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Overview -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Resume
Product Details
- Pub. Date: February 2006
- Publisher: Alpha Books
- Sales Rank: 960,867
Synopsis
Look good on paper.
An updated and revised edition of one of our top career guides helps employment-seekers put together an attention-grabbing resume that will help land them their dream jobs. Features dozens of sample resume styles, an action plan for a successful job search, and professional advice on creating cover letters, finessing the toughest interview, and writing thank you and follow-up letters.
Biography
Susan Ireland is the owner of a consulting firm specializing in helping job seekers keep pace with the job market. She is the author of the Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Cover Letter and The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Resume.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Resume
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Resume
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Plan to Succeed ..... 1
- 1: Mapping Your Job Hunt ..... 3
- Order! Order! ..... 3
- Get a Life ..... 4
- Right Resume Timing ..... 7
- Good Circulation ..... 8
- A Little Help from Your Friends ..... 8
- Boss Wanted ..... 8
- A Pocketful of Jobs ..... 8
- Online Out-Posts ..... 9
- The Recruiting Game ..... 9
- Fun at the Fair ..... 9
- Classified Information ..... 9
- The Mass Message ..... 9
- Keep Your Chin Up ..... 10
- Ducks in a Row ..... 10
- Out of the Quicksand ..... 10
- Giving Yourself a Pep Talk ..... 12
- The Interview Scorecard ..... 13
- Big Bucks, Little Bucks ..... 14
- 2: A Resume for All Reasons ..... 15
- Your Personal Road Map ..... 15
- Changing Directions ..... 16
- Interview Influence ...... 16
- Your Brochure ..... 16
- Charting Your Course ..... 16
- Easy Answers to Tough Questions ..... 16
- Write Your Own Recommendation ..... 17
- Let the Bargaining Begin ..... 17
- Ready, Set, Network! ..... 18
- Beat the Business-Card Strategy ..... 18
- An Intelligent Network ..... 19
- Instant Networking Cards ..... 19
- Create the Future ..... 20
- Underscore to Win ..... 22
- Mini Leads to Maxi ..... 24
- Double Your Networking Power ..... 24
- 3: Winning Resume Wisdom ..... 27
- The Commandments ..... 27
- Thou Shalt Not Write About Your Past ..... 28
- Thou Shalt Not Confess ..... 29
- Shooting Yourself in the Foot ..... 29
- Get Your Priorities Straight ..... 29
- Drop Irrelevant Info ..... 31
- Understate Too Much Experience ..... 34
- Thou Shalt Not Write Job Descriptions ..... 34
- Thou Shalt Not Write About Stuff You Don't Want to Do ..... 36
- Thou Shalt Say Less Rather Than More ..... 39
- The Eight-Second Test ..... 39
- Goody Two-Pages ..... 39
- Thou Shalt Not Write in Paragraphs ..... 40
- Thou Shalt Not Lie ...... 40
- 4: Chronologically Speaking ..... 45
- Highlighting Your History ..... 45
- What It Is ..... 45
- When to Use It ..... 47
- The Horizontal Slide ..... 47
- Vertical Climb ..... 49
- A Strong Start ..... 49
- Getting Labeled ..... 53
- Background Check ..... 53
- Conservative Line ..... 53
- Get It Together ..... 58
- 5: Get Functional ..... 59
- The Times Are a Changin' ..... 59
- What's Your Function? ..... 60
- Likely Candidates ..... 62
- The Career Changer's Dream ..... 62
- Skills Up Front and Center ..... 64
- Reentry with Force ..... 64
- Long, Long Ago ..... 64
- Best Foot Forward ..... 69
- Into the Real World ..... 69
- Fill in the Gap ..... 72
- Decisions, Decisions! ..... 72
