
• Put your experience into the right package

Maximise Recruiter Relationships:

• Screen your recruiters before trusting them with a job search
• Ask these questions when screening a recruiting firm
• Set yourself apart when using a recruiter
• Make the most out of the recruiter/job hunter relationship
• Tips for a successful relationship with your recruiter
• Avoid these traps when working with technical recruiters
• Pros and cons of working with multiple recruiters

Adios - When It's Time to Say Goodbye:

• Preparation is key when telling your boss you're moving on
• Evaluate counteroffers carefully before you decide to stay or go
• Weigh these factors before you accept a counteroffer
• Member tips for moving on with your career bridges intact
• Controlling your reaction to a layoff can aid future success
• Leave on a good note by making the most of your exit interview

Negotiate Your Salary With Confidence:

• How to determine if you're getting paid what you're worth
• My salary's too low: Should I ask for a raise?
• Smart tactics for getting the raise you deserve
• Planning your strategy when asking for a raise

Shifting Career Focus:

• Nonprofit sector offers rewards beyond money
• Tips for finding a job in the public sector
• IT career change: From government to the business sector
• Making the transition from military to civilian IT jobs: Plan, train, and network
• Tips on moving from an educational enterprise to a business
• Prepare for a management career through project management
• Member wants to redirect his career to the health services field
• Members search for success by stepping down the career ladder
• Leaving management for a hands-on job gives exec rewarding work, new skills

Top 20 Career Questions:

• Answers to the top 20 career questions