LibGuides: Job Search Skills: Create a Stand Out Resume

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When Can You Start?: The Insider's Guide to Job Search and Career Success by Bud Whitehouse
ISBN: 9781642797503
Publication Date: 2020
When Can You Start? is a step-by-step guide that teaches job seekers how to execute an effective job search.
Resumes for Dummies, 8th ed. by For Dummies
Publication Date: 2019
In this trusted guide, Laura DeCarlo decodes the modern culture of resume writing and offers you insider tips on all the best practices that’ll make your skills shine and your resume pop. Let's start writing!
The Elements of Resume Style : Essential Rules for Writing Resumes and Cover Letters That Work, 2nd ed. by Scott Bennett
ISBN: 978814433935
Publication Date: 2014
Great Answers to Tough CV PRoblems: CV Secrets From a Top Career Coach by Jenny Rogers
ISBN: 9780749462802
Publication Date: 2011

Optimize Your Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems
Discover how applicant tracking systems work and how to select keywords to maximize your chances for success. Explore how your choice of formatting, fonts, and graphics can trip up the ATS. Plus, learn about the best type of resume for the ATS, as well as how to rework your own resume to ensure it gets into the hands of the right person. (LinkedIn Learning)
Resumes and Cover Letters That Work
In this program, viewers will learn how to use the resume style that is appropriate for their situation, tailor their resume and cover letter to different job openings, format their resume to pass screening software, use keywords from job postings, and show how their skills and experience match positions' requirements. (Academic Video Online)
Resume Writing Do's and Don'ts
Looking for a job? Here are the do's and don'ts to writing a great resume! (Academic Video Online)

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