Creating Your First Resume: A Step-by-Step Guide to Write Your First Competitive Resume

In this multiple award-winning guide, resume expert Kathryn Troutman provides a solid source of advice for not just writing your first resume – but creating an impressive one. The book was developed for recent grads and students in high school, college, or technical school. The 15 resume samples cover the diverse ways a resume can be used – when applying to college, internships or technical schools, jobseeking in the private sector, seeking federal employment, or entering the military. Older resume writers can find direction too from the easy-to-follow and actionable resume writing process the author presents.

The Guide walks you through:

Creating a solid basic first resumeAdding the all-important skills (hard and soft), accomplishments and keywordsSelecting the resume sample that best fits your goalsUsing online resume builders and resume templatesCreating a dynamic cover letterApplying for jobs with confidence, including handling applications and interviewsHow to write standout essays for college, scholarships or internshipsHow to effectively follow up the interviewIntelligently negotiating the offer

Been feeling nervous about writing your first resume? With this Guide’s help, you can stop worrying. The book is based on Troutman’s 40 years of experience at her Baltimore firm The Resume Place.

The guide Creating Your First Resume has received four awards!

Independent Book Publishers Association 2016 Benjamin Franklin Book Award Gold Medal: Interior Design 1-2 ColorWinner Foreword Reviews’ 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year AwardIndependent Publisher Book Awards Bronze Medal in Reference Category2016 Bronze Medal Winner Global eBook Awards in Categories: Education and Careers/Employment

“As a current college student pursuing a degree in visual communications, creating my first resume was an easy step-by-step process thanks to the resume formats.” ~ Parrish Moss

About The Author

KATHRYN TROUTMAN is the leading expert in federal resume writing. President of The Resume Place® and creator of the Ten Steps to a Federal Job®, Kathryn is an highly-recognized consultant, speaker, trainer, and author who has been helping people land new jobs for over 40 years.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CJ17WBX
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 18, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 11030 KB
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Format ‏ : ‎ Print Replica