Synopses & Reviews
Dont just list your credentialscreate resumes that get results! When it comes to your resume, one size doesnt fit all. You need a document thats uniquely your own, one that "hooks" prospective employers and proves you have the combination of skills, abilities, and experience theyre looking for. Written by an award-winning columnist at the National Business Employment Weekly, todays leading career resource, this practical guide arms you with the latest techniques for researching and writing tailor-made, highly focused resumes that work like sophisticated sales tools, giving you a powerful competitive edge in todays aggressive job market. This updated edition includes new resumes from real-life candidates who sought and found jobs, with many "before and after" examples.
- Covers all types of resumes, including chronological, functional, and combination
- Outlines how to identify your most relevant skills and accomplishments
- Avoids the cookie-cutter approach to resumes, providing plentiful examples, ideas, and checklists to help you create a unique document
- Covers specialized resume categories, including first-time job seekers, homemakers returning to the work force, career changers, and even seasoned professionals
- Includes the real-life stories behind the model resumeslearn how people in similar circumstances changed their lives and moved on to better positions
- Shows how to prepare a scannable version of your document
- Teaches you how to effectively sell your unique talents and qualificationseven to the most demanding recruiter
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Synopsis
Resumes That'll Make Them Sit Up and Take Notice!
An effective, well-organized resume is your most important tool for getting your foot in a prospective employer's door. This invaluable guide, now completely updated and expanded, shows you how to create resumes that will grab—and hold—the attention of your prospective employer. Written by an award-winning columnist at the National Business Employment Weekly, today's leading career resource, this indispensable reference is more than just another one-size-fits-all resume guide. It arms you with the latest techniques for researching and writing tailor-made, tightly focused resumes that successfully sell your unique talents and qualifications—even to the most demanding recruiter. You'll find:
- All types of resumes, including chronological, functional, and combination.
- A new section on using the Internet as a research tool and developing a resume to use in cyberspace.
- Details on designing resumes for companies and executive search firms who.
- use resume scanning systems.
- Dozens of model resumes borrowed from successful real-life candidates.
- Helpful forms, checklists, case histories, and "before-and-after" resume examples.
Other National Business Employment Weekly Premier Guides currently available:
- National Business Employment Weekly COVER LETTERS
- National Business Employment Weekly INTERVIEWING
About the Author
TAUNEE BESSON is a National Business Employment Weekly columnist and head of her own successful job-search and career counseling firm in Dallas.
Table of Contents
What a Resume Can and Can't Do for You.
Getting Organized.
Resume Guidelines.
The Parts of Your Resume.
The Chronological Format.
Functional Resumes.
Hybrid Resumes.
Resumes for Consulting, Freelancing, Volunteer and Internal Company Use.
Resumes for First-Time Job Seekers.
Resumes for Women Returning to the Paid Workforce.
Resumes for Career Changers.
Resumes for Seasoned Professionals.
Scannable Resumes.
Resume Follow-Up.
Index.