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This is an excellent resource for writing resume's. It is up-to-date and is very well organized.
It there were ten stars, it would warrant every one of them. The best I've seen on this subject, far and away.
There are some great tips and style examples in this book. I don't agree with everything but you'll still get some good ideas out of it. I was making a career change and got a job at the company I targeted after using the ideas from this book. A resume will only get you in the door, but it's important to have a resume that will let you get in the door.Highly recommended.
Resume Magic: Trade Secrets of a Professional Resume Writer (Resume Magic Trade Secrets of a Professional Resume Writer)Did you know.Most resumes are not read completely, large companies sometimes use computers to scan for "key words" planted throughout resumes to compile a initial list of candidates, employers want to see hard-hitting bottom-line numbers that show proof of your past performance, and that and resume writing has its own grammar and punctuation rules. I personally appreciated a chapter devoted to resume "sytle" writing. She helps readers decide which resume format best fits their current job situation, and provides worksheets and questions to help employees target in on their most impressive accomplishments from their entire career. in journalism, mass communications and public relations and the above information regarding resumes(included in this book) was all new to me.I bought this book to update my husband's 7-year-old "just-out-of-college" resume to reflect the executive management status and impressive accomplishments he's attained in his career in the last seven years. The most useful chapters to me were (4) "The Blueprint for a Blockbuster Resume," and (5) "How to Write Great Copy." My favorite chapter was (8) "Visual Artistry: The Missing Link."This book is 571 pages PACKED with all the information needed to create a resume that does it's job; get's YOU a job. He is not changing jobs, just needing a "grown-up" resume to submit for a college master's program. I have a B.S. Yes, like newspaper reporting, resume writing has it's own list of separate writing rules, and she covers them all.
Reading this book cover to cover and writing a brand-new resume from scratch was not only fun for me, but my husband can now "see" his past seven years' accomplishments. He not only has a resume that he's confident would "wow" employers if he ever decides to seek a job elsewhere, but putting his talents, skills and passions into writing also refocused and renewed his career direction and passion.Susan Whitcomb, author, is very thorough and explores all options of resume writing. I was most impressed by the suggestions she had for employees dealing with demotions, life changes or changes in career paths; she proves you CAN put your best foot forward in a truthful manner by focusing on the positive, not the negative, of one's career. $13 is a very small price to pay for a book that could, literally, change your life.
Examples of different formatting options, lists of action verbs, impact mining exercises, how to address issues with education, and especially the before/after examples have been tremendously helpful. Regardless of if we were interviewing internally or externally, we all needed to update our resumes. A month ago my department of 33 people was notified that our work would be decentralized throughout our company. I was able to take a boring page of bulleted lists of previous job responsibilities and turn it into an enticing profile that told the story of employment, highlighting unique nuances of skills that offered an employer a colorful, complete picture of the employees' qualifications.Resume Magic provides a comprehensive, practical guide to resume writing. After volunteering to review my colleagues' resumes I searched the internet for some pointers and found Resume Magic. I purchased Resume Magic that same afternoon and it has been open on my desk ever since.Resume Magic includes *everything* I needed help with - and things I hadn't thought of. Having solid, good looking, effective resumes has done wonders for the confidence (and future employment). of my team.
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