Happy About My Resume: 50 Tips for Building a Better Document to Secure a Brighter Future [Paperback]

Barbara Safani (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 28, 2008

Many great job candidates have poor resumes that are merely a laundry list of job tasks that do little to distinguish them from their competition. The average recruiter or hiring manager spends less than 15 seconds reviewing a resume. Most people's resumes fail to "wow" the reader and quickly end up in the "no" pile.

Writing a resume can feel like an overwhelming task. It can seem like a Herculean effort to consolidate so much important information about a career into a one or two page document. But it doesn't have to be that way! In 'Happy About My Resume', Barbara Safani offers 50 tips for creating compelling copy and presenting it in a powerful way to grab the hiring authority's attention and get them to pick up the phone to call you in for an interview. Safani provides practical and easy-to-follow advice as well as numerous samples that show each of her tips in action.

The book will help readers learn how to quickly create a resume that is professional, gets them noticed, minimizes the amount of time they spend in a job search, and maximizes their earning power. The book is for anyone who wants to proactively manage their career and improve the quality of their current resume or create a resume from scratch.

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Happy About (October 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 160005112X
• ISBN-13: 978-1600051128
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,125,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Happy About My resume, July 27, 2010

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Dale A. Darrough "Sky Raider" (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Happy About My Resume: 50 Tips for Building a Better Document to Secure a Brighter Future (Paperback)

This is a very informative guide to developing a better resume. A few years ago I had a resume professionally prepared at no small expense. It was very well prepared but was dated and I wanted to update it. Rather than pay someone to do the work, I elected to do it myself. I bought this book and followed many of the suggestions the author recommended. The completed resume was shorter in length but offered more pertinent information on my abilities than my old professionally prepared resume. When I sent it to my executive search firm for review and use, they responded with the comment that it was one of the best executive resume's they have ever recieved.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prepare to Take On The World, December 7, 2008

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Joshua Estrin -The Anti Expert "fairandsquare" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Happy About My Resume: 50 Tips for Building a Better Document to Secure a Brighter Future (Paperback)

Direct, action oriented, easy to read and not a book full of buzz words that don't really mean anything - This book focused on the concrete not the cliche. Even if you THINK you know it all you might need a reminder.

Great book, easy to read - Perfect to have on the shelf as a reference

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative and useful tips, June 26, 2011

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Dwayne C. (New York) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Happy About My Resume: 50 Tips for Building a Better Document to Secure a Brighter Future (Kindle Edition)

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is considering drafting or revising their resume. I honestly wish I had come across something this easy to read when I came out of college a few years ago as it likely would have made my job search easier. Reading this book on my Kindle app has given me a number of ideas to incorporate into my resume and I can already see a dramatic improvement. I never really thought that much about highlighting my accomplishments due to fear of coming across as boasting but Ms. Safani wrote logical responses to ease the concerns I had. I definitely feel more confident about sending my resume out to companies and recruiters should the need arise.