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The Resume Handbook: How to Write Outstanding Resumes and Cover Letters for Every Situation (Paperback)

The Resume Handbook: How to Write Outstanding Resumes and Cover Letters for Every Situation

Only 1 interview is granted for every 250 resumes received-with The Resume Handbook, you can make sure yours is the one on top! Your resume has one purpose: to obtain an interview. In order to create an interview-winning resume, you need to know what to say and how to say it-and The Resume Handbook will show you how. The book focuses on three major objectives: Organization: Give your resume structure and visual impact to immediately capture attention The Basics: What to include and what to leave out so you don’t turn off the reader Accomplishments: Present yourself as a highly motivated achiever Now in its fifth edition, The Resume Handbook features thirty-seven of the best resumes ever written and provides no-nonsense advice for making your resume stand out from the crowd. Praise for The Resume Handbook: “As vice president of a major employment agency, I have seen countless examples of the best and worst of resumes. The Resume Handbook provides clear ad (more…)

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Knock ’em Dead Resumes: Features the Latest Information on: Online Postings, Email Techniques, and Follow-up Strategies (Resumes That Knock ’em Dead) (Paperback)

Knock 'em Dead Resumes: Features the Latest Information on: Online Postings, Email Techniques, and Follow-up Strategies (Resumes That Knock 'em Dead)

For more than a decade, this book has shown job seekers how to make their resumes appealing and eye-catching to employers in a competitive job market. With this invaluable resource, readers will discover what prospective employers are looking for. This edition includes new material: an update of the text; new examples of resumes; and a new Before and After section, showing unfocused resumes and detailing the steps to make them effective and focused. With its hundreds of sample resumes, this is the book every jobseeker should have on the shelf!

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Resumes For Dummies (Paperback)

Resumes For Dummies

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A must for any job seeker. — Doug Elliot, Career Counselor/One-Stop Career Center ManagerIf college graduates had a Joyce Lain Kennedy to guide them … there would certainly be fewer unfocused, frazzled, jobless people. — Dr. Drema K. Howard, Director, Career Resource Center, University of South FloridaJoyce Lain Kennedy is at the top of her field. — Richard K. Knowdell, CEO, Career Planning and Adult Development NetworkSolid, cutting-edge resume advice with today’s Internet technology — the best of the resume books.” — Michael R. Forrest, CEO, JobOptions; founding CEO, CareerPath.com and JobWeb
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Is your job search stalling out after you submit a resume but before you’re offered an interview? With reinvented recruiting technology, unmanageable millions of resumes choking employer databases, and government mandates in the name of diversity, a gigantic change has occurred in t (more…)