Table of Contents

	Plan to Succeed	p. 1
	Winning Resume Wisdom	p. 3
	The Commandments	p. 3
	Thou Shalt Not Write About Your Past	p. 4
	Thou Shalt Not Confess	p. 5
	Shooting Yourself in the Foot	p. 5
	Get Your Priorities Straight	p. 5
	Drop Irrelevant Info	p. 6
	Understate Too Much Experience	p. 6
	Thou Shalt Not Write Job Descriptions	p. 7
	Thou Shalt Not Write About Stuff You Don't Want to Do	p. 7
	Thou Shalt Say Less Rather Than More	p. 8
	The Eight-Second Test	p. 8
	Goody Two-Pages	p. 8
	Thou Shalt Not Write in Paragraphs	p. 9
	Thou Shalt Not Lie	p. 9
	Chronologically Speaking	p. 19
	Highlighting Your History	p. 19
	The Horizontal Slide	p. 21
	Vertical Climb	p. 21
	A Strong Start	p. 22
	Getting Labeled	p. 22
	Background Check	p. 22
	Conservative Line	p. 22
	Get It Together	p. 23
	Get Functional	p. 31
	The Times Are a Changin'	p. 31
	The Career Changer's Dream	p. 33
	Skills Up Front and Center	p. 33
	Re-Entry with Force	p. 33
	Long, Long Ago	p. 35
	Best Foot Forward	p. 35
	Into the Real World	p. 35
	Fill In the Gap	p. 36
	Decisions, Decisions!	p. 36
	Six Steps to a Perfect Resume	p. 45
	Step One: Name That Resume	p. 47
	Putting Things in Place	p. 47
	What's in a Name?	p. 48
	Giving a Clear Signal	p. 48
	Keep 'Em Guessing	p. 48
	Showing Off Credentials	p. 50
	Home Sweet Home	p. 50
	I've Got Your Number	p. 51
	E-Mail Giveaway	p. 52
	Hot URLs	p. 52
	Step Two: Ask for What You Want ... You Just Might Get It	p. 55
	It's All Marketing	p. 55
	Multiple Choice	p. 56
	The Weight of a Job Objective	p. 56
	Wording with an Objective	p. 58
	Straight as an Arrow	p. 59
	Spreading Your Umbrella	p. 59
	Breaking the Rules	p. 59
	Titles That Talk Big	p. 60
	Heading Within a Heading	p. 60
	Step Three: Knock 'Em Off Their Feet	p. 65
	Right from the Start	p. 65
	Say It with Style	p. 67
	Keeping Up with the Fast Trackers	p. 68
	On the Lines of a Career Changer	p. 68
	Go Figure	p. 69
	Step Four: Make History	p. 75
	Location, Location, Location	p. 75
	Writing History	p. 78
	Fight Age Discrimination	p. 78
	Putting Your Younger Foot Forward	p. 79
	Older Is Better	p. 79
	Down and Dirty Formula	p. 80
	Unsightly Unemployment Blemishes	p. 80
	Years Go Solo	p. 80
	Filling In the Gaps	p. 81
	Character That Counts	p. 81
	The Gapless Resume	p. 82
	Promoting Your Promotions	p. 82
	Grass Underfoot	p. 83
	Straight Up	p. 83
	Zipping Along	p. 83
	The Happy Job-Hopper	p. 84
	Formatting Tricks	p. 84
	Step Five: Show 'Em You're an Achiever!	p. 91
	Chronologically Clear	p. 91
	Functionally Sound	p. 93
	Functional Help	p. 93
	One Plus One Is Enough	p. 93
	Skills for Sale	p. 95
	Dynamite Achievements	p. 96
	Who's Your Audience?	p. 97
	Downplay Differences	p. 97
	Keep It Relevant	p. 97
	First Things First	p. 98
	Lights, Camera, Action Verbs!	p. 99
	How'd the Other Guys Say It?	p. 101
	Brainstorming	p. 102
	Warning! Functional Resume Ahead	p. 103
	Step Six: Give Yourself Credit for Education and More	p. 105
	Finish Lines	p. 105
	Education 101	p. 107
	What If?	p. 107
	Hot College Degrees	p. 107
	Getting Credit for Your Pending Degree	p. 108
	Interpreting Degree Equivalents	p. 108
	Don't Have a Degree?	p. 108
	Yahoo! Just Got My High School Diploma	p. 108
	The Not-So-New High School Diploma	p. 109
	The Last Word	p. 109
	Volunteerism That Pays Off	p. 109
	Professional Schmoozer	p. 109
	Getting Published	p. 109
	Standing Up for Your Award	p. 110
	Key Point: Your Computer Skills	p. 110
	Making a Hobby of It	p. 110
	Anything Missing?	p. 110
	What's Better Left Unsaid	p. 111
	Money Talk	p. 111
	Referring to References	p. 111
	Forget the Personal Stuff	p. 111
	So You Need a Special Resume	p. 121
	The Big Winner: An Achievement Resume	p. 123
	This Resume Packs a Punch!	p. 123
	Asking the Right Question	p. 124
	Oooh, You're Going to Look Great!	p. 124
	The Perfect One-Pager	p. 124
