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    No Mistakes Resumes: How to Get the Interview
    No Mistakes Resumes: How to Get the Interview
    No Mistakes Resumes: How to Get the Interview
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    No Mistakes Resumes: How to Get the Interview

    By Giacomo Giammatteo

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    Warning, reading this book might get you a new job.

    If you’ve ever wondered why you didn’t get called for an interview—when you knew you fit the job—this book will explain why. Learn how to…
    Keep your resume out of the trash!
    - Discover the secret to a perfect resume.
    - Learn the three most important parts of a resume.
    - Find out how to get the hiring manager's attention
    - Learn which sections of your resume can put it in the trash.
    - Uncover the magnificence of a perfect cover letter.

    What makes me qualified to write this book?
    I have been a headhunter for more than 30 years, and I have evaluated, screened, and edited a gazillion resumes. I know a gazillion sounds like a lot, and maybe it wasn’t quite a gazillion, but it was a lot of resumes. (more than a few dozen for sure)

    I see people make the same mistakes over and over again. Mistakes that keep them from being considered for the jobs they want. That’s why I wrote this book—to help people get the jobs they really want.

    So what are you waiting for? Want to know how to get that interview? Get the No Mistakes Resumes book. (It only costs about 2 cups of coffee.)

    No Mistakes Resumes. Change your life today!

    Danger! This book contains sarcasm, humor, and damn good information.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXinXii
    Release dateMar 2, 2014
    ISBN9781940313016
    No Mistakes Resumes: How to Get the Interview

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      No Mistakes Resumes - Giacomo Giammatteo

      NO MISTAKES RESUMES:

      Don’t Get Caught in the Moat

      Giacomo Giammatteo

      Inferno Publishing

      © 2013 Giacomo Giammatteo. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the author, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.

      Inferno Publishing Company

      Houston, TX

      For more information about this book visit: nomistakes.org

      Edition ISBNs

      Trade Paperback 978-1-940313-00-9

      E-book 978-1-940313-01-6

      Cover design by Maria Zannini of Book Cover Diva

      Book design by Christopher Fisher

      This edition was prepared by The Editorial Department

      7650 E. Broadway, #308, Tucson, Arizona 85710

      www.editorialdepartment.com

      E-Book Distribution: XinXii

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      Check out these Mystery/Suspense novels by Giacomo Giammatteo.

      Friendship & Honor Series:

      Murder Takes Time

      Murder Has Consequences

      Blood Flows South Series:

      A Bullet For Carlos

      Finding Family (a novella, June, 2013)

      Redemption Series:

      Old Wounds (August, 2013)

      Acknowledgments

      The tough part of writing a book is not the writing, it’s all the stuff that comes after that. I’ll take credit for the writing. For the tough parts I am honor bound to thank the following:

      My great copyeditor, Annette Lyon, from Precision Editing Group.

      A fantastic graphic designer, Maria Zannini, for the book cover.

      Christopher Fisher from The Editing Department, for the amazing layout and formatting.

      And most importantly the army of beta readers who worked overtime to help me get this book into shape:

      Rose, Aliza, Missy, Paul, Seeley James, John Maynard, Woody, Otto and Ries.

      Special thanks to my grandsons, Joey and Dante. And grazie mille to my niece, Emiliana, who kept me company and shared coffee with me on many late nights.

      Lastly, to my wife, Mikki, who puts up with all of my nonsense. Without her, these books wouldn’t be worth writing.

      Ti amo con tutto il mio cuore.

      Note to readers:

      I’ve seen resume books that were hundreds of pages long. I’m sure you have, too. You might wonder why this one is fewer than 100 pages. I’ll tell you why—writing resumes is not that complicated. It isn’t quantum physics.

      You might also be wondering if this book can help you. There are no guarantees in life, but I’m confident that if you follow the advice in this book, you’ll end up getting more interviews. You won’t get all of them, but you should get more than you did before.

      With that said, if you read this and feel there was something left out, or something you would have liked covered in more detail, email me and let me know. I read all my emails and I consider all suggestions when looking at updates.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      No Mistakes Resumes:

      The Purpose of a Resume

      Mistakes

      How to Construct a Perfect Resume

      Formatting

      Skills

      Point of View

      Objectives

      Dates

      Summary

      Education

      Personal

      Condensing the Resume

      Responsibilities

      Punctuation, (:!-*%;—@‘’–#,), and Other Things

      Final Touch

      Company Descriptions

      Your Fixed Resume

      Lies

      Spellcheckers

      Cover Letters—Your Chance to Shine (or look like an ass)

      Keywords

      Job Description

      A Quick Analysis of the Cover Letter

      The Perfect Resume

      Impact Words

      Words to Avoid

      Beliefs

      Notes

      Introduction

      I know what you’re thinking

      —why should I buy this book? What is it going to do for me?

      This book has one purpose: to teach you how to write a great resume. A resume that won’t get thrown in the trash, a resume that will help you get the interview.

      This book challenges a lot of preconceived notions about resume writing. Many how-to books offer a variety of templates for writing resumes. Here we focus on one way: the perfect resume, the one gatekeepers won’t dump in the trash.

      I’ve been a headhunter for more than thirty years, which means that I’ve screened, scanned, skimmed, and perused¹ tens of thousands of resumes. I learned a lot during those years, but the one thing that has stuck with me most is the frustration of seeing the same mistakes over and over again. I understand how much people struggle with resume writing. If you’re writing one, it goes without saying that this is a trying time in your life, and you’re probably filled with anxiety. The last thing you need is mistakes in your resume. Unfortunately, this is when mistakes show up the most.

      The frustration for me was knowing the problem is so easily fixed, so I decided to do something about it. This book is the result.

      I’m going to be critical, but it’s all geared toward helping you. So put on your thick skin. Arm yourself with a shield if you need to, but let’s work through this together. We’ll come out with the perfect resume.

      This book is about language as much as it is about writing a resume; the two go hand in hand. Resumes and cover letters are where communication seems to fall apart. Sentences become bloated, words are misused, and ideas deteriorate. The lessons in this book will show you how to spot these problems and how to correct them.

      What’s the harm in a few extra words, you ask? When you are trying to pare (not pear or pair) your experience down to two pages that have impact, every word counts. More on that later.

      Another thing you’ll notice are side comments after certain words, as the example above with pare shows. These are words that I often see misused or questionably used on resumes and cover letters.

      So if you’re ready to construct the perfect resume, one that won’t get thrown in the trash, let’s move on.

      No Mistakes Resumes:

      Don’t Get Caught in the Moat

      Why is this book subtitled

      "Don’t Get Caught in the Moat"? Writing a resume is hard, and while I was thinking of difficult things, storming castles came to mind. I imagined a medieval castle surrounded by a deep moat, with a gatekeeper wielding a sword and knocking job seekers off the drawbridge.

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