Modernize Your Resume: Get Noticed Get Hired

by Wendy Enelow, Louise Kursmark

Overview

MODERNIZE YOUR RESUME shows you how to craft a winning resume to meet the complexities of today's employment market. The 3rd edition includes new resume samples along with companion LinkedIn profiles and writing guidelines, special chapters for challenging circumstances (career change, consulting/freelance, military transition, return to work), and updated e-resume recommendations. In this book, you'll learn to: Write tight, lean, clean, laser-focused CONTENT. Integrate KEYWORDS that are vital to being found online. Choose a resume FORMAT that prominently displays the most important information to support your current career objectives. Create a distinctive DESIGN to make your resume stand out. The 100+ resume samples demonstrate these strategies in action for real-life job seekers who've excelled in their search campaigns. Clear guidelines and easy-to-follow examples give you practical know-how for building your own powerful resume that will serve all of your job search needs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780996680370
Publisher:	Emerald Career Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2023
Edition description:	3rd Revised ed.
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark are credited with creating, professionalizing, and elevating the resume writing industry worldwide. As a professional resume writer for 30+ years, each has written thousands of resumes for jobseekers around the globe. In addition, together they founded the world’s premier resume training and certification company (Resume Writing Academy) and two high-profile organizations dedicated to the development of resume and career professionals (Career Masters Institute, Career Thought Leaders). They work together remotely, Louise from her home in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Wendy from her home in Holden Beach, North Carolina. Both Wendy and Louise are Master Resume Writers, Certified Professional Resume Writers, Job and Career Transition Coaches, and Credentialed Career Masters

Table of Contents

Introduction iv

Part I The Modern Resume 1

1 Welcome to the World of Modern Resume Writing 3

Part II Modernize Your Resume Content 19

2 Start with the Wow! 21

3 Put Your Objective in the Driver's Seat 27

4 Write with Meaning & Power 32

5 Write Tight, Lean & Clean 41

Part III Modernize Your Resume Format 53

6 Showcase Your Career with the Right Resume Structure 55

7 Follow the Rules of Good Formatting 62

8 Improve Readability & Skimmability 71

9 Format for Human Readers and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) 78

Part IV Modernize Your Resume Design 87

10 Capture Attention in a Flash 89

11 Follow the Practices of Good Page Design 94

12 Match Design Elements to Your Industry, Profession, and Career Story 102

13 Be Distinctive 109

Part V Resumes for Challenging & Emerging Situations 117

14 Resumes for People Changing Careers 119

15 Resumes for Consultants, Freelancers & Gig Economy Workers 125

16 Resumes for Military-to-Civilian Career Transitions 132

17 Resumes for People Returning to Work 139

Part VI Linked Profiles 145

18 Writing Powerful & Well-Positioned Linkedln Profiles 147

Part VII Resume Portfolio 173

Part VIII Resources to Write, Format & Design Better & Faster 241

Goal-Setting Worksheet 243

Career Vault 244

Dig-Deep Questions 247

Verbs With Verve 249

Part IX Resume & Linkedln Profile Index 251