The Damn Good Resume Guide: A Crash Course in Resume Writing [Paperback]

Yana Parker (Author)

Book Description

Series: Damn Good Resume Guide | Publication Date: September 20, 2002

Yana Parker has helped hundreds of thousands of job seekers write and refine their resumes to damn near perfection. Her resume guides have been praised for their user-friendly style and savvy advice and, rightly so, have become staples in libraries, career centers, and employment offices nationwide. Now, in this fully revised and updated edition of the best-seller, you can quickly garner resume-writing wisdom by following 10 easy steps to a damn good resume. Also included are completely new sections on formatting resumes and submitting resumes over the Internet. Here is a resume guide you can count on to help you get that resume done fast and get it done right.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Most resume books are written for people with perfectly impeccable, straight-as-an-arrow work backgrounds. Yana Parker writes for the other 99 percent." -Joyce Lain Kennedy, nationally syndicated career columnist

From the Publisher

•Sales of previous editions of DAMN GOOD RESUME surpass 600,000 copies.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press; 4 edition (September 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580084443
• ISBN-13: 978-1580084444
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.2 x 10.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #46 in Books > Business & Investing > Job Hunting & Careers > Resumes

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Quite Good Resume Guide, June 14, 2001

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This review is from: Damn Good Resume Guide: A Crash Course in Resume Writing (Paperback)

I would say this book is quite good, but not damn good. It's fine if want to write a resume for a 'normal' type of career, but if you have a technical or non-office type of background, it's a bit lacking. For those types of jobs, you sometimes NEED a job description or list of duties in your resume for employers to know exactly what it is you do- -highly discouraged here. I strongly recommend Rosenberg and Hizer's 'The Resume Handbook' over this book. It has everything that's in 'The Damn Good Resume Guide' and a bit more, including a list of resume don'ts and examples of bad resumes.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Above The Rest, June 15, 1999

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Craig Baugh([e-mail]) (Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Damn Good Resume Guide: A Crash Course in Resume Writing (Paperback)

Having been involved in the preparation of resumes extensively over the last 15 years as a state and federal employment counselor, I have never found any author who more willingly and professionally explians the resume process. Yana is definitely more concerned over quality than just making a buck! "The Damn Good Resume Guide" and its sister titles are definitely head, shoulders, knees and toes over any other book dealing with resume and job search preparation. A "GOTTA HAVE THIS!!" for anyone who wants a truley Damn Good Resume.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best if you are in a hurry., February 28, 2003

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Amy Hilliard (VA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Damn Good Resume Guide: A Crash Course in Resume Writing (Paperback)

This book has ten steps to writing a good resume. For those of you who might think that this is too many, everything is so concisely written that it is easy to get through the book in a day and end up with a great resume. Other books on resumes that I have read fill up their pages with fluff or well-duh information, not so this book. Although some may complain about the seemingly lack of variety in the jobs showcased (I tend to disagree), the ten steps themselves may be applied to a resume for any job. The only drawback to the sample resumes in this book that I can see is that they are a bit wordy (which contrasts with the rest of the book). However, you can aways trim the fat in your own resume.

I recommend this book to everyone, but especially to people that want a consise explanation of how to write a resume, and/or someone that needs to produce a resume in a short amount of time.