The Damn Good Resume Guide

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Summary: I have found this book to the best resume book on the market
Review: I have been using "A Damn Good Resume" over 8 years. Other materials on resume writing skirt around the subject. "A Damn Good Resume" goes right to the point. I use it exclusively in my work as a job developer and placement specialist. Yana has taken the guess work out of putting together an exceptional resume package.

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Summary: The Best Way to Build an Effective Resume
Review: This guide takes you step by step through the resume-building process, be it your first resume, or your your 2751st resume. By breaking the resume down into small parts, all of the tension an frustraton is removed from the process. Numerous examples assist you in the page layout and overall design aspects, and act as simulations for varois job-search situations. The Question & Answer section shows how different prospective employers may view different resumes and stlyes. The Checklist for Building/Evaluating a Resume further simplifies the process. Overall, I'd say that this guide is definitely the only on you'll ever need to build an impressive resume, one that is fully customised to the specific job(s) the writer may be seeking. It's lessons are indeed practical, not to mention, easy to follow, learn, and use

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Summary: Has helped me find more than one job
Review: This is one of the best resume books out there. It includes the basics of resumes - work history, education, and things like that. BUT...

It also gives many sample resumes and cover letters from real people who got the jobs they applied for.

The resumes cover everything from people trying to change jobs, get a job just out of college, and people who have been doing the same type of work for years.

The appendices were also extremely helpful. There is an appendix of action verbs - very helpful in creating an "active" resume. There is an appendix on cover letters - very nice for folks who aren't sure how to write a cover letter. There is also an appendix of employer responses to the sample resumes - this was helpful because it showed how employers think.

I highly recommend this one - it's helped me land more than one job and I've even lent it to friends and family who were job searching - and they all got jobs using the tips outlined in this book.