Career Services: Resumes & Cover Letters

Because federal jobs tend to offer high pay, great benefits, and a strong employee support system, they are some of the most coveted opportunities in today's job market. Federal Resume Guidebook reveals this essential information and much more. Recently, the Hiring Reform Initiative completely changed the federal hiring process. The new edition of this best-selling book explains these new processes and procedures and teaches people how to write winning federal resumes. Readers learn how to effectively include KSAs in their resume, maximize their resume's presentation in Online Format, and maximize the readability of their USAJOBS federal resume. Readers also gain guidance for analyzing vacancy announcements to pinpoint keywords, mastering the Assessment Questionnaire, and applying for federal jobs. In addition, this book showcases more than a dozen federal resume samples to demonstrate which components stand out best to HR specialists and hiring supervisors.

Essential rules for writing resumes and cover letters that work. This candid book's time-tested tools will make sure yours stands out--helping to get you the job you deserve!

WetFeet Insider Guide. Target job skills, apply on line, follow up effectively, and impress recruiters.

Leverage your résumé by learning how to handle common résumé problems (too many jobs, employment gaps, changing careers, relocating, etc)

In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute?is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a shifting economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work--and which don't.

Discover the art of turning every question to your advantage and learn the secrets behind a brilliant answer, so you will always know the right thing to say. With over 200 of the most commonly-asked questions and ideal answers, this is the book that will make sure that you are ready to handle anything an interviewer throws at you.

The Definitive Guide to Professional Behavior Whether you're eating lunch with a client, Skyping with your boss, or meeting a business partner for the first time--it's all about how you present yourself. "TheEssentials of Business Etiquette" gives you 101 critical tips for improving behavior in any business situation--all delivered in a quick, no-nonsense format.

Filled with solid, accessible, research-backed advice, this book counters myths about job negotiations and maps the way to success. It includes worksheets for planning priorities and understanding the other side's objectives before negotiating, analyzing how to propose various issues in the negotiation, and comparing multiple offers.

High-Impact Interview Questions saves you both time and effort. The book contains 701 questions you'll be able to use or adapt for your own needs, matched to 62 in-demand skills such as customer focus, motivation, initiative, adaptability, teamwork, and more.