Is your job search stalling out after you submit a resume but before you're offered an interview? With reinvented recruiting technology, unmanageable millions of resumes choking employer databases, and government mandates in the name of diversity, a gigantic change has occurred in the recruiting world over the past several years—and it demands a fresh look at how you write and market your resumes. 
Whether you're entering the job market for the first time, changing jobs, or changing careers, Resumes for Dummies, 5th Edition will show you the ropes and rules for a new era in recruiting and job finding. With 85% new content added since the previous edition, this up-to-date guide gives you the very latest strategies on how to create, and more importantly, distribute your resume in today's new job search environment. You'll learn: <ul>
<li>Why most generic online resumes fail</li> <li>How to customize resumes for each job opening</li> <li>New quick ways to find the right jobs</li> <li>How to use meta search engines to your advantage</li> <li>Why both digital and print versions of resumes are still needed</li> <li>How to use resumes interactively</li> <li>The resume basics that still knock 'em dead</li> <li>How to create resumes for your life's changing phases</li> <li>What to do after you send them your resume</li> </ul>
With a wealth of sample resumes—organized by industry and career field, experience level and age, and special circumstances—along with tips on choosing professional resume help and other valuable resources, Resumes for Dummies, 5th Edition will help you get noticed in a universe saturated with billions of resumes and more on the way.

Resumes for Dummies

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Kennedy, Joyce Lain

Job Hunting & Careers

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Job interviews are crucial meetings that seal the deal on who gets hired. But, since the previous edition of Job Interviews for Dummies was published, everything about the interview process has changed in ways you need to know about and get comfortable with beforehand. 
This completely revised and updated 3rd Edition brings you fully up to speed with the latest technological changes, interview strategies, and negotiation techniques to help you give a show-stopping performance and land the job of your dreams. You learn the secrets of successful Internet video interviewing and find out how to present yourself on a global scale. And, you’ll get plenty of expert advice on giving targeted responses, pinpointing the critical parts of questions, and following up on the interview. In this outstanding handbook of contemporary interview arts, you’ll discover how to: <ul>
<li>Out-prepare the competition</li> <li>Overcome your fear of interviewing</li> <li>Ask smart questions about the job and the employer</li> <li>Give the best answers to make-or-break questions</li> <li>Fit your qualifications to the job’s requirements</li> <li>Dress like an insider</li> <li>Survive personality tests</li> <li>Interview across cultures</li> <li>Deliver a show-stopping interview performance</li> <li>Evaluate a job offer</li> <li>Negotiate a better salary</li> </ul>
Whether you’re fresh from the classroom, a prime-timer over 50, or somewhere in between, Job Interviews For Dummies, 3rd Edition gets you up to speed fast on the skills and tools you need to land the job you want.

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Cover letters are alive and sell! When they’re written right, that is. To stand out in today’s sea of qualified job seekers, learn to craft riveting new breeds of cover letters, create vibrant images online, and discover sensational self-marketing documents you never imagined. This completely revised and updated 3rd Edition of Cover Letters For Dummies brings you all this — plus over 200 great new samples by 62 successful professional cover letter/resume writers. 
You’ve probably suspected that passive and sleepy cover letters merely hugging resumes won’t get you where you want to go. Especially in a shaky job market. The verdict’s in. Since the last edition of Cover Letters For Dummies, blazing fast change in tools, technology, and how hiring managers come calling and how we invite them to look us over, means big dramatic changes in our job messages. In this exceptional handbook of contemporary job messages, you’ll discover fresh ways of thinking about cover letters that captain an entire team of new-style job messages.

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Write a winning resume and land that job interview! 
Is your job search stalling out after you submit a resume but before you're offered an interview? With a recession that has caused a 10% unemployment rate affecting 15.3 million Americans, having a winning resume is vital to securing an interview-and it demands a fresh look at how you write your resumes and market yourself. Whether you're entering the job market for the first time, looking for a new job after a lay off, or changing careers, Resumes For Dummies shows you the ropes and rules for a new era in recruiting and jobsearching. <ul>
<li>Instructions for writing an inclusive core resume</li> <li>Tips on targeting a known position, or tailoring a resume to specific industries</li> <li>Common resume-writing mistakes to avoid</li> </ul>
Updated with the latest information on privacy issues in the electronic age, Resumes For Dummies is your go-to guide for getting your foot in the door.