- Part 2: Six Steps to a Perfect Resume ..... 75
- 6: Step One: Heading Your Way ..... 77
- Look Who's Talking ..... 77
- What's in a Name? ..... 79
- Giving a Clear Signal ..... 79
- Keep 'Em Guessing ..... 80
- Showing Off Credentials ..... 80
- Home Sweet Home ..... 80
- I Got Your Number ..... 82
- That's the Fax ..... 82
- E-Mail Giveaway ..... 83
- Hot URLs ..... 84
- Be Careful What You Ask For ..... 85
- The Weight of a Job Objective ..... 85
- Wording with an Objective ..... 87
- Straight as an Arrow ..... 88
- Spreading Your Umbrella ..... 88
- Breaking the Rules ..... 91
- Titles That Talk Big ..... 91
- Heading Within a Heading ..... 91
- Go for It ..... 94
- 7: Step Two: Knock 'Em Off Their Feet ..... 97
- Right from the Start ..... 97
- Say It with Style ..... 99
- Keeping Up with the Fast Trackers ..... 101
- On the Lines of a Career Changer ..... 101
- Go Figure ..... 104
- Your Mini-Resume ..... 106
- 8: Step Three: Been There, Done That ..... 109
- Writing History ..... 109
- Fight Age Discrimination ..... 110
- Putting Your Younger Foot Forward ..... 113
- Older Is Better ..... 113
- Down and Dirty Formula ..... 114
- Unsightly Unemployment Blemishes ..... 114
- Years Go Solo ..... 115
- Filling in the Gaps ..... 115
- Character That Counts ..... 116
- The Gapless Resume ..... 117
- Promoting Your Promotions ..... 117
- Zipping Along ..... 119
- Grass Underfoot ..... 121
- Straight Up ..... 121
- The Happy Job Hopper ..... 124
- Go for It ..... 124
- 9: Step Four: You're an Achiever! ..... 127
- Chronologically Clear ..... 127
- Functionally Sound ..... 129
- Functional Help ..... 129
- One Plus One Is Enough ..... 129
- Skills for Sale ..... 131
- Getting Down to Business ..... 135
- Dynamite Achievements ..... 136
- Who's Your Audience? ..... 136
- Downplay Differences ..... 136
- Keep It Relevant ..... 137
- First Things First ..... 137
- Lights, Camera, Action Verbs! ..... 139
- How'd the Other Guys Say It? ..... 144
- Brainstorming ..... 145
- Warning! Functional Resume Ahead ..... 146
- 10: Step Five: Education and Extra Credit ..... 149
- Finish Lines ..... 149
- Education 101 ..... 150
- What If? ..... 150
- Hot College Degrees ..... 152
- Getting Credit for Your Pending Degree ..... 152
- Interpreting Degree Equivalents ..... 156
- Don't Have a Degree? ..... 156
- Yahoo! Just Got My High School Diploma ..... 156
- The Not-So-New High School Diploma ..... 160
- The Last Word ..... 162
- Volunteerism That Pays Off ..... 162
- Professional Schmoozer ..... 162
- Getting Published ..... 162
- Standing Up for Your Award ..... 162
- Flaunting Your Computer Skills ..... 162
- Making a Hobby of It ..... 163
- Anything Missing? ..... 164
- On the Line ..... 164
- Getting by with Nothing ..... 166
- Money Talk ..... 167
- Referring to References ..... 167
- Forget the Personal Stuff ..... 167
- 11: Step Six: The Big Production ..... 169
- Designer Resumes ..... 169
- Fancy Fonts and Practical Print ..... 170
- Serif's Up! ..... 170
- Simply Serif ..... 171
- Does Size Matter? ..... 171
- Sharp-Shooting Bullets ..... 172
- Shady Bars ..... 172
- Spacing Out ..... 174
- Resume Reality ..... 176
- Mastering Your Resume ..... 178
- In the Mood to Reproduce ..... 178
- Looking Classy on Paper ..... 178
- The Top Ten Checklist ..... 179
- Getting It out the Door ..... 179
- Stuffing Envelopes ..... 179
- Snail Mail ..... 180
- Special Delivery ..... 180
- Fax Magic ..... 180
- E-mail Flash ..... 181
- Part 3 : So, You Need a Special Resume ..... 183
- 12: The Big Winner: An Achievement Resume ..... 185
- This Resume Packs a Punch! ..... 185
