MODERNIZE YOUR RESUME shows you how to craft a winning resume to meet the complexities of today's employment market. The 3rd edition includes new resume samples along with companion LinkedIn profiles and writing guidelines, special chapters for challenging circumstances (career change, consulting/freelance, military transition, return to work), and updated e-resume recommendations. In this book, you'll learn to: Write tight, lean, clean, laser-focused CONTENT. Integrate KEYWORDS that are vital to being found online. Choose a resume FORMAT that prominently displays the most important information to support your current career objectives. Create a distinctive DESIGN to make your resume stand out. The 100+ resume samples demonstrate these strategies in action for real-life job seekers who've excelled in their search campaigns. Clear guidelines and easy-to-follow examples give you practical know-how for building your own powerful resume that will serve all of your job search needs.

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Learn the tested and proven resume writing formula that’s landed jobs at Google, Salesforce, LinkedIn, and other world-class companies!Picture a scenario: You’re sitting at your kitchen table scrolling through job listings when you see one that catches your eye. As you read through the job description, your excitement builds as you realize that the job is a perfect fit! Not wasting another second, you fill out the application, attach your resume, and hold your breath as you hit “Apply.”Then you wait. And wait. And wait some more. Weeks go by without hearing so much as a peep, and before long you’ve given up hope on what seemed like a match made in heaven.Sound familiar? You’re not alone! On average there are 250 resumes submitted for every job opening, which means that 99.6% of applicants will fail to land the jobs they apply for.To get the job you want, you don’t just need a great resume--you need an outstanding resume, one that puts you in the top 1% of candidates for the job. That means ditching the same old advice you’ve been following with little results and adopting a tried-and-true process for getting your resume noticed in even the most competitive situations.In this book, Dan Clay breaks down the exact method he’s carefully developed over a period of ten years and provides a precise, step-by-step set of instructions for crafting the perfect resume, down to the last period.Unlike the dime-a-dozen recruiters turned career coaches who have never had to put themselves on the line in today’s brutally competitive job market, Dan offers practical, real-world experience gained from applying for and getting job offers from some of the most prestigious, competitive companies in the world.And when it comes to something as important as your career, don’t you deserve to learn from someone who’s actually succeeded at doing what you’re hoping to do?Of course you do! Here are some of the things you’ll learn about how to transform your resume from average to awe-inspiring:How to handle tricky pitfalls like extended time off or unemployment and have your resume come out as strong as ever How to make your accomplishments sound dramatically more impressive without having to tell a single lie How to remove the guesswork about what to include in your resume and build it to the exacting specifications of your target job's requirements How to pass the four tests that companies will put your resume through with flying colors How to strike the perfect composition of content, white space, and page length to accentuate and differentiate your strengths How to avoid the common (and not so common) resume mistakes that leave your resume dead on arrival How to tell a powerful story that demonstrates your capabilities in a way that will knock the socks off anyone reading it How to stand out without resorting to cheap tricks that come off as cheesy or over-the-topPLUS, you’ll also gain access to a free companion website containing fully editable resume templates, a perfect resume checklist, and other bonus materials to give you everything you need to create a stunning resume that will get you noticed and land you interviews.Whether you’re a new graduate looking for your first job, a career veteran angling for your next move, a recent victim of a layoff, or someone looking to dip their toes back into the workplace after taking a few years off, this comprehensive guide aims to be the best--and last--resume writing book you’ll ever need for your career.What are you waiting for? Scroll to the top of the page and select the buy now button to start crafting your perfect resume today!

Brand yourself like a pro on LinkedInLinkedIn multiplies what you know by the power of who you know to deliver the number one social platform for business professionals and new job seekers. LinkedIn For Dummies shows LinkedIn newcomers the best ways to discover new opportunities, enhance their personal brand, network with other professionals, and give an exponential boost to their career. Consider this book a passport to help you connect more successfully with many of LinkedIn’s 660+ million members in over 200 countries, as well as an expert guide to the platform’s tools and features and the proven tactics that get you noticed.In this friendly, all-access introduction to the LinkedIn scene, entrepreneurship guru Joel Elad clues you in on the essentials. Get the latest insight on how to create an attractive profile that will make employers give you a second glance as well as techniques for making useful connections across the globe. In no time at all you’ll also be right at home with the profile user interface and getting busy with adding content, searching for career opportunities, and, if you’re looking to hire for your company, recruiting top candidates. Build your personal brand and market it Sell yourself by highlighting skills, awards, and endorsements Get connected with LinkedIn groups Manage and make introductions via InMailRelationships matter: LinkedIn For Dummies gives you the online social skills to turn six degrees of separation into the colleagues, mentors, and friends who will transform your career―and your life.

One of the best-selling resume books of all time and a trusted resource for job-seekers for nearly three decades, this edition of The Damn Good Resume Guide has been completely revised and updated for today’s marketplace.The Shortest Distance Between You and Your Next JobFor hundreds of thousands of job seekers, The Damn Good Resume Guide has been the go-to resource for writing and refining their resumes to damn near perfection. Filled with savvy advice and written in a straightforward, user-friendly style, The Damn Good Resume Guide will help you zero in on that dream job, then craft a winning resume that gets your foot in the door.This tried-and-true best seller has been fully revised and updated for today’s job market, including:Contemporary sample resumes (all of which landed interviews!) with job objectives running the career gamut—from line cook to sales manager, school principal to software engineer.Tips on creating a functional, chronological, or hybrid resume—and advice on choosing which format is best for you.What to include and what to leave out of your resume, so you get the job you really want.Smart ways to deal with gaps in your work history and other less-than-ideal resume scenarios.Instructions for writing cover emails and submitting resumes electronically.How to set up (and excel at) an informational interview.Advice for formatting, polishing, and proofing your resume so that it stands out in the right way.And much more!Follow Parker and Brown’s ten easy steps, and you’ll be well on your way to a smart, effective, and thoroughly modern resume—a resume that makes you look good and produces results.

