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Create a "KickButt" resume that gets your foot in the door! Show employers what you've got and why you're the one for the job! Careers expert Joyce Lain Kennedy provides step-by-step guidelines for creating a resume that powerfully presents your skills, experience, and personality -- to get you the interview you're after! Whether you're a recent graduate after your first big job or a seasoned professional looking to expand your career horizons, Resumes for Dummies, 2nd Edition, will help you create a resume that won't take "no" for an answer. Make a lasting first impression: Find your most marketable self with easy worksheets Choose a format that plays up your best features Draft cool summary statements that sizzle and sell Goof-proof your resume for picky computer scanners Go digital with your resume -- online strategies that really work! Use effective key words and avoid rookie rhetoric Put a positive spin on tough issues like demotion and gaps in employment

"A revolutionary book by today's foremost syndicated careers columnist. Don't get left behind--read it."--Phyllis Martin, Careers Columnist Cincinnati Post In the fast-evolving electronic job market, employers--large and small--are cutting costs by using computers to read resumes. Computers do not read resumes in the same way people do--in fact, the old way of doing things may actually hurt you. In this fully revised and updated edition of their landmark resume guide, Joyce Lain Kennedy and Thomas J. Morrow bring you the very latest in tools and rules for making the most of your resume in the electronic age. In everyday language they explain how to write a keyword resume that gets a response and help you avoid blunders that can cost you hiring interviews. That's not all. Here are a few drops from the ocean of questions answered by Kennedy and Morrow in this indispensable guide: Electronics is "in." Is paper "out"? SEE CHAPTER 1. What are the keywords at the center of the new resume? SEE CHAPTER 3. Now that computers read and evaluate resumes, is it still useful to personalize mine? SEE CHAPTER 6. What do keyword resumes look like? SEE CHAPTER 7. How do I perform my resume in front of a video camera? SEE CHAPTER 8. How can I send my resume over the Internet? SEE CHAPTER 2.