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Beyond the Resume: A Comprehensive Guide to Making the Right Impression Through E-mail, Cover Letters, Resumes, and Pre-Interviews

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If words aren't your thing, then this is the book for you. The authors offer key phases and scripts to use when writing resumes, cover letters, emails and more. The resume section is a little weak; it does not discuss key words for computer scanning, but there are other resume writing books for that. I especially like the phone scripts as I am good putting words down on paper but have a hard time finding the right words when I am on the phone. There are scripts for cold calling, voice mail messages and follow-up calls as well as networking and interviewing. The authors also offer phrases that "bridge generations" which is helpful in a multi-generational workplace. Written in 2007, the only thing missing are phrases for tweeting and blogging, but there is enough good information in this little book that it should transfer to any new media that comes along.