Best Resumes for Accountants and Financial Professionals (Paperback)

by Kim Marino (Author) "Whether you are on your way to becoming a Chief Executive Officer or starting out new in the field as a recent graduate, accounting is..." (more)
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Product Description
Because in todays competitive job market, you need every edge you can find… The founder of the Just Resumes® writing service and author of several popular resume books, Kim Marino now offers practicing and prospective accountants and financial professionals a practical, highly targeted guide to writing winning resumes. Whether youre an executive making a lateral move or returning to the work force, or a college graduate just entering the accounting industry, this surefire handbook provides you with step-by-step guidance and savvy advice on how to create a professionally designed resume that puts your education, experience, and accomplishments in the best possible light and helps you reach your job objective. Best Resumes for Accountants and Financial Professionals first offers quick tips on the basics of resume writing, proper resume appearance, and the dos and donts of resume preparation. Youll learn what type of resume best suits your needs and how to create each—whether chronological, functional, or combination resumes. It then gets down to specifics, with tailor-made advice and 80 detailed sample resumes and cover letters for:

• Accountants and financial pros who are making a lateral move or career change—such as financial planners, securities analysts, portfolio managers, brokers, account execs, and human resource directors
• Accountants moving up—including public, private, financial, and government accountants
• Accounting students and recent graduates—from first-year students with no paid experience, to college graduates looking to set forth in the real world

Complete with the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the corporate headquarters of the Big 6 accounting firms and Fortune 500 companies, and an alphabetical listing of key accountant associations and publications, Best Resumes for Accountants and Financial Professionals demonstrates how you can make a lasting first impression, and then reinforce it through the job selection process.

About the Author
KIM MARINO is founder of Just Resumes® of Santa Barbara, California. She is the author of Just Resumes: 200 Powerful and Proven Successful Resumes to Get That Job, Resumes for the Health Care Professional, The Resume Guide for Women of the '90s, and The College Student's Resume Guide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (February 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471595438
• ISBN-13: 978-0471595434
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #783,339 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Accountants: Do You Have The Best Resume?, March 26, 2000

By	Sandra "sichurch" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Resumes for Accountants and Financial Professionals (Hardcover)

When looking through books of resumes, I often find that I have a hard time adapting them to myself. This is usually because the resumes don't apply to accounting/finance. For that reason alone I would recommend this book. There are resume examples for the entry-level employee as well as the veteran. There are even some examples of resumes for people interested in changing careers (for example, going from private accounting to a hospital administrator).

Also helpful, are tips on interviewing and the cover and thank you letters. The book also lists names and phone numbers of various corporations and professional associations.

All in all, I would recommend this book for anyone looking for a job in accounting/finance-no matter what your experience level.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Slightly disappointed, October 19, 2001

By	Jason Palmer (Totowa, NJ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book was useful and somewhat helpful in providing additional information on reformatting my resume. However I probably would have chosen another book had I been able to compare. This book is 199 pages of which well less than half is actually narrated tips on creating a resume. The remainder of the book consists of resume and cover letter examples. In actuality this book should be considered a book of examples rather then instructional. In, addition, the examples are repetitive and often provide the same information over and over. Really in the approximately 75 pages of examples there are only about a dozen unique items to learn from. There are also pages dedicated to listing institutional references which seem to serve almost as a page filler.
The book does do a good job of diversifying its audience to a wide level of financial professionals however; in general, it seems somehow inadequate.