How to Say it on Your Resume: A Top Recruiting Director's Guide to Writing the Perfect Resume for Every Job

By Brad Karsh and Courtney Pike

Book Overview

An insider shows how to tailor a résumé that sets applicants apart from a sea of candidates. Recruiting director Brad Karsh has worked with thousands of misguided job seekers. Now he's putting his experience into print, with step-by-step guidelines to improve the wording, content, and format of any résumé. Knowing how employers choose candidates, the author shows how to make a résumé stand out. Whether readers are looking to make a career change, re-enter the workforce, find a first job, or acquire an internal position, Karsh demonstrates how to transform any résumé?and get results. Includes advice for: ? First jobs ? Re-entering the work force ? Applicants who have been laid off ? Career changes ? Older applicants ? And more

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735204349
• ISBN13: 9780735204348
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

I would have given it 5 stars...

I would have given it 5 stars, but it was missing a key piece I thought should have been included - what people who have gone to college, but haven't finished and are NOT currently in school should do to address this issue. It addresses people who are in school, who have just finished school for either 1st or 2nd degrees, and who have not gone, but not those with partial education. There are numerous examples of resumes in here, and while they all have similar "after" templates, it is obvious that they were written by a variety of people. This is interesting in and of itself, because it gives more than one "way" to write your resume. All in all, it's a reference I've used multiple times and have recommended in real life!

Great resume advice!

This book has tons of tips on what to say in your resume. In this economy your resume and cover letter are extremely important. Today managers are receiving seven times the amount of resumes they did just three years ago and are being bombarded. This book looks at the critical components of what to say in your resume which will make you stick out of the pages of resumes sitting on the managers desk. Kelly Wibbenmeyer, author of [...]

Insightful perspective of recruiters expectations of a resume

Wow! I had not updated my resume in 13 years and really needed this book. It provides great information and resume templates for an array of job seekers at various stages of their careers, as well as new entrants. I feel a great deal of relief and confidence that my resume will be top notch and received well by potential employers. Thank you, Wanda

Chock full of resume examples

This book is full of resume examples - pages and pages - for all kids of different jobs and levels. I was able to copy a lot of the bullet points to make my resume stronger. If you're in the market for a new job, I highly recommend this book.