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Electronic Job Search Revolution: How to Win with the New Technology That's Reshaping Today's Job Market

"If I could take but one tool into the 21st century, this would be it." —Harvey Mackay, author of How to Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive 
Online services market you to employers Cyberspace classifieds list hot jobs Company databases make job research easy Job resources you can use around the clock Information technology is revolutionizing the way people look for jobs. Job seekers can now connect with employers, not just through print job ads and employment services, but electronically. Millions have already tapped into these powerful new resources to help them get ahead. In this fully revised, up-to-the-minute guide, syndicated columnist Joyce Lain Kennedy shows you how to take advantage of the very latest technology to gain access to tens of thousands of potential employers. She also provides helpful tips from human resource specialists, and includes the names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers of electronic job search services. And don't worry, you don't have to be computer literate to get the most out of this book. In straightforward, nontechnical prose, Kennedy and Thomas J. Morrow fill you in on: <ul>
<li>Resume databases that give employers instant access to your resume</li> <li>Employer databases to design your own blue-ribbon prospect list —and get company names and profiles automatically</li> <li>Computer-driven interviews and video conferencing</li> <li>Telephone job hotlines</li> <li>Electronic tools that identify your skills</li> <li>New online job help for graduates and alumni</li> </ul>
Want to master the century's biggest change in job finding? Don't miss this book's two companion volumes: Electronic Resume Revolution, the first complete guide to preparing computer-friendly resumes, and Hook Up, Get Hired!, a comprehensive guide to using the hottest new resources of the Internet to find a job.

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"If I could take but one tool into the 21st century, this would be it." —Harvey Mackay, author of How to Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive America's #1 careers columnist electronically whisks you to the head of the job line. Information technology is revolutionizing the way people look for jobs. Job seekers can now connect with employers, not just through print job ads and employment services, but electronically. Millions have already tapped into these powerful new resources to help them get ahead. In this fully revised, up-to-the-minute guide, syndicated columnist Joyce Lain Kennedy shows you how to take advantage of the very latest technology to gain access to tens of thousands of potential employers. She also provides helpful tips from human resource specialists, and includes the names, addresses, telephone, and fax numbers of electronic job search services. And don't worry, you don't have to be computer literate to get the most out of this book. In straightforward, nontechnical prose, Kennedy and Thomas J. Morrow fill you in on: <ul>
<li>Resume databases that give employers instant access to your resume.</li> <li>Employer databases to design your own blue-ribbon prospect list—and get company names and profiles automatically.</li> <li>Computer-driven interviews and video conferencing.</li> <li>Telephone job hotlines.</li> <li>Electronic tools that identify your skills.</li> <li>New online job help for graduates and alumni. Want to master the century's biggest change in job finding? Don't miss this book's two companion volumes: Electronic Resume Revolution, the first complete guide to preparing computer-friendly resumes, and Hook Up, Get Hired!, a comprehensive guide to using the hottest new job resources of the Internet to find a job. </li> </ul>

Electronic Resume Revolution: Creating a Winning Resume for the New World of Job Seeking

"A revolutionary book by today's foremost syndicated careers columnist. Don't get left behind—read it."—Phyllis Martin, Careers Columnist Cincinnati Post 
In the fast-evolving electronic job market, employers—large and small—are cutting costs by using computers to read resumes. Computers do not read resumes in the same way people do—in fact, the old way of doing things may actually hurt you. In this fully revised and updated edition of their landmark resume guide, Joyce Lain Kennedy and Thomas J. Morrow bring you the very latest in tools and rules for making the most of your resume in the electronic age. In everyday language they explain how to write a keyword resume that gets a response and help you avoid blunders that can cost you hiring interviews. That's not all. Here are a few drops from the ocean of questions answered by Kennedy and Morrow in this indispensable guide: <ul>
<li>Electronics is "in." Is paper "out"? SEE CHAPTER 1.</li> <li>What are the keywords at the center of the new resume? SEE CHAPTER 3.</li> <li>Now that computers read and evaluate resumes, is it still useful to personalize mine? SEE CHAPTER 6.</li> <li>What do keyword resumes look like? SEE CHAPTER 7.</li> <li>How do I perform my resume in front of a video camera? SEE CHAPTER 8.</li> <li>How can I send my resume over the Internet? SEE CHAPTER 2.</li> </ul>

Describes how to summarize and highlight measurable accomplishments which will distinguish you from other applicants. Emphasizes the novelty of the electronic resume as a job tool that lists your job history, skills, and employment aspirations—all in a convenient computer-based format which can match the right applicant to the right employer. Demonstrates how to alter the basic resume for different job descriptions. This edition updates all relevant areas including scanners and OCR systems and contains 50 super resumes with specific topics.

Hook Up, Get Hired!: The Internet Job Search Revolution

A successful author and leading career columnist provides superlative information regarding opportunities offered by electronic job ads, various employment-related online databases and informal bulletin boards available on the Internet. Identifies commercial and nonprofit services that post help-wanted ads. Contains excellent tips on analyzing technical and personal skills and how to use them in searching for appropriate job matches. Features the experiences of approximately 50 individuals in an outplacement center with online job searching. Includes a brief overview of Internet etiquette.

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Career for Dummies Three eBook Bundle: Job Interviews for Dummies, Resumes for Dummies, Cover Letters for Dummies

Resumes For Dummies

Electronic Job Search Revolution: How to Win with the New Technology That's Reshaping Today's Job Market

Electronic Job Search Revolution: How to Win with the New Technology That's Reshaping Today's Job Market

Electronic Resume Revolution: Creating a Winning Resume for the New World of Job Seeking

Electronic Resume Revolution: Creating a Winning Resume for the New World of Job Seeking

Hook Up, Get Hired!: The Internet Job Search Revolution