Provides advice on creating effective cover letters and includes sample cover letters for such situations as following up a job interview, thanking someone for a job offer, and requesting information

Includes tips on writing an effective resume, creating an accurate yet impressive job statement, networking, using software programs and other resume technologies, and making the most of your experience.

Resumé: revamped for the times, technology, and the recession . . . The recession has made finding a job harder than ever. Everything now takes place online, and a resumé's preparation is different than even a few years ago. This new edition has changed with the times, focusing on what's most important in an electronic resumé. Full of successful resumé samples and cover letters, the book also focuses on the key words and phrases that will bring readers' resumés to the top of the HR pile. • More than 100 samples of real-life resumés and cover letters, many of them new • Founded in real-life experience without the rigid resume-writing rules of other guides • Ideal for all job seekers, from new grads to the laid off worker, new mothers to senior citizens

Getting a job is one thing, but getting the job you want can be a challenge. This user-friendly guide helps readers figure out what kind of job is right for them, then takes them through sure-fire methods of finding and landing that job--"networking", resumes, interviews, contacts, and more. Line drawings.

Cover letters are alive and sell! When they’re written right, that is. To stand out in today’s sea of qualified job seekers, learn to craft riveting new breeds of cover letters, create vibrant images online, and discover sensational self-marketing documents you never imagined. This completely revised and updated 3rd Edition of Cover Letters For Dummies brings you all this — plus over 200 great new samples by 62 successful professional cover letter/resume writers. You’ve probably suspected that passive and sleepy cover letters merely hugging resumes won’t get you where you want to go. Especially in a shaky job market. The verdict’s in. Since the last edition of Cover Letters For Dummies, blazing fast change in tools, technology, and how hiring managers come calling and how we invite them to look us over, means big dramatic changes in our job messages. In this exceptional handbook of contemporary job messages, you’ll discover fresh ways of thinking about cover letters that captain an entire team of new-style job messages.

Provides over one hundred samples of successful resumes and cover letters, as well as examples of key words and phrases to get job applications noticed.