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Resumes For Dummies
Polish up that old resume—and land your dream job
We've all been it's time to apply for a job or internship and you have to create or revise your resume. Many questions pop in your head. What do employers want? What skills should I highlight? How do I format this? How do I get noticed? But resume writing doesn't have to be a daunting task.
The latest edition of Resumes For Dummies answers all of these questions and more—whether you're a resume rookie, looking for new tips, or want to create that eye-catching winning resume. In this trusted guide, Laura DeCarlo decodes the modern culture of resume writing and offers you insider tips on all the best practices that’ll make your skills shine and your resume pop. Let's start writing!
Write effective resumes that will stand out in a crowd Understand Applicant Tracking Systems and how to adapt your resume Keep your resume up with the current culture Position a layoff or other career change and challenge with a positive spin Leverage tips and tricks that give your resume visual power In order to put your best foot forward and stand out in a pile of papers, it’s important to have an excellent and effective resume—and now you can.
We've all been it's time to apply for a job or internship and you have to create or revise your resume. Many questions pop in your head. What do employers want? What skills should I highlight? How do I format this? How do I get noticed? But resume writing doesn't have to be a daunting task.
The latest edition of Resumes For Dummies answers all of these questions and more—whether you're a resume rookie, looking for new tips, or want to create that eye-catching winning resume. In this trusted guide, Laura DeCarlo decodes the modern culture of resume writing and offers you insider tips on all the best practices that’ll make your skills shine and your resume pop. Let's start writing!
Write effective resumes that will stand out in a crowd Understand Applicant Tracking Systems and how to adapt your resume Keep your resume up with the current culture Position a layoff or other career change and challenge with a positive spin Leverage tips and tricks that give your resume visual power In order to put your best foot forward and stand out in a pile of papers, it’s important to have an excellent and effective resume—and now you can.
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439 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 8, 2015
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December 11, 2018
Like all For Dummies books, this one is perfectly fine. As an editor, I sometimes read through books like this to make sure I'm giving my clients the best, most current advice—and it's good to keep my own resume updated.
Two issues with this book:
1. A lot of the sample resumes in the back of the book look (to me) really boring, and some look cluttered or disorganized.
2. Most of the same information, written more concisely and engagingly, is covered by The Interview Guys website, which is always current and free.
Two issues with this book:
1. A lot of the sample resumes in the back of the book look (to me) really boring, and some look cluttered or disorganized.
2. Most of the same information, written more concisely and engagingly, is covered by The Interview Guys website, which is always current and free.
June 1, 2022
The book is full of resume examples and is well written for the newbies in the resume writing sphere, such as students, for instance. If you are an experienced candidate and want to update your resume, I guess this book will be not that useful. However, there are many other ways to get your resume fixed or improved. For example, https://resumeperk.com/ editors provide a free resume review option, as well as can edit your professional cv or resume. It is a good chance to get expert assistance online, I think
February 19, 2021
Good advice overall but the sample resumes are all so busy! I can’t imagine employers would read them. The author advocates brevity and readability and keyword scannability but the examples all have boxes, multiple sections with centering and check marks, and even bar charts. The creative-job resumes all have graphics. Wouldn’t that all mush together when scanned? So overall, a confusing book.
August 12, 2020
Lots of example resumes and probably a good book if you are creating a resume for the first time. I personally didn’t find it that useful.
October 8, 2023
If you think you know resumes you may be in for a surprise
This is a new look at today’s resumes. All the old resumes, theories, and targeting tricks still work. This book helps with new with dispersing and quickly modifying the target.
There are lots of things to be aware of when designing resumes. At the same time, this book will make you gutsy. Remember anything you put out on the net stays on the net. Also, you will find people asking for word format with no pictures and odd symbols or graphs. (Some people use scanning computers).
There is a nice little section called wow words that is worth noticing if you are making resumes with specific industry targets in mind.
This is a new look at today’s resumes. All the old resumes, theories, and targeting tricks still work. This book helps with new with dispersing and quickly modifying the target.
There are lots of things to be aware of when designing resumes. At the same time, this book will make you gutsy. Remember anything you put out on the net stays on the net. Also, you will find people asking for word format with no pictures and odd symbols or graphs. (Some people use scanning computers).
There is a nice little section called wow words that is worth noticing if you are making resumes with specific industry targets in mind.
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