How to Write and Design a Professional Resumé to Get the Job: Insider Secrets You Need to Know - With Companion CD-ROM

How to Write and Design a Professional Resumé to Get the Job: Insider Secrets You Need to Know - With Companion CD-ROM

In these tough economic times companies are downsizing, outsourcing, and merging, and job seekers are facing more competition than ever. You need a great resumé to stand out from the crowd. Your resumé is a platform to detail your achievements and experience. A resumé is a "marketing" document, designed to "sell" an employer on why they should contact and ultimately hire you.

You will learn the basic components that must be in your resumé, resumé formats, key action words, common resumé myths, what fonts to use, how to stress accomplishments, what information you should never put on a resumé, how to write your resumé from the employer's perspective, how to write the resumé to fit the job, what words to use and what words never to use, techniques to get the interview, the secrets of a great cover letter, how to best describe your experience, how to detail employment gaps, and how to develop a professional resumé. You also will learn about paper selection, electronic resumés, white space, margins, graphics, and computer software to help layout your resumé. If you use all this information, you will give yourself that edge over the competition that you deserve. Item# 9781601381347
2009

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