e-Resumes: Everything You Need to Know About Using Electronic Resumes to Tap into Today’s Hot Job Market - Softcover

Whitcomb, Susan; Kendall, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071363998 ISBN 13: 9780071363990

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2001

Synopsis

This book is endorsed by the Career Masters Institute[trademark]. Whether you're a new grad or seasoned executive, artist or techie, full-timer or freelancer, here is the one tool you need to create and use an electronic resume! It's a fact: nearly 80 percent of companies use the Web for recruiting - and even many newspaper want-ads specify "e-mail only" resumes. Whether you're conducting an active job search or simply monitoring the job market for possible opportunities, you need an electronic resume to be a savvy job-seeker today. Yet even the most skilled Internet users have questions about the do's and don'ts of Web resumes: How do I choose the right format? Can I send an attachment? What about privacy?"E-Resumes" cuts through the confusion, covering every form of electronic resume - from text-only to interactive e-portfolio - while explaining each one's strengths and weaknesses. Inside you'll find: resume writing secrets from two veteran writers with more than thirty-five years of combined experience; strategies for effective content and critical keywords; simple steps with visual aids to get your resume "e-mail ready"; insider tips for posting to job sites like Monster.com; candid analysis of "free" and fee Web resume builders, Web site posting opportunities, and resume distribution services; the top list of Web-resume design faux pas and how to avoid them; easy how-to's for creating a resume Web page (without learning HTML); great gallery of design samples, plus free Web-resume templates and graphics; and a free online quiz to test the intelligence of your e-resume. An A to Z guide for resumes in the twenty-first century, "E-Resumes" gives you the technical know-how you need to succeed in today's job market, where the only people who won't need a digital resume are those who want to work for employers who don't use computers.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Endorsed by the Career Masters InstituteTM

Whether you're a new grad or seasoned executive, artist or techie, full-timer or freelancer, here is the one tool you need to create and use an electronic resume!

It's a fact: Nearly 80 percent of companies use the Web for recruiting­­and even many newspaper want-ads specify "e-mail only" resumes. Whether you're conducting an active job search or simply monitoring the job market for possible opportunities, you need an electronic resume to be a savvy job-seeker today. Yet even the most skilled Internet users have questions about the do's and don'ts of Web resumes: How do I choose the right format? Can I send an attachment? What about privacy?

e-Resumes cuts through the confusion, covering every form of electronic resume­­from text-only to interactive e-portfolio­­while explaining each one's strengths and weaknesses. Inside you'll find:

-Resume writing secrets from two veteran writers with more than thirty-five years of combined experience
-Strategies for effective content and critical keywords.
-Simple steps with visual aids to get your resume "e-mail ready."
-Insider tips for posting to job sites like Monster.com.
-Candid analysis of ""free" and fee Web resume builders, Web site posting opportunities, and resume distribution services.
-The top list of Web-resume design faux pas and how to avoid them.
-Easy how-to's for creating a resume Web page (without learning HTML).-Free online quiz to test the intelligence of your e-resume.

An A to Z guide for resumes in the twenty-first century, e-Resumes gives you the technical know-how you need to succeed in today's job market, where the only people who won't need a digital resume are those who want to work for employers who don't use computers.

About the Author

Susan Britton Whitcomb (Fresno, CA) has contributed numerous model resumes to resume books and is member of the Professional Association of Resume Writers.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0071363998
• ISBN 13: 9780071363990
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208