Career and Employment Resources: Résumés

101 Great Résumés by Ron Fry Start your job search right with the perfect résumé to showcase your experience and land your dream job. In 101 Great Résumés, you will find the résumé format that will work wonders for you, one that can showcase your unique background, situation, and career goals and help you land your dream job. It features résumés tailored to the individual situations, challenges, and aspirations of today's job seekers.  

Best Canadian Resumes: 150+ Best Canadian-Rormat Resumes by Sharon Graham "Best Canadian Résumés" is written by and for Canadians. It will enable you to: Clarify your job search goals and articulate your qualifications. Market yourself with a robust brand identity and value proposition. Employ proven strategies used by professional résumé writers. Address critical Canadian components such as spelling and grammar. Comply with Canadian legislative requirements related to résumé writing. Create a superb résumé that will outshine the competition. -- Book cover.

Get that job : CVs and resumes : how to make sure you stand out from the crowd by Bloomsbury Publishing The ultimate guide to marketing yourself in a CV or resume, and ensuring you make a professional impression in any job search. The job market has never been more competitive, and marketing yourself can be tricky. And nothing raises a red flag for an employer than a poorly-written or badly-presented CV or resume. This handy guide offers practical, step-by-step advice on preparing, writing, and presenting an impressive document - either on paper or online - that will help you to 'get your foot in the door' with prospective employers. Covering essential issues such as identifying your goals, creating different types of CV, or coming up with a fantastic and persuasive letter to go with them, this is a must-read for job hunters at any stage of their career.

Modernize your resume : get noticed ... get hired by Enelow, Wendy; Kursmark, Louise Based on today's real-world job search trends, MODERNIZE YOUR RESUME shows you how to craft a winning resume to meet the complexities of today's highly competitive and technologically driven employment market. The 3rd edition has been updated with new resume samples and designs 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, and laser-focused CONTENT that allows you to tell your whole career story in half the words to keep your reader engaged. Focus on information that is relevant to your target market and integrate keywords that are vital to being found online. Present important information quickly in a resume FORMAT that prominently displays your skills, experience, education, and other credentials as they support your current career objectives. Create a distinctive DESIGN to make your resume stand out and capture attention. Getting noticed is step #1, so make that happen and you're on your way. The 100+ resume samples demonstrate these strategies in action for real-life job seekers who've excelled in their search campaigns. The samples showcase the work of professional resume writers well respected for their expertise in resume strategy, writing, format, and design. 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. You'll learn what works, why it works, and how you can make it work for you. Authors and Master Resume Writers Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark have each spent more than 30 years writing resumes, training professional resume writers, speaking to job search audiences, and writing about evolving trends in job search. The latest in their library of more than 30 books is the 3rd edition of MODERNIZE YOUR RESUME, an up-to-the minute resource to guide you to career success. Follow the recommendations of this book and you'll find yourself a more competent and competitive job seeker.

Resume 101 by Quentin J. Schultze; Richard N. Bolles (Foreword by) Minimal job experience? No problem! nbsp; You've just graduated and are ready to land your first real job after college or high school. But how do you write the first résumé and cover letter of your career if you don't have any previous jobs to list? How do you stand out above the other applicants--including people with more experience who are out of work--with your summer job at the diner, internship at the local paper, or spot on the Ultimate Frisbee team? nbsp; Dr. Q to the rescue! For two decades, communication professor Quentin Schultze has been teaching résumé-writing to college students and recent graduates, helping them identify their strengths and transferable skills from their unique life experiences--from extracurriculars to part-time jobs to internships to volunteering. With Résumé 101, you'll discover the secrets to composing strong, impressive resumes and cover letters, such as: nbsp; nbsp; What to include when you lack professional experience nbsp; How to get great references and recommendations nbsp; Why to use a summary rather than objective statement nbsp; When to include hobbies, travel, and technology skills nbsp; What to do if your GPA isn't sky-high nbsp; Which designs and basic formats work the best nbsp; Where to find the perfect verbs and adjectives for a specific job nbsp; nbsp; With Dr. Q's help, you'll soon have a résumé and cover letter that will show hiring managers who you really are, why you're prefect for your dream job, and why they should choose you.