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    Write Effective Resumes And Cover Letters: It's Your Move
    Write Effective Resumes And Cover Letters: It's Your Move
    Write Effective Resumes And Cover Letters: It's Your Move
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    Write Effective Resumes And Cover Letters: It's Your Move

    By Marge Watters

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    Finding the work you want can be a daunting challenge. The rules have changed, the playing field has been rearranged and the players are unpredictable. Those who play smart will learn a lot about themselves and the dynamic environment of the workplace.

    Playing smart includes having a résumé that gives the reader a picture of you doing your best work. It needs to be filled with accomplishment statements that include quantified evidence of what you have done. Key words must pop; a profile statement needs to make your sales pitch; and every detail has to be perfect. It’s an arduous task, but with the help of this special edition of It’s Your Move you can do it. Once you’ve written your résumé, always send it out with a well-crafted and targeted cover letter. Take the time to do this important step in the career transition process with care, and you’re on your way to finding the employment opportunity that suits you best.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 24, 2012
    ISBN9781443415514
    Write Effective Resumes And Cover Letters: It's Your Move
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    Marge Watters

    MARGE WATTERS is a co-founder of KWA Partners, one of Canada’s premier career transition and job search management firms. She holds a master of divinity degree and a bachelor of arts in economics, and she spent nineteen years in the financial services industry. The combination of her business acumen and skills in working with individuals during times of personal change has given her a unique ability to counsel both employees experiencing job loss and organizations undergoing change.

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      Book preview

      Write Effective Resumes And Cover Letters - Marge Watters

      Marge Watters

      Write Effective Résumés and Cover Letters

      It’s Your Move

      Contents

      Cover

      Title Page

      What You Need to Know Before You Start

      Write an Effective Résumé and Convincing Cover Letters

      Appendix—Résumé Samples

      More from It's Your Move

      About the Author

      Copyright

      About the Publisher

      What You Need to Know Before You Start

      You can’t control the wind, but you can adjust the sails.

      Good career management skills are your ticket to continually having work that is challenging, rewarding and meaningful to you. Though an employer might assist you at times, the long-term responsibility for planning and directing your career is yours alone. From the time you first enter the workforce until you retire permanently, you need to be deliberate about moving from one opportunity to another, pursuing your interests, honouring your values, leveraging your knowledge and engaging the skills that you most enjoy using.

      Finding the work you want can be a daunting challenge. Employment opportunities come and go with changing economic cycles, industry trends, technological innovations and demographic shifts. Every time you’re planning a career move, it’s a new game. The rules have changed, the playing field has been rearranged and the players are unpredictable. In order to succeed, you must refresh yesterday’s strategies and embrace today’s reality. Those who play smart will learn a lot about themselves and the dynamic environment of the workplace.

      Playing smart includes having a résumé that gives the reader a picture of you doing your best work. It needs to be filled with accomplishment statements that include quantified evidence of what you have done. Key words must pop; a profile statement needs to make your sales pitch; and every detail has to be perfect. It’s an arduous task, but with the help of this special edition of It’s Your Move you can do it. Once you’ve written your résumé, always send it out with a well-crafted and targeted cover letter. Take the time to do this important step in the career transition process with care, and you’re on your way to finding the employment opportunity the suits you best.

      It’s Your Move fully explains the steps needed to make a positive career change. It offers a logical process and practical tools designed to help you make choices that are right for you. It explores the challenging issues you will face at every stage of the career transition process, and provides proven methods for identifying and landing your next opportunity.

      Write an Effective Résumé and Convincing Cover Letters

      The quality of the result is proportionate

      to the quality of the effort.

      Having a well-thought-out and carefully prepared résumé paired with a tailored cover letter is essential for responding to interesting opportunities. A good

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