The Elements of Résumé Style

Essential Rules and Eye-Opening Advice for Writing Résumés and Cover Letters That Work

Author: Scott Bennett
Pub Date: 2007
Your Price: $24.95
ISBN: 081447280X
Format: Hardcover

• Overview
• Introduction
• Praise for this book
• Table of Contents
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Why Sometimes You Can Do Everything Right and Still Get No Invitation to an Interview • Pay Attention to the Items Within Your Control • Less Is More • 12 Things You Can Do Without

1. Common Concerns
Are You Sure of Where You Want to Work? • Are You Sure of What You Want to Do? • Résumé Length • Chronological or Functional Résumé? • Employment Gaps • Include Interim Jobs? • Self-Employment • Job Hopping

2. Presentation: The Reader Sees More than Words
Paper • Ink • Margins • Spacing • Font • Boldface • Italics • All Caps • Underlining

3. Even the Simplest Items Send Messages to the Reader
Your Name • Your Address • Your Phone Number • Your Fax Number • Your E-Mail Address

4. Sell Your Skills and Experience—Always with the Reader in Mind
Goal Section? • Goal vs. Objective • Executive Summary Section? • Give Readers a Reason to Believe • Education or Work Experience Section First? • Work Experience vs. Professional Experience • Position Descriptions/Blurbs • Sentences/Action Statements • Verbs/Action Words • Volunteer Experience Section • Education Section • Inventions, Published Works, Seminars Section • Software Skills Section • Language Skills Section • Memberships Section • References Statement? • Personal Information Section? • Artwork, Photos, Decorative Borders, and Line Art

5. Deliver Your Message the Right Way to the Right Places
Sending Your Résumé • Job/Career Fairs and Reverse Job/Career Fairs •
Responding to Blind Ads

6. Cover Letters
Cover Letters in General • Sample Response Letter • The Unsung Hero of the Job Search: The Inquiry Letter • Sample Inquiry Letter • Informational Interview Request Letter • Sample Informational Interview Request Letter

7. The Final Three Pre-Interview Items: Salary Requirements,
Salary History, References
Request for Salary Requirements • Request for Salary History • Elements of Compensation for Salary History • References

8. Marketing to Yourself

Conclusion: You’re the Carpenter

Appendixes
A. A Special Note to Homemakers
B. A Special Note to Veterans
C. A Special Note to Ex-Offenders
D. A Special Note to People in Recovery

Index

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