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Amazing Resumes: What Employers Want to See—and How to Say It (Paperback)

Amazing Resumes: What Employers Want to See—and How to Say It

A concise volume of snappy chapters designed to help readers understand what makes employers hire people-and how to build a resume that motivates an employer to hire them. This evidence-based career self-help book is based on the psychology of selection and impression management and is written by a team of psychologists and career professionals. Learn the basics of how to present your credential and experience in the most effective way.

About the Author

Jim Bright is a psychologist and partner in Jim Bright and Associates, a firm that specializes in career development issues for individuals and organizations and trains career counselors. He is senior lecturer in organizational psychology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Jim is the author of Job Hunting for Dummies, Should I Stay or Should I Go, and Taking the Next Step: Job Hunting for School Leavers; and coauthor of Stress: Myth, Theory and Research. He is a member of (more…)

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101 Best Resumes: Endorsed by the Professional Association of Resume Writers (Paperback)

101 Best Resumes: Endorsed by the Professional Association of Resume Writers

Top resume writers share their secrets to help you land the job you want! Members of the Professional Association of Resume Writers have pooled their expertise to create 101 of the very best resumes available anywhere. Find out how you can create cover letters and resumes that get jobs, target your resume for specific positions, use different formats to get noticed, and much more. Throughout the book are more than 175 street-smart tips on everything from interviewing, to salary negotiating, networking, and working with executive recruiters. Get the best of the best resumes to help you compete in today’s tough job market.

From the Back Cover

Top resume writers share their secrets to help you land the job you want! Your resume plays a critical role in the success or failure of a job search. It is, most often, the primary method for gaining an interview­­and the competition is fierce. 101 Best Resumes gives you the edge. The top resume writers in t (more…)

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The Elements of Resume Style: Essential Rules and Eye-Opening Advice for Writing Resumes and Cover Letters that Work (Paperback)

The Elements of Resume Style: Essential Rules and Eye-Opening Advice for Writing Resumes and Cover Letters that Work

Review

“I highly recommend Scott Bennett’s book for anyone wishing to create the winning resume.” — Gary M. Kusin, President, CEO, and Director, Kinko’s Inc.”Reading this compact volume is like getting inside the mind of a hiring manager.” — Pat Precin, Managing Director, Pathways to Housing “It could mean the difference between the active candidate file and the circular one on the floor.” -Richard Pachter, Knight Ridder newspapers <!–
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