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Every page
in my Increase Salaries book moves you toward the goal of creating
resumes that market your top skills as well as showing you how
to tweak and target them for specific jobs! This book shows you how
to carefully select the skills that you wish to market and how
to describe them so that you create an image that is a strong
match for the job you want!
As the wide range of testimonials sprinkled throughout this site,
demonstrate the strategies presented in my books really do work
for anyone at any salary level. About 6 years ago, I spent many
hours working with Barb Shull, coaching her on becoming a professional
resume writer. Using the strategies I've developed (as well as
crafting her own skills along the way) she's now written over
2,000 resumes. Here's a short testimonial that speak of her experience
in using these strategies with her clients:
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"Using Regina's
system, I've written over 2,000 resumes for clients with incomes
from $20,000 up to $324,000. I've found that her "marketing
approach" works phenomenally well--no matter your income
or salary level. My clients are amazed at the difference in their
before and after resumes. Their confidence soars, they start
seeing their interview rates double or triple, and when they
are offered their dream jobs--well, they're ecstatic! |
As
with any testimonial, please keep in mind that your results will
vary! |
Many of them
land salary offers that increase their income from several hundred
dollars more per month and several have landed salary increases
up to $20,000 to $30,000 per year over their old salary levels.
Buy this book. You can't make a better investment in your career!"
Barb Shull, Owner of Resumes, Etc. |
My newest book,
Proven
Resumes: Strategies That Have Increased Salaries! will take you every
step of the way in created highly targeted resumes that get top
results!
If you are looking for an Accounting, Customer Service, CAD / Drafting, Computer
Information or an EET - Electronics Engineering Technician position
you'll find
targeted resumes for these fields in my career-specific booklets
listed below. The resume examples in these career-specific booklets
have been so successful in increasing student interviews and
salary levels that a national school graduating 10,000 students
has several locations which provide them for CAD and EET students
each quarter. The value and success of these booklets is unsurpassed.
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$9,000
Salary Increase
The
first resume workshop in this site shows how Fran's after resume resulted in
a $9,000 salary increase. Fran
wanted a $33,000 Corporate Customer Representative job but her resume
created an image of her being at a $20,000 to 24,000 salary level -- that's
$9,000 to $13,000 beneath her goal.
What
Level Does Your Resume Market You At?
If you
are curious to see what level your resume is marketing you at
then be
sure to read and use the graphing techniques in my first workshop.
By graphing the job titles used in Fran's resume it's easy to see why
her resume failed
and once you understand this
you will understand
why the majority of resumes fail. You'll then understand how to analyze your job titles and see
if you are better off using them or replacing them with skill headings that
market you more effectively.
Most
People Have Job Titles that Weaken Their Image
I
estimate that at least 85% of all job seekers have job titles unrelated to
their current career goals
and that they are much better off using skill
headings rather than job titles to land higher salaries and double and
triple their interview rates.
For
example, Fran had been a Directory Operator but in most people's minds that
doesn't sound like she's at the level of a Corporate Customer Representative
making $33,000
that's because most people don't view directory operators
as providing true customer service. Most
people say that Directory Operator sounds like someone making only $20,000.
However, by using the 12 Questions in my Proven Resumes Series, Fran
wrote a new description of her duties as a Directory Operator that described
her being selected out of 100 Directory Operators to provide specialized
Customer Service to the Governor's Office and Political Dignitaries in the
Washington State Capitol
now that information begins to change our image
of Fran doesn't it? That makes
her sound much more like someone being able to command $33,000.
Which
sounds like a better match for the $33,000 Corporate Customer Service
Representative goal
her old job title of Directory Operator
or a skill heading like Customer Service Representative to State
of Washington Account. In
Fran's actual resume we used the heading of Customer Service Representative
but you can see how you can play with skill headings to control and elevate
your image
this is one strategy I explain in detail with examples
throughout my book, Proven Resumes: Strategies That Have Increased Salaries,
and one of the strongest things I can offer you as a resume writer
just
in case you don't have the time or patience to write your own.
Going
from 0% to 100% Interview Rate
By
using skill headings that matched her goal, Fran went from a 0% interview
rate to a 100% interview rate -- meaning none of her prior resumes had
landed an interview but her new resume landed an interview for each position
she applied for.
Click
here to learn other ways we
improved Fran's resume and landed her a job paying $9,000 more click
here to read my first set of
resume workshops!
If you've entered my site via this page, be sure to go to my home
page for an overview of more than 60 Free Resume & Job Search Workshops
that include tons of Resume Tips for 45 Career Fields, Job Search,
Electronic Resume, Cover Letter, Interviewing, Networking and Confidence
Building strategies.
The
testimonials at the top of this page and throughout my site describe salary
increases ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 and more. Here's one of my most recent ones:
| Regina,
the resume you wrote caught the attention of the world's leading
software manufacturer. Thanks for helping inspire me through
your thoughtful questions and objective interpretation of my work
history.
I'm
sure it made a big difference in my ability to be recognized in a
competitive environment and cross the $100,000 threshold. By
the way, the offer I accepted was an increase of $25K annually (21%
increase).
Rachel Pizarro, Senior Sales Account Executive / Operations Manager |
In Summary
If you are
in the process of writing a resume---or have already written
one but not gotten the results you want it may be because your titles or skill
headings are creating a weak image of your skills---if so consider
purchasing my Strategies That Increase
Salaries series written for job seekers in the $20,000 to
$100,000+ range. This powerful trio shows you how to create resumes
and cover letters that use powerful skill headings that control
and elevate your image to match the jobs and salary you want---and
there are no other books available that teach you this! You can
then learn how to carry these powerful strategies into your interviews
by using my interviewing booklet so that you position yourself
as a top candidate!
You may also want to supplement the Strategies That Increase
Salaries booklets with one of the Career-Specific Resume
Booklets described below in order to obtain resume samples
written just for your career field.
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