	Quality vs. Quantity	p. 126
	Professional Titles Count	p. 126
	Number One in Sales	p. 126
	It's Your Turn to Shine	p. 126
	A Chronological Hybrid That Adds Up	p. 133
	It's Got Structure	p. 133
	Are You the Hybrid Type?	p. 134
	Climbing Higher	p. 134
	Variations on a Theme	p. 134
	The Hidden Functional Message	p. 136
	Standing Still	p. 136
	Putting Words on Paper	p. 136
	A Functional Hybrid That Makes Sense	p. 143
	The Skillful Hybrid	p. 143
	Looking the Part	p. 145
	Conservative Employer Alert!	p. 145
	Red Flags Down	p. 146
	Giving Order to Chaos	p. 146
	Getting Down to It	p. 146
	When You Really Are a Brain Surgeon: The Curriculum Vitae	p. 151
	Curriculum Vitae vs. Resume	p. 151
	When More Is More	p. 152
	Just the Facts	p. 152
	No Objections	p. 152
	No Need to Summarize	p. 153
	Freedom of Format	p. 153
	Hanging Out Your Laundry	p. 153
	Good Schooling	p. 154
	Are You Published?	p. 154
	Putting On a Show	p. 154
	Joining the Team	p. 155
	Hangin' with the Right Folks	p. 155
	Forget Anything?	p. 155
	High Marks for a University Instructor	p. 156
	Create Your CV	p. 156
	Wrapping It Up	p. 163
	The Big Production	p. 165
	Designer Resumes	p. 165
	Fancy Fonts and Practical Print	p. 166
	Serif's Up!	p. 166
	Simply Sans Serif	p. 166
	Does Size Matter?	p. 167
	Sharp-Shooting Bullets	p. 167
	Shady Bars	p. 167
	Spacing Out	p. 168
	Resume Reality	p. 169
	Mastering Your Resume	p. 169
	In the Mood to Reproduce	p. 169
	Looking Classy on Paper	p. 169
	Getting It Out the Door	p. 170
	Stuffing Envelopes	p. 170
	Snail Mail	p. 170
	Special Delivery	p. 171
	Fax Magic	p. 171
	E-Mail Flash	p. 171
	The Cover Letter Connection	p. 175
	The Secret to Success	p. 175
	Salary Small Talk	p. 176
	The Template of Zoom	p. 176
	A Head Start	p. 176
	Set the Date and the Place	p. 176
	Hello, Hello!	p. 178
	Jumping In	p. 178
	The Meat of the Matter	p. 179
	Getting What You Want	p. 179
	Ten-Four	p. 179
	By Example	p. 180
	Name-Dropping	p. 180
	Getting Personal	p. 180
	Take My Hint, Please!	p. 181
	Getting the Hang of It	p. 181
	After a Job Interview	p. 181
	The Electronic Job Search	p. 187
	The ABSc of E-Resumes	p. 189
	What Is an Electronic Resume?	p. 189
	The E-Resume Appeal	p. 190
	Data in the Database	p. 190
	The Inner Workings	p. 191
	Keyword: Search	p. 191
	The E-Creation	p. 192
	Electronic Headings	p. 192
	Key Placement	p. 192
	Breaking Into the Banks	p. 193
	Electronic to Paper	p. 193
	E-Mail Express	p. 195
	Easy E-Mail Resumes	p. 195
	Staying Out of Trouble	p. 196
	Getting Attached to Files	p. 196
	Direct Message	p. 196
	Getting the Job Done	p. 196
	Doubling Up	p. 197
	Better Save Than Sorry	p. 198
	Capitalizing on Headings	p. 198
	Bite the Bullet	p. 199
	Straight Quotes	p. 199
	Characters That Count	p. 199
	Give Me a Break	p. 200
	Using Your Notepad	p. 201
	3-2-1, Take-Off!	p. 201
	Banking on Success: Online Resume Banking	p. 209
	Resumes in a Bank?	p. 209
	Who Pays the Bill	p. 209
	The Employer's Dream	p. 210
	Headbunting on the Web	p. 210
	Who's Looking for Whom?	p. 210
	The Professional Approach	p. 211
	Specializing in Special Interests	p. 211
	It's a Regional Thing	p. 211
	The Big Guys	p. 212
	The Downside of Uploading	p. 212
	The Invisible Job Seeker	p. 212
	Headhunter Overkill	p. 213
	Telemarketing Alert	p. 213
	Go to the Bank and Fill Out the Forms	p. 213
	Blankety-Blank	p. 214
	The Heart of the Matter	p. 214
	Keeping Up-to-Date	p. 215
	Getting Out While You're Ahead	p. 215
	It's All a Scan: Scannable Resumes	p. 217
	Who or What's Reading Your Resume?	p. 217
	Get With the Program	p. 218
	Scanning Woes	p. 218
	Formatting at Its Finest	p. 218
	The Skinny on Scannable Fonts	p. 219
	Nothing Fancy-Schmancy	p. 219
	Printing Protocol	p. 219
	Into the Database	p. 220
	Ever Ready	p. 220
	Portfolio of Sample Resumes	p. 223
	Index	p. 321