The Resume Doctor: How to Transform a Troublesome Work History Into a Winning Resume [Paperback]

John J. Marcus (Author), Marcus (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996

The only resume guide for today's changing workplace that shows how to transform a weak work history into a glowing and impressive resume.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

For people with a work history that could land them in hot water, composing a strong resume is essential. Marcus (The Complete Job Interview Handbook, HarperCollins, 1994. 3d ed.) demonstrates resume-writing methods that will smooth over those rough areas of employment history. Targeting eight concerns such as spotty work history, decreasing responsibility, and job hopping, he provides before and after examples that demonstrate how resumes can emphasize skills rather than problems. There is also a section on special tips, such as when to use an untraditional approach, when to include personal information, and whether to emphasize past employers or titles. For people who wish to see their concerns directly addressed with targeted examples, this would be a good choice, but Marcus's general resume prescription is neither new nor unique. An optional choice.?Joshua Cohen, Mid-Hudson Lib. System, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: HarperResource; 1st edition (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062733699
• ISBN-13: 978-0062733696
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,408,572 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Resume Help Book Ever!, January 6, 2000

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This review is from: The Resume Doctor: How to Transform a Troublesome Work History Into a Winning Resume (Paperback)

This is the best resume help book I've ever read! Since I've held six jobs in the last 10 years, I've searched for ways to present my employment history in a way that will not EXCLUDE me from the interview process, and this book has the answer to that problem! Additionally, it shows, with concrete examples, how to write about your accomplishments in a way that will help capture interviews, not rejection letters. And, getting interviews is the whole point of the resume writing process, afterall.

If you need help making your resume stand out from the crowd, then I recommend you check out this book!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book about resume writing I have encountered, September 6, 1998

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This review is from: The Resume Doctor: How to Transform a Troublesome Work History Into a Winning Resume (Paperback)

After browsing numerous books on the art of resume writing, I decided to give Mr. Marcus a chance, and ordered this book from Amazon.com. I was very pleased with my decision, which was a right one. The book not only explains how to put yourself in the best possible light despite various shortcomings, but explains in detail how to write the various entries of a resume, and why. The book also contains many creative suggestions that will make your resume stand out in a stack, and includes numerous examples that highlight the points made.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Outdated for today's market, but some info still VERY valuable, April 20, 2011

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This review is from: The Resume Doctor: How to Transform a Troublesome Work History Into a Winning Resume (Paperback)

Since this is geared towards transforming troublesome resumes, if you drop the info here and samples into an updated format, sans objective and references available, for example, then there are still some valuable nuggets to be found for those difficult and unusual work histories, that seem to be more commonplace today in light of rampant layoffs, downsizing, and necessity to job-hop.