Acknowledgments |
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Top Ten Reasons to Update Your Resume |
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Introduction |
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Resume Writing and the Job Search |
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Resume Writing for Today's Job World |
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2 | (1) |
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Simplified Steps to Job-Search Success |
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5 | (9) |
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14 | (1) |
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Your Job-Search Foundation |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (1) |
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The Seven Key Steps to Writing a Resume |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (2) |
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State-of-the-Art Documents Focused on You |
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The College Graduation Benchmark |
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26 | (3) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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Resumes Between Generations |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (2) |
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Seven Steps to Resume-Writing Success |
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40 | (1) |
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Format, Content, and Order of Information |
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Identify Your Objectives and Your Audience |
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Inventory Your Qualifications and Achievements |
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46 | (1) |
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Analyze Your Competencies and Capabilities |
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Drafting and Critiquing Your Resume |
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47 | (2) |
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Mass Production, E-mail, and Distribution |
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49 | (2) |
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Goals, Qualifications, and Achievements |
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Meeting the Employer's Criteria |
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52 | (1) |
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Talk the Talk to Walk the Walk |
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Sample Statements of Objectives |
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Qualifications: The ``Q'' in You |
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59 | (11) |
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70 | (3) |
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Uploading Your Web Resume |
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74 | (3) |
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E-mailing Your Web Resume |
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77 | (1) |
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Web-Based Research and Job Search |
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78 | (2) |
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Reactive and Proactive Web Strategies |
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80 | (1) |
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Job Board Giants and Niche Sites |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (5) |
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The Seven Steps Revisited |
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90 | (3) |
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Additional Inspiration for Action |
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94 | (2) |
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Special Issues for Special Circumstances |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (3) |
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100 | (1) |
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Resumes Before-and-After Review |
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101 | (4) |
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Duplicating and Distributing |
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105 | (1) |
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Resumes, Cover Letters, and You |
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Always Send a Cover Letter |
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108 | (1) |
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Types of Job-Search Correspondence |
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109 | (7) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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Sample Cover Letters and Follow-Up Letters |
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Resumes as Interview Preparation and Motivation Tools |
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The Resume, Interview, and You |
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130 | (1) |
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Your Resume as a Guide for Interview Day |
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130 | (1) |
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Preinterview Resume Review Inventory |
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131 | (2) |
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Easy Job-Search Conversations |
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133 | (3) |
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Two Key Phrases You Must Think or Say |
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136 | (1) |
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Common Questions and Universal Themes |
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Conversations, Not Cross-Examinations |
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143 | (4) |
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Resume Review and Critique |
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147 | (24) |
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The Heart and Head of the Resume Coach |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (8) |
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Coach's Final Words on the Multipurpose Resume |
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158 | (3) |
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One Multipurpose Resume Equals Three Targeted Resumes |
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161 | (9) |
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An Actual Resume Success Story |
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170 | (1) |
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What They Say about Your Resume |
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171 | (24) |
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Appendix A: Before-and-After Resumes |
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Appendix B: Helpful Web Sites |
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Index |
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