A powerful new technique for exposing the person behind the resume Traditional interview techniques are notoriously inadequate when it comes to providing a picture of how a candidate will actually perform on the job. Recently, an interview style proven to more accurately identify the cream of the crop has been making headlines. It's called behavioral interviewing, and it involves getting candidates to truthfully describe how they responded to past job situations to indicate how well they will handle tasks required in their new position. Coauthored by a hiring consultant to Coca-Cola, Nortel, Siemens, and other Fortune 500 companies, How to Choose the Right Person for the Right Job Every Time explains the advantages of behavioral interviewing and shows managers how to: <ul>
<li>Identify the skills and characteristics they want in a candidate </li>
<li>Develop an interview format </li>
<li>Ask the right questions--includes 401 sample questions </li>
<li>Rate candidates by scorecard </li>
</ul>

How to Choose the Right Person for the Right Job Every Time

Business & Money

Davila, Lori

Kursmark, Louise

Management & Leadership

McGraw=Hill

A step-by-step guide to starting one's own desktop publishing business with a minimum investment. Helps readers estimate start-up costs, manage cash flow, and stay profitable once in business.

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Job Hunting & Careers

Globe Pequot Pr

Based on today's real-world job search trends, Modernize Your Resume shows job seekers how to craft a winning resume to meet the complexities of today's highly competitive and technologically driven employment market. Readers will learn to:
 * Write tight, lean, clean, and laser-focused content to keep readers engaged.
 * Integrate keywords that are vital to being found online.
 * Capture attention with a distinctive design.
 * Understand how to use today s modern resume for person-to-person job search as well as electronic, digital, and mobile search technologies.
 * The 80+ 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 readers practical know-how for building a powerful resume for today. The resume book we have all been waiting for from resume industry leaders Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark. Rich Feller, Past President, National Career Development Association

Modernize Your Resume: Get Noticed Get Hired (Modernize Your Career)

Enelow, Wendy

Emerald Career Pub

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 2nd edition has been updated with new resume samples, new designs, and new ATS and e-resume guidelines, along with new chapters for jobseekers with special circumstances – career change, military transition, and return to work. The entire job search process is evolving at a remarkably rapid pace, and your resume is at the foundation of it all. In this book, you’ll learn to: 
<ul><li>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.</li></ul>
<ul><li>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.</li></ul>
<ul><li>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.</li></ul>
<ul><li>Adopt a new mindset and deeper understanding of how to use today’s modern resume for both person-to-person job search as well as electronic, digital, and mobile search technologies.</li></ul>
 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 resume writing work of Enelow, Kursmark, and many of their colleagues who are also 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 MODERNIZE YOUR RESUME, an up-to-the minute resource for every job seeker to guide you to career success. Follow the recommendations of this book and you’ll find yourself a more competent and competitive job seeker!

Modernize Your Resume: Get Noticed… Get Hired (Modernize Your Career)

"This book addresses how to write the following types of letters that most job seekers will use through their search campaign: Traditional Cover Letters: Letters that job seekers write in response to job advertisements and postings, send directly to hiring managers, or present to human resource professionals. E-Notes: Modern and shorter cover letters used as the content for job seekers email messages, thereby eliminating the need to click to read an attached letter. Recruiter Letters: As either cover letters or e-notes often including information that job seekers would not typically share at the onset with a prospective employer. Thank-You Letters: A must after every interview to ensure that job seekers stay front of mind and give themselves an instantly competitive edge. Networking Letters: Introductory letters to make connections with direct network contacts or referrals; not generally written in response to specific job opportunities. Job Proposal Letters: As the title suggests, these letters are written to propose a specific job opportunity with a specific company to meet a specific organizational need. Letters for Candidates with Unique Job Search Challenges: Letters for job seekers facing specific search challenges, such as transitioning from military service to civilian work, returning to work after raising children, returning to work after incarceration, changing careers, or finding a new job despite a record of hopping from one position to another,"--Amazon.com.

Modernize Your Job Search Letters: Get Noticed Get Hired (Modernize Your Career)

Enelow, Wendy S.

Emerald Career Publishing

Expert Resumes & LinkedIn Profiles for Managers and Executives was written specifically to address the nuances of writing for senior-level job search candidates. For managers and executives, writing resumes and LinkedIn profiles is a complex process that requires strategy, careful selection of the right material to showcase, and the most-effective presentation style to capture the targeted audience.\nManagement and executive job seekers must consider how best to: 
Communicate their personal brand and value Identify qualifications, experiences, and achievements most related to current career goals Position their most relevant and impressive information with the right language and format to capture attention and inspire interest Determine how best to write and present extensive career information for maximum impact Cull past experiences to showcase early career success Format and design their resume to maximize visual focus on what matters most Create a LinkedIn profile that is a complement to the resume--but not an exact copy, written to showcase personality and keyword optimized to attract recruiters and employers 
This book addresses all of these topics and much more.\nThe first section of the book provides an in-depth analysis of each critical component of writing, formatting, and designing senior-level resumes and LinkedIn profiles--everything from crafting personal branding statements, to determining your best resume structure, to writing job descriptions that are rich in content, achievement, and keywords.\nThe second section includes 100+ pages of sample resumes and LinkedIn profiles targeted to all levels of management and executive careers--from front-line managers to CEOs, and all positions in between.\nAuthors 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.\nExpert Resumes & LinkedIn Profiles for Managers and Executives is the latest in the authors' library of 20+ books. By following the writing strategies and actions outlined in the book, senior-level job seekers will become confident in communicating their brands, marketing their expertise, and moving their careers forward.

Expert Resumes and Linkedin Profiles for Managers & Executives

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.

Jan Melnik and Louise Kursmark are recognized leaders in the field of career management. Both are Master Resume Writers and have worked with new-graduate job seekers for more than two decades. Together and separately they have authored dozens of books and delivered countless presentations related to resumes and job search. In addition, Melnik is a faculty member at University of South Florida and Bay Path University, teaching English and business communications. Kursmark is a regular presenter and trainer to college and university career centers nationwide. Friends since high school, the two have collaborated on numerous writing and training projects as they have pursued parallel careers.

Resume & Linkedin Strategies for New College Graduates: What Works to Launch a Gen-Z Career (Modernize Your Career)

Melnik, Jan

This new second edition includes more than 150 winning cover letters for every profession and situation. Readers get great tips from before and after transformations that turn boring letters into knockouts. Plus, there are tips on resumes, e-mail and scannable cover letters, thank-you letters, and dozens of sample opening paragraphs. Also provides proven first paragraphs to start the cover letter with strength.

Cover Letter Magic

Jist Works

Cover Letter Magic, 2nd Edition

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Modernize Your Resume: Get Noticed… Get Hired (Modernize Your Career)

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Expert Resumes and Linkedin Profiles for Managers & Executives

Modernize Your Resume: Get Noticed… Get Hired (Modernize Your Career)

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