Electronic Resume Revolution: Create a Winning Resume for the New World of Job Seeking

by Thomas J. Morrow and Joyce Lain Kennedy

Book Overview

Explains how to use electronic resumes for resume preparation and how to summarize and highlight measurable accomplishments that will distinguish you from the rest of the field. Profiles the novelty of the electronic resume as a job tool which lists the applicant's employment history, skills, aspirations-all in a convenient computer-based format that can match the right applicant with the right employer. Features 50 winning resumes along with specific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471598232
• ISBN13: 9780471598237
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Strongly recommended for everyone looking for a job today

I strongly recommend this book to everyone looking for any type of job in today's job market. Regardless of your circumstance or situation, this book will grab your attention and introduce you to the concept of the "online resume". The authors do an excellent job of giving the reader strong examples of how more and more companies are using computer technology to screen applicants for available positions by scanning for "keywords" throughout an individual's resume, and why tailoring one's resume' to that technology is crucial for success. Using examples obtained from professional personnel managers and recruiters, the authors convincingly prove their case that an applicant must adapt to the world of jobseeking in the technological resume age and forget about the old resume norms. Writing in plain English, the authors state their case quickly then proceed to likewise prove it. Furthermore, they provide the reader with a cornucopia of resume styles and formats. They even give helpful hints on overcoming past employment difficulties such as prolonged unemployment and how to use existing experience in an unrelated field to one's advantage when looking to change careers. This book will give anyone looking for their first job or looking to change careers a leg up on the competition in today's cutthroat world of job searching.