America's Top Resumes for America's Top Jobs: A Complete Career Handbook

By Michael Farr

Hundreds of professionally written resumes submitted by members of the Professional Association of Resume Writers, grouped according to occupation and annotated by the author to highlight their best... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563702886
• ISBN13: 9781563702884
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Jist Publishing
• Length: 618 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive Book on Resumes-Practical and Helpful

This book describes how to write resumes and recommends an initial sample one so that writing the resume does not delay the job hunt. The 381 resumes are written by members of the Professional Association of Resume Writers and are organized by the job categories of the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the Department of Labor. It may be the first resume book to cover almost every job in the country. Includes commentary about good and bad points of paticular resumes. The book also describes JIST cards (TM) cover letters, and other examples of job search correspondence. (This review was in the annotated bibliography of Learning A Living; A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding a Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyslexia by Dale S. Brown

J. Michael Farr is the Best

I have now used several books by J. Michael Farr, and he is far and away the best resume expert out there. Its like he is my personal job search and resume guru. This book is packed with resume samples for all types of jobs...they have given me many ideas as I struggle with my latest job search. It helps having his wise advice and resume know-how on my side as I look for a new job. Thank you J. Michael Farr!