The Fastest Way to Your Next Job
Preface - How to Use This Book ix
1 - Why You Need a Resume 1
2 - What Your Resume Can Do for You 2
3 - The Rules of Resume Writing 4
4 - Resume English Simplified 6
5 - Writing Your Resume: Style Overview 11
6 - Writing Your Resume: The One Thing You MUST Do
First 15
7 - Writing Your Resume: Getting Started with the
Heading 19
8 - Writing Your Resume: Win or Lose in the First Ten
Lines 23
9 - Writing Your Resume: Jobs and Dates 28
10 - Writing Your Resume: What to Do about Common
Problems 37
11 - Writing Your Resume: Education and Additional Data
44
12 - Writing Your Resume: Putting It All Together
53
13 - Sample Resumes 59
14 - Special Styles, More Solutions 72
15 - How to Get Interviews and Plan and Manage a Job
Search 94
16 - Cover Letters: Don’t Write One until You Read Chapter
15 111
17 - Go for It! This Is Your Life 127
Index 129
DONALD ASHER is the author of ten books on the topics of careers and higher education. He is a contributing writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal.com and CollegeJournal.com, USAirways Magazine, MSN Encarta and MSN homepage, Dow Jones's National Business Employment Weekly and Managing Your Career magazines, and many other publications and career sites. He visits more than one hundred university campuses every year to discuss career management topics from salary negotiations to linking your major to your life goals.
"a guide to creating a distinctive resume."
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