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A comprehensive collection of sample resumes for any job in any field
202 Great Resumes! gives job hunters more of everything they need to get a great job. These resumes cover more professions, more resume styles and formats, and more cutting- edge job search strategies than ever before. Fresh sample resumes for today's most sought-after professions are included, as well as special samples for recent grads and those who've been out of work for extended periods. Features include:
- Resumes for every experience level, from college grads to corporate executives
- Endorsed by the Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches
- Proven advice on cover letters, networking, negotiating, and references
- More keywords that hiring managers look for in a resume
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780071458382 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | McGraw Hill LLC |
| Publication date: | 04/21/2004 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 304 |
| File size: | 41 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
Jay A. Block is an internationally certified career coach and resume strategist. He lives in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Michael Betrus is a hiring manager in the telecommunications industry. Block and Betrus are also the authors of the bestselling resume guides 101 Best Resumes, 101 More Best Resumes, 101 Cover Letters, and Great Answers! Great Questions! For Your Job Interview. He lives in Odessa, Florida.
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202 Great Resumes
By JAY A. BLOCK, MICHAEL BETRUS
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Copyright © 2004Jay A. Block and Michael BetrusAll rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-07-145838-2
Excerpt
CHAPTER 1Why This Book Is Unique ...
Our business was booming in the 1990s. Companies were growing like crazy, hiring employees at every level. Unemployment was under 4%, and starting salaries were skyrocketing, especially in the technology sector. With all that hiring activity, there was a big need for services like ours to help people conduct an effective transition from one career choice to another.
The days of very low unemployment have passed, at least for now. The stock market has been crushed, and it may take another decade to reach the levels we saw in 2000. Fortune magazine even ran a cover story (June 2003) on white-collar layoffs. It's tough out there, and the competition for jobs is even tougher. That is why we are focusing this book on spinning your accomplishments to meet the needs of the hiring company.
Higher Unemployment + Contracting Workforce = MORE COMPETITION
This guide offers a new approach to resume writing and lists steps to take to ensure that your profile is reviewed by both decision makers and hiring managers. It is unique in the following ways:
How to research a company to uncover its needs. Nearly all resume books focus all their effort on developing a resume that illustrates the career background of the candidate. Great. The shortfall here is that too little time is spent understanding the needs of the target company, and then structuring your story (of which your resume is only a part) around that. Job searching today is analagous to sales: You must understand the needs of the hiring company (the buyer) in order to get hired (make the sale).
How-to section showing how to "spin" your resume to match the requirements of the target company. Danielle Sabian worked in various marketing and sales capacities for 12 years. She decided to test the employment waters and see if she could better her current position as a creative director for a Big Five advertising agency. She had one resume and circulated it to several other firms and companies that could use an experienced marketing or sales director or vice president. One resume! A true professional with terrific credentials for marketing consumer products had only one resume to use to market herself for a myriad of sales and marketing positions. Do you see the flaw? Danielle should have had several resumes, each with a factual but different emphasis. We developed six "boilerplate" resumes: one for agency marketing, one for in-house marketing, one for agency sales, one for sales management, one for agency VP positions, and one for client VP positions.
How to get in the door, network, and get yourself exposed to the hiring managers. Anyone in sales will tell you that the toughest part of sales is prospecting. Once you get in front of the decision maker, it's generally downhill from there—and fun. The toughest part of job searching is getting in front of the hiring manager. We will share some tactical actions you can take to help you get in front of the decision makers and influencers at the company you are targeting.
Create and articulate your value to the hiring managers and spin the right message, depending on whom in the target company you are meeting. Statements versus value statements. A resume focused on the candidate includes statements about the candidate. These statements may or may not be relevant to the hiring manager or the person reviewing the resume. A resume with statements that are tailored to match the accomplishments of the candidate with the needs of the target company provides value. Value statements will get you through the screening process and in front of the hiring manager.
Includes thousands of keywords and action verbs to help you write a resume. Resumes today frequently are sorted electronically, searched by keywords. Keywords are industry-specific or discipline specific terms that help define and distinguish your qualifications from those of other candidates. Examples of keywords can be found in Chapter 8.
How to overcome obstacles such as being laid off, taking a leave of absence, and being demoted. Are you feeling that you have a personal situation that might hinder your marketability? Were you laid off, did you take time off to be with your family, were you fired, are you under-employed? There are many things you can do to position yourself better. Chapter 9 details many of these challenges and shows how to overcome them.
Street-smart tips to help you job search, negotiate your salary, work through the Internet, interview, and much more. Our books have always included street-smart tips to get you hired. In fact, those tips are among the most popular elements of our past books. This book contains street-smart tips on interviewing, writing letters, writing resumes, using the Internet, working with recruiters, getting started, and networking.
THE HIRING COMPANY WANTS TO HIRE YOU
It is time-consuming and expensive to hire new employees. The quicker the search for a new candidate is ended, the happier everyone is. Your number one objective is to make the hiring decision easier for the company. Position yourself as the best candidate and things will fall into place for you and the company.
CHAPTER 2Creating a Solutions-Based Resume
Joe Pascual is a 36-year-old sales manager. He has worked in the telecommunications industry for his entire 14-year career. He began as a sales representative, moved to marketing, moved back to sales, became a general manager, and even started up new operations for one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world.
In 2003 Joe decided to look for a new position. He had rock-solid credentials and experience and plenty of references. He began circulating his resume and applied online and directly to a few companies that posted director-level opportunities.
After three months of doing this he had made no real progress. There was no follow-up, but in the worst telecommunications market in recent history, he felt fortunate to have his current position. He did not have high expectations.
One night he was scanning Monster.com and saw a terrific opportunity. It was a regional director of sales position for one of the few really stable telecommunications companies left. The job posting included the following job description:
This Regional Sales Director position will be responsible for launching and operating a profitable sales territory that satisfies [hiring company's] customer requirements & meets the territory's revenue objectives. You will manage five acquisition & retention focused sales branches selling local, long- distance, and Internet services to businesses. This position requires the candidate to have successful sales management experience, verifiable, and experience starting up new sales operations. This position will also be responsible for the selection, training and development of a professional sales staff.
Joe posted his resume for the position. The name of the company was provided in the posting. He also began networking to try to find out whom he could meet at the hiring company. It was a great opportunity, and he needed to put his best foot forward. Following is the resume he posted for the position:
He never heard anything. After about five days and not wanting too much time to pass, he called and asked for help with his resume and cover letters.
After examining his resume and the advertisement, we saw no apparent connection between his experience as depicted on his resume and what the company was trying to hire. He sent his generic resume to the
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Table of Contents
List of Resumes by Industry/Job Title1 Why This Book Is Unique
2 Creating a Solutions-Based Resume
3 Getting in the Door
4 What’s Happening on the Other End?
5 Crafting the Resume
6 An E-Guide to the Electronic Resume
7 Happy Graduation: Uncovering Job Opportunities
8 Keywords and Action Verbs
9 Special Cases: Resume Challenges
10 The Resume Workshop
11 Consultative Sales Approach and Cover Letters
12 Resumes by Profession
13 Tips and Strategies
Index
About the Authors