Résumé Magic: Trade Secrets of a Professional Résumé WriterSusan Whitcomb explains how you can use simple techniques to make your résumé stand out from the competition. You'll learn to: apply advertising and branding techniques to résumé writing and position yourself above the competition; link your job skills to the 10 "buying motivators" that every employer responds to; find out what top human resources managers say is the most important résumé feature they're looking for; prepare e-mailable and Web résumés; master "résumé-speak," a unique style of writing that combines advertising and business formats to give your résumé energy and interest; use keywords and get your résumé noticed on the Internet.--From publisher description. |
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