- Asking the Right Question ..... 186
- Oooh, You're Going to Look Great! ..... 186
- The Perfect One-Pager ..... 188
- Quality vs. Quantity ..... 188
- Professional Titles Count ..... 191
- Be a Celebrity ..... 191
- Number One in Sales ..... 191
- It's Your Turn to Shine ..... 196
- 13: A Chronological Hybrid That Adds Up ..... 197
- It's Got Structure ..... 197
- Are You the Hybrid Type? ..... 199
- Climbing Higher ..... 200
- Variations on a Theme ..... 200
- The Hidden Functional Message ..... 203
- Standing Still ..... 203
- Putting Words on Paper ..... 203
- 14: A Functional Hybrid That Makes Sense ..... 209
- The Skillful Hybrid ..... 209
- Looking the Part ..... 211
- Conservative Employer Alert! ..... 211
- Red Flags Down ..... 214
- Giving Order to Chaos ..... 214
- Getting Down to It ..... 217
- 15: When You Really Are a Brain Surgeon: Curriculum Vitae ..... 219
- Curriculum Vitae vs. Resume ..... 219
- When More Is More ..... 220
- Just the Facts ..... 220
- No Objections ..... 221
- The Person Behind the Paper Mask ..... 221
- Freedom of Format ..... 222
- Hanging Out Your Laundry ..... 222
- Good Schooling ..... 222
- Are You Published? ..... 223
- Putting on a Show ..... 223
- Joining the Team ..... 224
- Hangin' with the Right Folks ..... 224
- Forget Anything? ..... 224
- High Marks for a University Instructor ..... 225
- Create Your CV ..... 225
- Part 4: Letters That Work ..... 233
- 16: You've Got Style ..... 235
- Writing with Style ..... 235
- Dump the Stilted Stuff ..... 236
- Yours Truly ..... 237
- Showing Your Gold ..... 237
- Confidently Spoken ..... 238
- Most Sincerely ..... 238
- Your Most Persuasive Voice ..... 239
- Looking Smart with Good Grammar ..... 240
- Consistency ..... 240
- Periods ..... 240
- Commas ..... 241
- Numbers ..... 241
- A Few Good Words ..... 242
- Back to the Source ..... 243
- 17: The Cover Letter Connection ..... 245
- The Secret to Success ..... 245
- Salary Small Talk ..... 246
- The Template of Zoom ..... 246
- A Head Start ..... 248
- Set the Date and the Place ..... 248
- Hello, Hello! ..... 248
- Jumping In ..... 248
- The Meat of the Matter ..... 249
- Getting What You Want ..... 249
- Ten-Four ..... 250
- By Example ..... 250
- Name Dropping ..... 251
- Getting Personal ..... 253
- Take My Hint, Please! ..... 253
- Getting the Hang of It ..... 253
- 18: Thanks Very Much ..... 257
- Think Thanks ..... 257
- The Terrific Job Interview ..... 258
- Not One to Write Home About ..... 258
- Thanks for the Break ..... 260
- Thanks a Lot for the Bad News ..... 263
- Good-News Letter to the Gang ..... 263
- Part 5: The Electronic Job Search ..... 267
- 19: Getting Hooked on the Internet ..... 269
- Joining the Online World ..... 269
- The Powerful Gray Box ..... 270
- Modern Modems ..... 271
- In Search of an ISP ..... 271
- Caught in the Web ..... 273
- The Online Job Hunt ..... 274
- Mastering the Sites ..... 274
- Company Insider Scoop ..... 274
- Executive Investigation ..... 276
- Salary Stats ..... 276
- Job Lists Galore ..... 277
- 20: The ABC's of E-Resumes ..... 279
- What Is an Electronic Resume? ..... 279
- The E-Resume Appeal ..... 280
- Data in the Database ..... 281
- The Inner Workings ..... 281
- Keyword: Search ..... 282
- The E-Creation ..... 283
- Electronic Headings ..... 283
- Key Placement ..... 284
- Years of Completion ..... 285
- reaking into the Banks ..... 285
- Electronic to Paper ..... 285
- 21: It's all a Scan: Scannable Resumes ..... 287
- Where Did Everyone Go? ..... 287
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