Booklet includes 8 Chapters of 148 Pages:

This booklet is geared for job seekers in the
$24,000 to $100,000+ range and includes success stories
from clients who have increased their monthly salaries by
$200 to $400 more per month
and others who increased annual salaries
by more than $20,000 per year.

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Resumes lay the foundation for a strong interview. Not taking the time to create a great resume results in lower salary offers and loss of self-confidence! Section titles include:

The Best Preparation for an Interview -- It Takes Time To Create A Great Resume -- Resumes Represent How We Market Ourselves During Interviews -- A Strong Resume Sets Your Image Before Interviews -- Who Gets Hired? -- People Put Little Effort into Creating Their Resumes -- Identifying Skills Increases Confidence -- Employers Look For Growth and Promotion Potential -- Always Lower The Employer's Risk in Hiring You -- Your Resume is a Powerful Career Tool

Examples and worksheets guide you through each step of creating a powerful resume that blows away your competition! Section titles include:

6 Easy Steps to Create A Skill-Based Resume -- 2 Sets of Before and After Resumes Illustrate When To Use Chronological and Skill-Based Resumes -- Worksheets for Each of the 6 Steps Guide You In Completing Objective Statements, Selecting Powerful Skill Headings or Replacing/Strengthening Weak Job Titles, Writing Powerful Resume Content, Describing Education and Listing Employment History to Maximize Resume Success

Over 2,000 skills, skill headings and sample sentences are provided on easy to check-off worksheets for the following industries and positions:

Accounting -- Assembly -- Automotive-- Bookkeeping -- Cashiering -- Computer Programs / Equipment -- Computer System Administration -- Construction -- Consultants -- Copywriting -- Customer Service -- Drafting -- Driving -- Education --Engineering -- Executive Secretary -- Facilities Management -- General Labor -- General Office -- Healthcare -- Human Resources Management -- Human Services -- Industrial Maintenance -- Inside Sales -- Janitorial -- Machine Shop -- Management -- Mechanic -- Office Management -- Outside Sales -- Production -- Reception -- Recruitment -- Reporter -- Restaurant - Food Service -- Retail Sales -- Self-Employed Shipping -- Social Services -- Supervision -- Teaching -- Technical Support -- Training -- Transferable Skills -- Warehouse -- Writer

Questions and examples guide you in writing powerful resume content that has been proven to generate more interviews and higher salary offers! Short examples are provided for:

Accounting Assistant -- Administrative / Executive Support -- A/R and A/P Management -- Assembler -- Assistant Manager -- Auto Mechanic -- Branch Manager -- Clinic Manager -- Computer System Implementation -- Computerized Office Applications -- Cook -- Corporate Training -- Crew Management -- Customer Service / Regional Support -- Data Entry Clerk -- Departmental Coordination -- Departmental Management -- District Forms Design -- Dock Operations -- Drafter -- Driver -- Dry Cleaner Manager -- Editor -- Floor Supervisor -- Gas Station Attendant -- Horse Trainer -- K9 to K12 English and Grammar Instructor -- Law Library Manager -- Mail Specialist -- Nurse -- Operations Design -- Operations Management -- Outside Sales Representative -- Production Set-Up and Control -- Program Manager -- Project Manager -- National Program Manager -- Receptionist -- Retail Sales Clerk -- Road Crew Lead -- Secretary -- Supervisor -- Teacher -- Technical Support -- Territory Key Account Management -- Vendor Account Processing -- Vice President of Operations --Warehouse Worker -- Word Processor

This chapter reinforces the importance of design that grabs the employer's attention in that first critical 5-second glance. Section titles include:

Directing and Controlling The Reader's Eye Path -- Design Can Maximize or De-Emphasize -- Resume Example That Illustrates Design Elements That Direct and Control The Eye Path -- Skill Headings, Job Titles and Resume Design -- Resumes Using Two Main Skill Headings -- Success Story and Resume - From $18 per Hour to $24 per Hour -- Your Image Affects Your Entire Job Search -- How Many Skill Headings or Job Titles Should You Use? -- Don't Go Overboard on Design -- Success Story and Resume - 100% Response Rate -- Controlling Employer Assumptions -- Words That Weaken Your Image -- Make Your Resume Memorable -- Quantifying -- Examples of How To Improve Resume Statements -- Prioritize and Use Umbrella Statements -- Have Your Resume Wordprocessed -- Use Narrow Margins to Save Space -- Typestyles and Type Size -- Use Design Elements To Direct and Control the Eye Path -- Use Bulleted Statements Instead of Block Paragraphs -- Quality Printing and Paper -- Executive Resumes -- Include All Contact Information -- List of 500 Action Verbs Categorized by Skill Areas

 
This chapter includes Objective Statements that landed a $42,000 salary increase and a $400 a month salary increase! Then it shows you how to create the same type of powerful objective statements.

This chapter also covers nuts and bolts questions about each section of a resume such as how to deal with an erratic work history -- gaps in employment -- how to describe education and personal information -- and how to minimize or eliminate perceived weaknesses you may have! Section titles include:

Should You Use an Objective Statement? -- If You Don't Include An Objective Statement -- If You Know The Position You Want To Apply For -- Drawbacks To Stating A Specific Objective -- Several Positions Using The Same Skills -- Avoid General Statements -- Don't Describe What You Want -- Powerful Objective Statements -- Objective Statement Worksheets -- One Page Versus Two Page Resumes -- How Far To Go Back In Your Work History -- When and How To Use Dates -- Gaps in Employment -- Streamline Several Positions With One Employer -- If You've Worked for Temporary Agencies -- How To Describe Volunteer Experience -- Where To Place and Describe Education -- Special Areas of Study -- College With A Degree -- College Without A Degree -- If You Attended Several Colleges -- Describing College Coursework, Projects and Internships -- Describing Hands-On Experience -- Describing Short-Term Projects -- When To Include Your GPA -- Corporate Training -- Leave Off Addresses of Employment -- Personal Information -- Salary History -- Reason For Leaving Employment -- Maintaining Your Confidentiality -- Professional Memberships -- If You Have Relocated -- Military Employment -- Associations and Religious Affiliations -- Personal and Professional References -- Reference Sheet Example