This guide offers a variety of tools for you. We will review different resume formats, and which to use for various occasions.
The largest portion of the book is dedicated to showcasing the best resumes that members of the Professional Association of Resume Writers have created for their clients.
Every resume has been produced by a Certified Professional Resume Writer and was actually used by a client.
Finding Job Openings
Networking
Contacting companies directly
Classified advertisements
Executive recruiters and employment agencies
Taking Inventory of Your Skills
What Is a Resume?
The Target Resume
The Inventory Resume
Successful Styles and Formats for Resumes
The 5 P's of Resume Writing
Packaging
Positioning (of information)
Punch, or Power Information
Personality
Professionalism
Anatomy of a Career Design Resume
The Heading
The Employment Section
How The Employment Section Should Look
Employment(Other)
The Education Section
Cover Letters
10 Action-Oriented Cover Letters
101 Career Design Resumes That Will Get You Hired!
Tips to Get You Hired
25 Resume-Writing Tips
25 Tips For Writing Cover Letters
25 Interviewing Tips
25 Salary Negotiating Tips
25 Networking Tips
25 Tips For Developing Effective References
25 Tips For Working With Executive Recruiters
25 "What Do I Do Now That I Have My Resume?" Tips
101 Best Resumes Book Reviews
Alphabetical Listing of Resumes
Accountant
Accounts Payable
Actor
Administration
Administrative Assistant
Advertising and Production
Aerobics Instructor
Art Director
Architect
Association Director
Attorney
Auto Financing
Banker
Bank Teller
Bookkeeping
Broadcast Industry
Career Counselor
Cartoonist
Chef
Coach
Commercial Design/Space Planning
Computer Training
Computers-Data Processing
Controller
Convention Planner
Credit Manager
Customer Service
Dentist
Distribution
Engineering
Environmental
Finance
Firefighter
Food and Beverages
Forestry
Fund Raiser
General Management
Habilitation Technician
Healthcare Administration
Hospitality/Education Deficiency
Human Resources
Insurance
Interior Designer
International Business
Investment Analysis
Karate Instructor
Legal Secretary
Librarian
Loss Prevention
Maintenance
Management
Medical Assistant
Military
Nurse
Nurse Anesthetist
Photography
Physical Therapist
Physician
Physician Assistant
Pilot
Plant Operations
Plumber
Production Coordinator
Psychiatrist
Real Estate
Real Estate-Construction
Recruiter
Resume Writer
Retail Sales
Sales
School Administrator
Security-Law Enforcement
Shipping
Singer
Social Worker
Stockbroker
Student
Teacher
Technical/Trades
Telemarketing
Transportation
Travel Industry
Writer
101 Best Resumes Book Reviews
About The Authors
Jay A. Block, CPRW (Certified Professional Resume Writer), is the contributing co-founder of the Professional Association of Resume Writers(PARW).He helped develop the PARW national ceritication process and is a widely respected national speaker, author, and career coach.
Michael Betrus is the author of The Guide to Executive Recruiters(McGraw-Hill), the most comprehensive directory of its kind.