Finally, a companion to the groundbreaking Step-by-Step Resumes workbook! Step-by-Step Cover Letters uses a foolproof system of paragraph starters and an overall framework to help readers easily build outstanding cover letters that will get interviews and job offers. Professional resume writer and personal branding strategist Evelyn Salvador leads you through the steps of writing a compelling first paragraph, showing the value you bring, developing and communicating your brand in your letter, summarizing your key accomplishments, editing your letter, and compelling the employer to pick up the phone and call you for an interview. The included CD-ROM is chock-full of cover letter samples and templates, as well as letter-building worksheets and other tools.

It takes an employer just seven seconds to save or reject a job applicant’s CV. In this book the chairman of Britain’s largest recruitment company offers invaluable and specific advice on what employers want to see in the CVs they receive and how you can stand out from the crowd. Unlike other career development books, the honest advice presented here has been compiled from one-to-one interviews, surveys and workshops across a network of recruitment consultants. This book is an accessible and enjoyable read, intensely practical and packed with pull-out quotes, layout examples and tips. Find out what future employers are looking for and take the first step to start loving Mondays again.

A guide to easily building a resume includes a collection of thousands of powerful resume keywords to make one's resume stand out in electronic databases, a section on integrating a resume into one's social-networking strategy, tips on e-mailing resumes and a CD with templates and worksheets. Original.

Create Your Interview-Generating Resume in 6 Easy How-to-StepsStep-by-step Resumes takes you from defining and leveraging your unique personal brand to creating your exemplary resume with all of your resume bullets completed for you!STEP 1: Start Your Resume Complete the Resume WorksheetSTEP 2: Check Off Your Resume Keywords (Core Competencies)STEP 3: Check Off Your Personal Attributes and CapabilitiesSTEP 4: Develop your Personal Brand and Professional SummarySTEP 5: Select Your Resume ClipBulletsTMSTEP 6: Pull Your Resume Together

Writing a resume is right up there with hitting yourself in the head with a hammer. Yet your resume is the most financially important document you will ever own. When it works, you work, and when it doesn't, you don't.With Knock Em Dead Resumes 11th edition you get the very latest resume writing advice from the globally renowned career expert and someone who has been writing resumes for clients all over the world for over twenty five years.Every successful job search can be traced back to a killer resume and every troubled job search can be traced back to a troubled one. Professionals like you love this book because it works and makes a crappy job bearable. Yate has been writing resumes for clients for over twenty-five years and that experience delivers an efficient and fast method for building a quality resume that will help advance your career.Knock Em Dead resumes will not only show you how to build a resume, you'll learn show how to use it that gets interviews, and by the end you will know your professional self better than every before and be well on your way to being fully prepped for those job interviews.A killer resume is the foundation of every successful career, yours included, and the advice in these pages will help guide your success for years to come.Your future is waiting.Success or failure is up to you-- what are you going to do about building solid foundations?

Resume 101 will give you step-by-step instructions for getting the most out of popular job search tools, including showing you how to: Write a winning resume – and what to do if you’re out of work or a new grad. Utilize knowledge of SEO and Applicant Tracking Systems, which increase your resume’s chances of being seen by hiring managers. Create an effective LinkedIn profile. Write cover letters that will stand out. Navigate top job sites like Indeed, LinkedIn, Facebook, Glassdoor, and more. Answer hiring managers’ typical interview questions.For over 20 years, Steven Mostyn’s custom resumes have helped thousands of people – from entry-level employees to CEOs – get the job they wanted. He understands what it takes to successfully compete for jobs in dynamic, emerging companies and large enterprises like Amazon, Marriott, Microsoft, IBM, and Walmart. In Resume 101, he distills decades of experience into simple tips and provides an insider’s view of what works for job hunters.

Create Your Interview-Generating Resume in 6 Easy How-to StepsStep-by-Step Resumes takes you from defining and leveraging your unique personal brand to creating your exemplary resume with all your resume bullets completed for you!STEP 1: Start Your Resume Complete the Resume WorksheetSTEP 2: Check Off Your Resume Keywords (Core Competencies)STEP 3: Check Off Your Personal Attributes and CapabilitiesSTEP 4; Develop Your Personal Brand and Professional SummarySTEP 5: Select Your Resume ClipBulletsTMSTEP 6: Pull Your Resume Together

Create Your Interview-Generating Resume in 6 Easy How-to StepsStep-by-Step Resumes takes you from defining and leveraging your unique personal brand to creating your exemplary resume with all your resume bullets completed for you!STEP 1: Start Your Resume Complete the Resume WorksheetSTEP 2: Check Off Your Resume Keywords (Core Competencies)STEP 3: Check Off Your Personal Attributes and CapabilitiesSTEP 4; Develop Your Personal Brand and Professional SummarySTEP 5: Select Your Resume ClipBulletsTMSTEP 6: Pull Your Resume Together