High impact resumes and letters
Subtitle: how to communicate your qualifications to employers
By: Ronald L. Krannich and William J. Banis.
Contributors: Banis, William J.
Edition: 9th ed.
Publisher: Impact
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Manassas, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781570232435
Subjects: Résumés (Employment); Cover letters
Notes: Previous ed.: 2003.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Communicate your qualifications with impact; title: The world of high impact resumes and letters; title: It's about effectively communicating qualifications; title: Focus on the process; title: Yes, anyone can find a job; title: You must communicate your value to employers; title: Key products promoting a process; title: Use the right resources; title: Power-up your job search; title: 2. Focus on employers' needs; title: Get started right; title: Make the high impact difference; title: Take employers seriously; title: Transcend communication rituals; title: Go for high impact communication; title: Become a successful communicator; title: Use a different approach; title: Uses and users; title: What comes next; title: Implement and follow through; title: 3. 32 myths and 48 mistakes you shouldn't make; title: Major myths and realities; title: Getting a job; title: Planning resume content; title: Producing the resume; title: Writing letters; title: Distributing resumes and letters; title: Following up your communication; title: Using new resume approaches; title: 27 writing mistakes to avoid; title: 21 production, distribution, and follow-up errors; title: Serious business for serious people; title: 4. Resume power, process, and ethical behavior; title: Knowledge and power; title: Mysticism, misunderstanding, and sabotage; title: Doing better; title: Know what you're doing and where you're going; title: Multi-functional documents; title: Career development and job search processes; title: Approach and ethics; title: 5. Organize your time, implement your campaign; title: Failure to find time and implement properly; title: Better manage your time; title: Inventory your time management behavior; title: Organize your campaign; title: Complete the resume; title: Follow key success principles; title: Work with others; title: 6. Create high impact form, content, and structure; title: Make form and content work together; title: Be aware of resume positives and negatives; title: Make the right choices; title: Select the proper format; title: Know your situation; title: Organize it right; title: Remember what's really important; title: 7. Develop powerful resume content; title: Present your best self; title: Create a powerful database for analysis; title: Specify contact information; title: State an employer-oriented objective; title: Summarize qualifications; title: Describe experience; title: Present educational background; title: Consider personal statements; title: Assess and screen references; title: Decide on miscellaneous information; title: 8. Draft, evaluate, and produce the final product; title: Do first and second drafts; title: Conduct internal and external evaluations; title: Produce a first-class resume; title: Evaluate the final product; title: 9. Write powerful job search letters; title: Having impact in a sea of paper; title: Creating resume letters; title: Writing cover letters; title: Producing approach letters; title: Adding impact with thank-you letters; title: 10. Distribute, market, and manage with impact; title: What do you do next?; title: Approach the publicized job market with caution; title: Respond effectively to vacancy announcements; title: Penetrate the hidden job market; title: Broadcast for dumb luck and lightning; title: The case for high-tech resume blasting; title: Prospect and network; title: Keep good records; title: The art of advertising; title: 11. Implement and follow through with persistence; title: Making things happen through action; title: Implement for positive results; title: Commit yourself in writing; title: Be sure to follow up; title: Effective follow-up methods; title: Follow-up statements and cheerful persistence; title: Follow up your follow-up; title: Follow-up means to follow up; title: Evaluate your follow-up competencies; title: 12. Electronic resumes and Internet job searching; title: Resumes in an electronic era; title: The changing electronic resume; title: Types of electronic resumes; title: "Software sensitive" resumes; title: Resumes for e-mail and Internet transmission; title: Internet distribution; title: HTML resumes and home pages; title: e-portfolios; title: Your Internet act; title: Video and multimedia resumes; title: Question Electronic Effectiveness; title: 13. Welcome opportunities; title: Building on basic foundations; title: Your next steps; title: Optimism with pragmatism; title: Luck will come your way; title: 14. The job hunter, 110 questions and answers; title: Resume writing; title: Resume production; title: Resume distribution; title: Resume follow-up; title: Job search letters; title: Appendix A. Resume transformations; title: Appendix B. Resume styles; title: Appendix C. Effective job search letters; title: Appendix D. Resumes and letters from career professionals.