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    Nine Reasons Why Your Resume Isn't Working
    Nine Reasons Why Your Resume Isn't Working
    Nine Reasons Why Your Resume Isn't Working
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    Nine Reasons Why Your Resume Isn't Working

    By Kim Nowlin

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    Whether you have sent out your resume with zero response or you are about to send out your resume and do not want to make critical mistakes, this book will dispel nine common resume myths that hinder many job seekers in the job search process.

    It is no longer a one-size-fits-all world and resume-writing expert, Kim Nowlin, will provide tips, techniques, and strategies to get you closer to delivering a competitive, streamlined resume that advertises the most important product of all – YOU!

    With 1,000+ resumes and experience as a Managing Editor, Marketing Director, and HR Coordinator, Kim Nowlin brings insight and experience along with key strategies that will package and position you for job search success.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKim Nowlin
    Release dateAug 8, 2014
    ISBN9781311577450
    Nine Reasons Why Your Resume Isn't Working
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    Kim Nowlin

    Kim Nowlin has crafted more than 1,000 resumes along with numerous curriculum vitae (CV), cover letters, and professional biographies for clients of varying skill levels spanning wide-ranging industries. Clients have come from all across the USA and around the globe, including China, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, Canada, Japan, and Russia. Before joining the ranks of resume writers, she spent more than a decade in communications, marketing, and public relations. Her background includes employment as Managing Editor for a bimonthly publication sent to 10,000 association members, as well as the top 200 universities and Fortune 500 companies. In her spare time, she is a published author with articles appearing in various business and inspirational publications. Lastly, she is a Certified Professional Resume Writer, meaning she has been recognized by her peers as an expert in resume strategy. Kim is a member of the Professional Association of Resume Writers and the National Resume Writers Association.

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      Nine Reasons Why Your Resume Isn't Working - Kim Nowlin

      NINE REASONS YOUR RESUME

      ISN’T WORKING

      Breaking the Myths—Building a Strategy

      Kim Nowlin

      Copyright © 2014 by Kim Nowlin.

      This book is a work of non-fiction. Names, characters, and professions, however, have been changed. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the author or publisher.

      First Ebook Edition: August 2014

      Smashwords Edition

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Contents

      Strategic Resume Writing

      MYTH #1 ~ TELL ALL JOB HISTORY

      MYTH #2 ~ ONE PAGE OR MORE?

      MYTH #3 ~ THE GENERIC RESUME

      MYTH #4 ~ OBJECTIVE STATEMENTS

      MYTH #5 ~ BE UNIQUE!

      MYTH #6 ~ JUST THE FACTS

      MYTH #7 ~ HURRY UP AND FINISH

      MYTH #8 ~ SHOW YOURSELF!

      MYTH #9 ~ PROFESSIONAL REQUIRED

      In Closing

      Strategic Resume Writing

      If you are like most job seekers, you spend many hours preparing your resume with the hope of putting your best foot forward. Then you send out your document and wait. Maybe you get a nibble or two, but for the most part, you are disappointed in the results. Why isn’t your telephone ringing more?

      The answer could be simpler than you think.

      It could be a matter of incorporating a few simple but highly effective strategies that will move your resume from the bottom of the stack to the top.

      This book will help you understand the most important and often most neglected part of the resume—the strategy behind the product. It will help you understand why so many resumes are getting zero results. It will also help you understand that a resume, when properly prepared, is a powerful marketing tool that can transform your life.

      The days of submitting a boring narration of your job history and calling it your resume are over. The competition is too fierce for employers to settle for humdrum when high-impact resumes specifically targeted to their job needs are also on their desks.

      I recently had someone tell me that she submitted her resume for an accounting position and felt she had done a good job. Then, when she saw someone else’s resume for the same position, she found herself feeling intimidated. It was not that the person had better or more experience. It was the way the experience was presented—with power and confidence.

      You can have that same powerful document—the resume that stands above the crowd and draws the reader’s attention.

      If you have a marketing background, you are one-step ahead in today’s competitive job market. If you do not have a marketing background,

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