Dream Careers for Great Romantics

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner CV-Library have put together a list of jobs for the candidate who just loves love, so we thought we’d share them with you. What job was close to your heart before recruitment?

By CV-Library

Looking for love, happily settled, or just wishing life was a little more… rom-com? With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we’ve compiled our list of the top eight romantic jobs and dream careers. Search for a job you’ll fall in love with at CV-Library.

Bridal Sales Assistant

If you adore everything about weddings, working as a Bridal Sales Assistant could be a natural choice for you. This customer-orientated sales role could be right for anyone with a passion for weddings and experience of selling high quality, low-volume stock. Benefits of this role include the ever-expanding magnificence of your ‘Wedding Inspiration’ scrapbook and the fact that no one can tell you to stop daydreaming about your perfect day.

Wedding Consultant

As many good rom-coms have told us – this is the perfect role for finding love. Increase your chances of finding a soul mate by attending every single one of your weddings and keeping an eye on that cousin of the groom who scrubs up surprisingly well.

Chocolatier

Chocolate – the international language of love. The way to a potential mate’s heart is almost always through the stomach, so get the edge on other singles with your expertise, recipes and constant warm, chocolatey aroma (we assume). Plus, we can think of few conversation starters better than, “I test chocolate for a living, what do you do?” Become a chocolatier by starting out in the world of food technology and specialising in confectionary.

Florist

On that token, working as a florist can be equally as romantic, as your world becomes one long Valentine’s/anniversary/birthday. You may find love blossoming, too – you’ll be an arty, creative type and they’ll be a kooky singleton ordering a last-minute bouquet for their mother. It’s possible to train in floristry, but a career in the field is also obtainable with the right mix of natural skill and a great CV/Cover Letter.

Matchmaker

You may not find many options for a ‘matchmaker’ on CV-Library, but with even more of us looking for love online, your skills could be put to good use working for the team behind your favourite dating site. Cue the warm, fuzzy feelings as your hard work helps thousands find love.

Writer

While away your afternoon in your own little dream world as you tap away at a romantic article, short story or novel. Full-time jobs in this industry can be sparse; however there are many freelance opportunities available. Contact local publications as a starting point!

Marriage Counsellor

You don’t have to be settled down to perform as a great marriage counsellor, but you do need to have a spot-on understanding of human psychology and what makes relationships successful. Work as a marriage therapist and use your skills to mend broken hearts and soothe troubled souls – seeing your expertise bring people together can be very rewarding. Step into this career by training in relationship therapy. Search available courses here.

Greeting Card Designer

If your talent lies in illustration, poetry or a combination of both, you might like to try your hand at designing greeting cards. Where a single four line verse can earn you hundreds of pounds, get it right and you could be rolling it in. These days there are cards for every occasion, so whether you fancy writing about new love, old love, back-together-again-love or best-friend-love, if you’ve got a great idea for a greeting you could well see your design become reality. Routes into this career include web design, print design, or copywriting.

Creating the Perfect Job Title by CV-Library

Creating the Perfect Job Title

Posted on May 30, 2013 by CV-Library

Picture the scene…you have a new and exciting job opportunity opening that offers excellent support for a fresh employee. You are registered as a client with a job board, such as CV-Library. You post your new exciting vacancy on CV-Library’s site, used by over 6 million candidates. You are anticipating the influx of candidate applications, eager for consideration in your company…
But no applications come through.
If this is a familiar sounding tale to you, you may want to pay more attention to your job advertisement. The job title is the most important part of the job; this is what will initially catch the job seeker’s eye and encourage them to view the whole job description. While a job title can interest and appeal, it can just as easily confuse or repel candidates. There are number of reasons why this can happen:
Abbreviations
In most industries there are certain technical terms and commonly used phrases that everyone abbreviates. However, this doesn’t mean that candidates looking for work will understand these. Where possible, lengthen titles within your job description to help explain the role for those who are not used to your company’s internal speech. Also, you want your job title to include phrases that candidates will search for; try to avoid abbreviations in job titles. Abbreviations that are not common knowledge will prevent your job advertisement from placing well in searches, no matter how relevant the keywords used are.
Vague title with no specific industry
Some job titles can be very vague. One example of this is the title “Sales Representative”. Whilst it is a common position, the role can vary greatly depending on the product or service being sold. By mentioning the area of sales involved, such as “Automobile Sales Representative”, the candidates are given a greater understanding of the products being promoted, and get a better feel as to how well suited they are to the role.
Qualification needed
If a specific qualification is required for the successful candidate, make this clear in the job title. For example, “AAT Qualified Junior Accountant” would help attract individuals with the correct qualifications. Similarly, if you are looking for candidates who have recently graduated, make this clear by stating “Graduate Junior Accountant”. Including these requirements will give the advertisement more chance of being looked at by suitable candidates, particularly because they may type “graduate” as one of their keywords. If they do not, it will still catch their attention when skimming through multiple roles.
Fake job titles
To make jobs sound more appealing, employers will often “dress up” the job title, for example, renaming a Call Centre Manager “Chief Chatter”. As fun as this may seem, candidates looking for the job will most probably not understand what the actual position is, and will disregard the job in favour of more recognisable titles. In addition, there is less chance of the job ranking high in candidate searches because the title will have little in common with the keyword search. Aim for a simple, to the point title and use the description for promoting the job.

Following these points correctly should increase the number of suitable applicants you receive for your advertised positions on CV-Library. It is important to keep the job title understandable and avoid unusual abbreviations or made up terms. Where possible, specify qualifications and/or the industry to avoid vagueness. It is useful to bear in mind what phrases candidates will be searching for. Remember, if you’re already a client of CV-Library and you want more advice on your specific job title or any other job related matter, call your allocated Client Response Co-ordinator who will be happy to work with you and create the perfect job advertisement. If you haven’t posted your jobs on CV-Library before you can find out more here.