Wow! Resumes for High Tech Careers: How to Put Together A Winning Resume [Paperback]

Leslie Hamilton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999 | Series: Wow! Resumes

A practical comprehensive resume-writing guide, this text is designed specifically for high-tech professionals. It features over 100 sample resumes and sample covering letters. Each chapter features checklists and specific strategies for designing a good resume.

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Power up your earning potential with laser sharp resumes! Get high-voltage results with resumes that move nontechnical types--while delivering the details tech managers need. Tune and tweak the presentation of your skill set for today's market. Convey learning-curve mastery with leading-edge methods. WOW! Resumes for High Tech Careers is specially geared to high tech job seekers at every job level and in every field. It gives you the real-life strategies and techniques that work in today's competitive and lucrative high tech market. Whether you're an MIS manager, a programmer, a software developer, a telecommnications technician, a LAN manager, a systems analyst, or a computer graphics designer, you'll find just the resume strategy you need to showcase your skills and experience and to electrify your presentation. You'll find more than 80 sample resumes that get results, along with sample cover letters, fresh approaches to headlines, tips on using graphics to your best advantage, and much more. Whether you're just entering the high tech field or looking to boost your career to the next level, this book will give you the competitive edge you need to succeed. WOW! Resumes for High Tech Careers shows you how to: hook an employer's interest in the first few lines; custom-tailor your resume to specific job positions using a unique approach employers find hard to resist; use headlines and graphics in a bold and daring way that makes you stand out from the crowd; camouflage gaps in skills of previous of employment with proven techniques; write eye-catching and persuasive cover letters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 131 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 1st edition (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070260397
• ISBN-13: 978-0070260399
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,671,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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