Job Search Sprint: Targeted Applications, Interviews and Offers
Turn job searching into a focused four-week sprint. Choose a realistic target role, read adverts like a recruiter, and build an evidence bank of honest achievements. Tailor your CV in 30 minutes, write cover letters and application answers that address the brief, and use AI as a drafting assistant without inventing anything. Reach people through short networking messages, show proof of your skills online, and recognise recruitment scams. Prepare STAR interview stories, practise and follow up, and check job offers carefully before accepting. Text-based course with a tracker, tailoring worksheet, story bank and scam checklist to download. It cannot guarantee interviews or jobs; it gives you a method and materials to apply with confidence.
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Course content
Module 1: Target and plan
Choose a realistic target role, read adverts like a recruiter, build an evidence bank and plan a four-week job search sprint.
- Choose a target role and decode the job advert30 min
- Build an evidence bank of achievements35 min
- Plan a four-week sprint and track it30 min
Module 2: Targeted applications
Tailor a CV, write cover letters and application answers that address the brief, and use AI honestly.
- Tailor your CV to one advert in 30 minutes35 min
- Cover letters and application questions that answer the brief35 min
- Use AI honestly in your job search35 min
Module 3: Network and stay safe
Find opportunities through people, show proof of your skills online and recognise job scams.
- Networking messages that get replies35 min
- Show proof online: profile and small portfolio30 min
- Spot job scams and protect yourself35 min
Module 4: Interviews and offers
Prepare STAR stories, practise and follow up, evaluate offers and complete your job search pack.
- Prepare interview stories with STAR40 min
- Practise, follow up and evaluate offers40 min
- Capstone: your job search pack60 min