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BUILDING A GREAT RÉSUMÉ
for job hunters, career changers, consultants and freelancers
by Kate Wendleton
(ISBN 0-944054-09-9; Five O'Clock Books, 208 pages, $15)KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
- A step-by-step guide for career changers, consultants, freelancers as well as job hunters who want to use the latest techniques. Uses a case study approach telling the person's story and showing before and after Résumés.
- Separate sections on Résumés for:
- executives
- managers and high-level professionals
- lower-level professionals
- career changers
- homemakers returning to the workforce
- students and recent grads
- How to handle consulting, freelance, temporary and non-paid work
- The latest Résumé techniques, including how to develop an electronic Résumé
- Stories of real people and their before and after Résumés
- Over 80 industries and professions are represented by the Résumés and summaries in this book
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
- Overview of The Club's Approach to Job Search
- How to State Your Accomplishments
- General Résumé Trends and Guidelines
- Two Sample Résumés & How They Were Written
- How to Handle Consulting, Freelance, Temporary or Non-Paid Work
- The Steps to Follow in Developing Your Résumé
- Writing the Summary at the Top of Your Résumé
- Résumés for Making a Career Change
- Résumés for Executives
- Résumés for Managers / High-Level Professionals
- Résumés for Lower-Level Professionals
- A Jump-Start for New College Grads
- Résumé Checklist: How Good is Your Résumé?
- How to Develop an Electronic Résumés
- What is The Five O'Clock Club and How to Join
- Index: Find Your Industry or Profession
FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Preface
PART ONE--The Five O'Clock Club Method of Job Search
- Getting Up to Speed
- Chart: Phases of the Job Search
- Chart: Getting Interviews; Building Relationships
PART TWO--Accomplishments: the Backbone of Your Story
- Elizabeth: What a Difference a Story Makes
- The Seven Stories Exercise
PART THREE--Developing Your Résumé
- General Résumé Trends and Guidelines
- Two Sample Résumés and How They Were Written
- Wally: Not a Kid Any More
- Andy: His Seven Stories Made the Difference
- How to State Your Accomplishments
- Start with Your Seven Stories
- How to Handle Consulting, Freelance, Temporary, or Non-Paid Work
- The Steps to Follow in Developing Your Résumé
- Writing the Summary at the Top of Your Résumé
- Sample Summary Statements
- How to Write an Electronic Résumé
PART FOUR--Résumés for Making a Career Change
- Elliott: Getting Back Into a Field He Loved
- Carol: Moving Towards Her Dream
- Howard: Repositioned for a New Industry
- Stephen: Moving from Non-Profit to For-Profit
PART FIVE--Résumés for Executives
- Tom: What Did He Really Do?
- Verna: Repositioned as a Generalist
- David: Handled His Fear of Discrimination
- Donald: Is a One-Page Résumé Better?
- Norman: "Hiding" His Most Recent Job
- Hovsep: A Simple Résumé for a Career Continuation
- Janet: Changing Her Job Title; Downplaying Too Many Jobs
PART SIX--Résumés for Managers and High-Level Professionals
- Harold: In a Government Job; Aiming for a Promotion
- Julia: Overcoming Her Background
- Richard: Functional Résumé Within Chronological
- Philippe: Aiming for Very Different Targets
- George: Getting Out of a Dead Market
- Various Résumés for Managers and Professionals
PART SEVEN--Résumés for Lower-Level Professionals
- For Junior-Level Employees: A Summary Makes the Difference
- Résumés for People with "Nothing to Offer"
- Young Person's Résumé
- Homemaker's Résumé
PART EIGHT--Jump-Start for New Grads
PART NINE--Résumé Checklist: How Good Is Your Résumé?
PART TEN--What Is The Five O'Clock Club?
"America's Premier Career Counseling Network"
- How to Join the Club
- Questions You May Have About the Weekly Job-Search Strategy Group
- The Way We Are
- Lexicon Used at The Five O'Clock Club
- Application for Club Membership and Subscription to The Five O'Clock News
Index (Find Your Industry or Profession)
Industries and professions reflected in Résumés and summaries in this book:
- accounting
- actor
- administration
- advertising
- agriculture
- art
- audit
- benefits
- budgeting
- business development
- business management
- business start-up
- chief financial officer
- clinical nutrition
- communications
- computers
- corporate counsel
- counseling
- customer service
- customer service management
- editor
- education
- employee benefits
- energy
- engineering
- entertainment
- executive secretary
- executives
- facilities management
- finance
- financial analysis
- financial services
- fundraising
- general counsel
- general management
- government
- human resources
- international
- international management
- internet
- investigator
- investment management
- journalist
- juvenile justice
- kitchen management
- law enforcement
- legal
- licensing
- management
- manufacturing
- marketing
- marketing analysis
- marketing services
- marketing strategy
- media
- medicine
- new media
- not-for-profit
- office head
- office management
- operations
- organization development
- pediatrics
- physician
- planning and policy
- policy development
- power
- president
- pressman
- private banking
- product development
- product management
- program development
- project management
- promotion
- psychology
- public affairs
- public health
- public relations
- purchasing
- real estate
- relationship manager
- research
- research director
- research production
- restaurant
- retail
- sales
- sales management
- secretary
- special events
- sports
- sports marketing
- strategic planning
- support services
- teaching
- telecommunications
- telemarketing
- television
- trade finance
- training
- training and education
- training management
- treasurer
- treasury
- turnaround management
- writer
