Jeff Allen's Best: The Resumes [Hardcover]

Jeffrey G. Allen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 8, 1990 | ISBN-10: 0471525375 | ISBN-13: 978-0471525370 | Edition: 1

Deals with how to write your resume. Based on his 25-plus years of helping people get hired, author Jeffrey Allen covers general rules, including developing the resume from the ground up, creating the style, major do's and don'ts, and marketing strategy (of yourself). Following this, it examines resumes for specific professions such as executive, professional, science, and engineering. Then discussions center on special or unique problems one may encounter. The area of video resumes is also covered. Finally, sample resumes are presented for numerous occupations, including accounting, advertising, computer science, law, management trainee, and office manager.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Win the Job During his 25-year career as a recruiter, personnel manager, and lawyer, Jeff Allen has determined what job-hunting techniques really work and which ones don’t. In this book, he gives you 100 essential tips to Win the Job. You’ll learn how to:

• Limit interviews to forty-five minutes
• Answer the "knock-out" questions concerning your background, creativity, and skills
• Recognize the four basic personality types so you can align yourself with the interviewer
• "Mirror" the interviewer’s body language, facial expressions, eye movement, rate of speech, tone of voice, and rate of breathing
• Use "insider" language—and much more!

"100 best techniques for 100% probability of getting the best job." —Mary Lyon, Associated Press "The most systematic, effective, simple way to get the best job ever devised!" —Marsha R. McIntosh, Publisher Professional Opportunity Magazine "This is more than a series on getting a job—it’s a lifetime program of career success!" —Paul A. Hawkinson, Publisher Employment Marketplace Magazine Now Jeff Allen’s extensive knowledge is presented in a remarkable three-book series: Jeff Allen’s Best: The Resume Jeff Allen’s Best: Get The Interview Jeff Allen’s Best: Win The Job Jeff Allen’s; Best—the Smartest job-hunting investment you can make! --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

JEFFREY G. ALLEN, J.D., C.P.C., is America's leading placement attorney and Director of the National Placement Law Center in Los Angeles. He is the author of more bestselling career books than anyone else, including How to Turn an Interview into a Job, Finding the Right Job at Midlife, The Placement Strategy Handbook, Surviving Corporate Downsizing, The Complete Q&A Job Interview Book, and The Perfect Job Reference. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 8, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471525375
• ISBN-13: 978-0471525370
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,579,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best book about finding the job you want., October 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jeff Allen's Best: Win the Job (Paperback)

As a senior college student, I was not doing well on all the interviews that I had, untill I read Jeff Allen's Best: Win the job. After I read this book, my first interview turned out to be great and I was offered a job as a computer programmer. I would advice any one out there looking for a job to put this book in his/her bag and read before your interview.

5.0 out of 5 stars This is one of the best books of the decade on resumes, October 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Jeff Allen's Best: The Resumes (Paperback)

Dear Fellow Job Hunters

This is probably the best book of the decade on how to write resumes. All other books just explaine how resumes look like but this book takes you on a step by step approch and doesn't show you but tells you.

If you are a first time job hunter I highly recomend it.

If you are a seasoned pro you should still check it out resumes are changing format because of computers and video recording technology.

What I hate about the book is that the sample resumes take on a problem and solutuion approch. Jeff Allen, gives an example resume and then tells you what is wrong with it.

Jeff Allen forgets that no two resume is the same, becasue no two people have the same experiances, talents, abilities and back grounds to give a universal solution to resume problems.

10/15/98

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great guide to getting the job, August 1, 2000

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Wayne D. Ford (Lincoln, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jeff Allen's Best: Win the Job (Paperback)

This is an excellent book. The author has done a great job in pulling together the elements which spell success in the quest for employment. I recommend it.

Wayne D. Ford, Ph.D., author of "The Accelerated Job Search" [e-mail]