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Title:
Knock 'em dead resumes / Martin Yate, CPC.
Author:
Yate, Martin John, author.
Publication Information:
Avon, Massachusetts : Adams Media, [2014]
Call Number:
HF5383 .Y38 2014
Abstract:
Presents detailed information on résumé writing, including step-by-step instruction for creating effective résumés, advice for online job searching, and examples of successful résumés with their cover letters.
Edition:
11th edition.
ISBN:
9781440579073
Physical Description:
320 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
"A killer resume gets more job interviews."

Revised edition of: Resumes that knock 'em dead. 7th ed. c2006.

Includes index.
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Contents:
Ch. 1 Your Resume-The Most Financially Important Document You'll Ever Own -- Your resume is the most financially important document you will ever own. When it works you work, and when it doesn't work, you don't. Ch. 2 Your Customer Knows What He Wants How - to Get Inside His Head -- How to create a template for the story your resume needs to tell in order to be successful. Ch. 3 Your Resume Is a Garbage In/Garbage Out Proposition -- Fifty percent of the success of any project depends on the preparation. Taking the time to gather the right information for your resume makes the difference between interviews and n interviews. Ch. 4 How to Define and Build a Desirable Professional Brand -- In any job 'search you are selling a product: You are a bundle of skills and capabilities suited to a particular set of challenges. Like any product you will do better when you give a distinct identity to what you are taking to market. Ch. 5 Resume Formats -- A resume's format can help emphasize or de-emphasize aspects of your_ professional . background. Ch. 6 The Simplest, Smartest, Fastest Way to Write Your Resume- Keep It Simple, Stupid -- The' most effective way to get a premium, powerful resume for a professional job in the shortest time With the least hassle Ch. 7 How to Give Your Resume Punch -- First impressions are important. Editing polishes your content and helps it deliver a greater punch. CHAPTER 8 Resume Customization, Alternative Resumes, and Formats -- Needed for an Effective Job Search With the job search the way it is today, you may need to repackage your background into , . three or more different delivery vehicles. CHAPTER 9 Ready to launch -- Everyone hates reading resumes, so here are some powerful strategies to make your resume data dense and visually accessible to distracted readers. CHAPTER 10 The Resumes -- One hundred-plus killer resumes that got real jobs for real people.
Uniform Title:
Resumes that knock 'em dead
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