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Every Try this exercise and core activity from How To Get Your Dream Job, one PDF per chapter. Print a fresh copy for every application.

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Core activities are marked ★. Prefer to work on screen? Chapters 1 to 12 each have a free interactive lesson that saves your answers in your browser: see the lessons.

01
Position yourself for the next role7 exercises: The "Tell me about yourself" test · Your target and reserve · ★ The capability audit · Leverage, risk and the five Ps · Three achievements and your story · Your pitch, out loud · ★ Your Positioning Statement
PDF · 221 KB
02
Know the market before it knows you5 exercises: The ten-advert scan · ★ The job-advert decoder · The salary range finder · Your skills-gap action plan · One informational conversation
PDF · 212 KB
03
Your evidence bank5 exercises: Duty or result? · The achievement inventory · The numbers hunt · The modesty check · ★ Eight STAR stories
PDF · 229 KB
04
Your personal search plan4 exercises: ★ Part 1 · Sharpen your positioning · Your three lengths · The LinkedIn headline rewrite · ★ Part 2 · Your 12-week search plan
PDF · 189 KB
05
Target employers and the hidden job market6 exercises: Map your weak ties · ★ Your target list of thirty · Two names for each top-ten employer · Three outreach messages · Five conversations · Your search-firm shortlist
PDF · 173 KB
06
The CV that gets shortlisted4 exercises: Rewrite your profile · The bullet rewriter · ★ Your master CV · The ATS-safe check
PDF · 167 KB
07
Cover letters, forms and supporting statements5 exercises: The cover letter planner · A 250-word STAR answer · ★ The criteria matching grid · One speculative letter · The sounds-like-me test
PDF · 174 KB
08
Preparing for interview3 exercises: The interview research sheet · ★ The question predictor · Your thirty-second and two-minute versions
PDF · 164 KB
09
Performing at interview5 exercises: The first-five-minutes rehearsal · ★ The recorded mock interview · The speed check · The curveball drill · The thank-you email and debrief
PDF · 176 KB
10
When the rejections come5 exercises: Facts, not story · The feedback request · ★ The rejection review · The comparison log · Write your setback card
PDF · 226 KB
11
Offers, negotiation and references4 exercises: The full-package check · ★ The offer comparison · Your negotiation plan · The reference briefing note
PDF · 187 KB
12
Your first 90 days, and celebrating your progress6 exercises: Your resignation letter · The handover note · ★ Your 30-60-90-day plan · The stakeholder map · ★ The repeat Job-Readiness Check · Your victory log
PDF · 224 KB
13
Assessment centres, tests and presentations3 exercises: Map the competencies · Your three group phrases · ★ The assessment centre rehearsal
PDF · 144 KB
14
Video, phone and recorded interviews2 exercises: The camera check · ★ The recorded answer
PDF · 139 KB
15
Changing career2 exercises: ★ Your transferable skills translation · Your "why the change?" answer
PDF · 148 KB
16
Returning after a break2 exercises: ★ Your gap story in three sentences · What's changed?
PDF · 145 KB
17
Working in the UK as an international candidate1 exercise: ★ The UK conventions checklist
PDF · 126 KB
18
Promotion and internal moves2 exercises: ★ The internal case for promotion · Three questions for your manager
PDF · 152 KB