The Resume Queen's Job Search Thesaurus and Career Guide for Professionals [Paperback]

Joanne Meehl (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 10, 2007

The Resume Queen's Job Search Thesaurus and Career Guide for Professionals is a unique handbook created specifically for professionals in a job search today. Although organized like every other thesaurus, it has a twist. It contains only words that are relevant to a job search and, unlike other thesauri, contains practical suggestions to enhance your ability to sell yourself more effectively, before and after the interview, so you can land the job of your dreams.

A resume is no longer a chronological listing of employment history, education and references, but a marketing document designed explicitly for the goal of landing an interview. Hiring managers take 8-10 seconds to skim a resume and decide if they want to read further. Your choice of words and your ability to communicate your value to a potential employer, therefore, is vital.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book is a must for anyone who wants to better their career and who wants to stop worrying about their next job," says Dr. Ivan Misner, author of the best-selling Masters of Sales and founder of BNI. Joanne works with clients to do a networking-based job search, and in this book, she has made those principles readily available to everyone. Go beyond finding the next job. Be smart about advancing your career by using Joanne's book! --Dr. Ivan Misner

"Every job hunter, every recruiter and every human resources person needs this book -- not only the handy reference we have all been waiting for but it's full of the support and the heart we all need, especially when out there job hunting."

-- Dr. Paul Powers, author of Winning Job Interviews and Love Your Job! --Dr. Paul Powers

Joanne has created a wonderful tool, not only for job seekers, but those wanting to make a change in their careers. I've used it with my clients to help them choose not just any word, but the RIGHT one that highlights what they've done or want to do in their future roles. She has taken "how can we help our clients" to a new level.

--Jayne M. Mattson, VP of Association of Career Professionals International --Jayne M. Mattson

About the Author

Joanne Meehl, aka The Resume Queen, has over twenty years experience in career transition and job search consulting. She is the President of Meehl and Balzotti Career Services and a widely published essay writer. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and elsewhere. For more information visit her website, theresumequeen.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Satya House Publications; 1st edition (September 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972919139
• ISBN-13: 978-0972919135
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #798,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gets you past the blah-blah-blahs, November 2, 2007

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StdPudel (Somerville, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Resume Queen's Job Search Thesaurus and Career Guide for Professionals (Paperback)

This Job Search Thesaurus won't be the first or only book you'll ever need, but it's a darned useful one, especially for people already in the workforce seeking a new job or career. Using this book, you'll be able to turn the Dilbert-speak used to define your position where you work now into dynamic resume-speak.

The gem embedded in this book is a key insight into corporate recruiting practices: according to the Resume Queen, companies use automation to screen resumes for positions by mapping them to keywords used to define position requirements. Without those keywords, your resume will never burble up from the pile. This thesaurus will help you change weak words into keywords.

An unexpected use for the Job Search Thesaurus is for HR people at small companies trying to write job ads or position descriptions. Like all thesauri, this one helps you get out of a language rut and spice it up a little.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Resume Queen Rules!, October 17, 2007

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P. J. Hvizdak-Miller "Tricia Miller" (Port St. Lucie, FL, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Resume Queen's Job Search Thesaurus and Career Guide for Professionals (Paperback)

I last looked for a job three years ago, and am amazed at the differences in the search since then. The whole new resume screening process was scary to me until I bought this book. It gives me relevant words that have clarified my communications. I love the job search advice that the author has peppered throughout the book, too. This is an excellent tool that gives me hope that I will land a better job in my field.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good sensible helpful book., October 27, 2007

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New York Reader - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Resume Queen's Job Search Thesaurus and Career Guide for Professionals (Paperback)

I reached for this as I was preparing my resume for a job after finishing graduate school. I was surprised. This is a good, sensible, helpful book for anyone who's ever looked for the right word to put on their resume and just come up with the same old terms... especially about-to-be-graduates like me who are too tired to come up with one more word. I was surprised that so much useful information was packed into such a small package.