Winning Resumes, 2nd Edition

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Summary: THE ONLY WAY TO WRITE A RESUME...
Review: I found it so difficult to write my resume. Talk about intimidated! This book took me by the hand and spoon feed me into writing the best resume I ever thought I could write. The requests for interviews are rolling in. Now my friends are asking me to write their resumes too! I've taken to doing resumes on my computer to earn extra money. Thanks Robin!

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Summary: The book a Technical Recruiter uses to write his own resume
Review: I use this book when updating my own resume and when revising the resumes of others. I looked through a bunch of similar books and selected this one.

I'm ordering more copies. I gave my last one to my wife for an assistant who'd been helpful to her but was being laid off. Using this book, the woman revised her resume and got a new job at the same company making $10k/yr more - probably a 25-30% increase.

As a recruiter, I read thousands of resumes - most of them mediocre. That doesn't mean I'm good at writing my own resume. I use the book's check lists to make sure I'm not missing anything.

I regard a resume as the best piece of work an individual will ever do. It's amazing what you can tell about an individual by 'reading between the lines' of his (or her) resume. What would you do with a Quality Engineer's resume that contains errors? [Toss]! Get this book and use it . . . please.

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Summary: Great resume basics
Review: If you don't know where to start with your resume, this book is one of the resources you should consider before putting pen to paper. It covers all the areas of resume writing, with plenty of do's and don'ts. Resumes are important and set the tone of your job search. Robin Ryan shows how to make the most of your efforts. The 53 common mistakes were helpful and amusing. I enjoyed the book.

Wayne D. Ford, Ph.D., author of "The Accelerated Job Search" and "How to Spot a Phony Resume" [e-mail]

Rating:
Summary: Great resume basics
Review: If you don't know where to start with your resume, this book is one of the resources you should consider before putting pen to paper. It covers all the areas of resume writing, with plenty of do's and don'ts. Resumes are important and set the tone of your job search. Robin Ryan shows how to make the most of your efforts. The 53 common mistakes were helpful and amusing. I enjoyed the book.

Wayne D. Ford, Ph.D., author of "The Accelerated Job Search" and "How to Spot a Phony Resume" [e-mail]