An easy to follow guide that takes the pain out of resume writing to make room for real career change. This eBook Plus provides additional resources and templates to help you make progress faster. In this eBook you will learn: -a proven strategy to up-level your career (*hint* it's not what you think) -simple structure and formatting tips for 1-page resume -an embarrassing resume before and after -the secret recipe for 5-Layer Career Change cake -use he Wheel of Success what you need to gain confidence and clarity -easy yet powerful steps towards meaningful and lasting career change -how to create your best resume ever!

Written by the official resume advisers to Monster.com, this is the ultimate guide to creating life-changing resumes. The Career-Change Resume helps aspiring career-changers reinvent themselves by showing them how to transform their resumes. The book includes step-by-step instructions demonstrating how to craft resumes that open doors to new careers; more than 150 sample resumes and cover letters; valuable, innovative career-change tools and strategies; and solutions to common problems plaguing career-changers.

For the first time ever, here’s a resume book that clears away the clutter and gets down to the “brass tacks” of what it takes to write and design a resume that will get you interviews and job offers. Authors and professional resume writers Wendy Enelow and Arnold Boldt share their insights, knowledge, and more than 35 years of combined experience to help you prepare a resume that will get you noticed, not passed over. No-Nonsense Resumes begins with a thorough but easy-to-understand explanation of the key elements that are vital to creating an “attention-grabbing” resume, including how to: — Strategically “position” your resume — Showcase your skills and achievements — Format and design a professional-looking resume — Select and integrate key words — Prepare and distribute your electronic resume Subsequent chapters offer specific tips on creating winning resumes for job opportunities in virtually every profession: Administration & Clerical; Accounting, Banking & Finance; Government; Health Care & Social Services; Hospitality Management & Food Service; Human Resources & Training; Law Enforcement & Legal; Manufacturing & Operations; Sales, Marketing & Customer Service; Skilled Trades; and Technology, Science & Engineering. Included in each chapter are sample resumes contributed by leading resume writers and career consultants worldwide.

Finding a new career after motherhood, changing fields or industries, finding a completely different type of work to do, seeking a change but staying in the same industry, moving from self-employment to something totally different? At last there is a book dedicated to the unique needs of career changers! Each resume and cover letter combination reveals a story of a successful job hunt and career change. A best-selling title in the Real-Resumes Career Series edited by Anne McKinney. The book shows actual resumes and cover letters that helped real people change fields or industries. At a time when research shows that most working people have three distinctly different careers, at last there is a book which reveals the successful techniques involved in changing fields. The title is based on the philosophy that an effective career-change resume must 'build bridges' to new opportunities. The Table of Contents is designed to show individuals in varying degrees of career change and seeking different goals: finding a new career after motherhood, identifying a new product to sell or represent, determining a completely different type of work to do, seeking a change but staying in the same industry, changing fields with absolutely no idea what's next, changing fields with a pretty good idea about what's ahead, and changing from self-employment to something totally different. Praise for other titles in the Real-Resumes Series: "Distinguished by its highly readable samples...essential for library collections." - Library Journal "These excellent new guides don't just provide the usual coverage on how to write a resume. They provide industry-specific examples, industry-specific tips and cautions, and industry-specific strategies based on real-world resumes. Since many technical types aren't writers, this comes as a special gift; select a winning format, plug in your background specs, and away you go. It's that easy--with Real-Resumes in hand."-- The Midwest Book Review Testimonials from people who have successfully used this book: "Thanks to the professional writers who created the Real-Resumes Series, I succeeded in moving from copier sales to pharmaceutical sales." J. Bagwell "Transitioning from retail buyer into nonprofit marketing was possible because of the Real-Resumes Series." G. Averett "My career change from small business ownership into sales happened because my resume and cover letter blew doors open." M. Davidson "It's hard to imagine yourself in another field, so it was difficult for me to create a resume which reached out in a credible and enthusiastic way to employers in other industries. I eventually had many job offers, but my success happened after I figured out how to present myself using this Real-Resumes book. Seeing how other people had done it was the key to my success." J. Stephens "After teaching, I wondered how to communicate my potential to other employers. Thanks to Real-Resumes, I created a powerful resume and cover letter that opened many doors." M. Getlee "Motherhood was (and is) a job I loved, but when I returned to paid employment outside the home, I needed some help in presenting myself. This book was my lifeline. It was especially helpful to see the cover letters that accompanied the career-change resumes, because those types of cover letters are very different from the normal job-hunting cover letters. This book helped me dust off my professional skills and reenter the job market with confidence." Z. Morowski

Career Change - 3 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Change Careers, How to Find a Job and How to Write a Resume. 1) HOW TO CHANGE CAREERS: 7 Easy Steps to Master Your Career Change, Switching Jobs, Career Coaching & New Career Planning. YOU'LL LEARN: What your current strengths and skills are so you know where to focus your efforts and how you can start making the right changes for yourself. How to consider your current career options and what you will need to do to get to them. How you can start to experience the world around you just by spending time volunteering and shadowing others. The importance of taking classes from time to time to get more experience and expose yourself to new subjects. Why you should take the time to choose the right career and how you can figure out which one will be just right. The importance of credentials and what you can expect when you are trying to meet them. Tips and tricks that will help you to apply to a job in a completely different field. And so much more! 2) HOW TO FIND A JOB: 7 Easy Steps to Master Job Searching, Job Hunting, Job Offer Application Planner & Job Seeking. YOU'LL LEARN: - What you will need to do to understand the skillsets that will help you get a career and how to market them. - Everything you need to know about getting your resume prepared and updated before you begin your job search to ensure that applying is as smooth as possible. - How to choose the right kinds of companies that you want to work for and why you want those over others. - How to begin your job application lists to keep your application process as organized as possible. - The basics of networking to make sure that you have enough references to help you. - Choosing the right references. - How to fill in job applications the right way. - And so much more! 3) HOW TO WRITE A RESUME: 7 Easy Steps to Master Resume Writing, Curriculum Vitae Design, Resume Templates & CV Writing. YOU'LL LEARN: - The gold-standard resume and its crucial components; what you need to add and what you need to avoid at all costs. - A curriculum vitae and how to make one; how it differs from a resume and the similarities. - Cherry-picking, focusing, or diminishing your history to present yourself in the best possible light. - The hazards of outright deception; when to pad, when to skip, and how to do so in the most productive way possible. - Skills and traits that every employer is looking for and how to pick them up free and fast; rocket fuel for a career, these skills are universally sought after. - The red flags every business is watching for; when to address the unavoidable and how to interview the interviewer back. - And so much more!

Lola Brown has written a current and practical guide on how to design a persuasive and effective resume. Whether you're applying for an entry-level position or seeking a career change, this book explains what employers want to see in a resume. Updated to help students master the Internet as a job search tool, this new edition includes useful advice on preparing for job interviews, over 50 sample resumes, and eight different cover letters. Includes a full chapter on preparing for job interviews. Explains what employers want to see in a resume-- and points out what they should not see. Features a unique "Laying the Groundwork" chapter that walks students step by step through a worksheet and assists them in matching skills to job qualifications. Considers resumes for a variety of professional "levels," including entry-level resumes, advancement resumes, transition resumes, and special situation resumes. Provides updated resumes reflecting the current labor market. Visit our Student Success Supersite at www.prenhall.com/success Features include: Majors Exploration Career Advice Web Links Tips from Successful Students Student Bulletin Boards Faculty Resources