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Job search magic : insider secrets from America's career and life coach / by Whitcomb, Susan Britton,1957-(CARDINAL)654339;
Subjects: Job hunting.; Community Foundation of Western North Carolina;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Best answers to the 201 most frequently asked interview questions / by DeLuca, Matthew J.(CARDINAL)376321;
1. Introduction : what this book does for you -- 2. Tips on communication : talking is not communicating -- 3. Are you an open book? : how much do I need to disclose? -- 4. Knowing the job, the organization, and your interviewer : what are you getting yourself into? -- 5. Small talk questions : breaking the ice -- 6. Personal questions : who are you? - - 7. Educational questions : what do you know? -- 8. Experience questions : what have you done? -- 9. Behavior questions : what are your people skills? -- 10. Stress questions : can you take the heat? -- 11. Open-ended and closed-ended questions : how can you control the interview? -- 12. Illegal questions : what you shouldn't have to answer (but may have to) -- 13. Your turn : questions you should raise : what should you know before the interview is over? -- 14. Summing up : what now?
Subjects: Employment interviewing.; Community Foundation of Western North Carolina;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Interview magic : job interview secrets from America's career and life coach / by Whitcomb, Susan Britton,1957-(CARDINAL)654339;
10 critical truths for job interview success -- First things first : focus on the master FIT -- Capture your value with SMART stories -- Communicate your value via a career brand -- Manage the "buoy factor" : how mindset can sink or support you in interviews -- Prepare and follow through : strategies, scripts, and sample letters to keep you in the game -- Types of interviews -- Pass online prescreens and assessments with flying colors -- Make a great first impression -- Score points in behavioral interviews -- Connect with the interviewer : how to create the right chemistry - Clarify and collaborate : how to explore what needs to be done and how it needs to be done -- Close with professionalism : how to wrap up and win -- How to respond to frequently asked questions -- Prepare for industry-specific questions (ISQs) -- Deal with illegal and awkward interview questions -- Negotiate your salary : the secrets to knowing and receiving what you're worth.
Subjects: Employment interviewing.; Community Foundation of Western North Carolina;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 14
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The resume.com guide to writing unbeatable resumes / by Curtis, Rose.(CARDINAL)463103; Simons, Warren.(CARDINAL)463102; Curtis, Rose.(CARDINAL)463103;
The nation's #1 online resume service offers its exclusive advice on how to craft a winning resume The Resume.com Guide to Writing Unbeatable Resumes draws upon the author's considerable expertise, as well as the vast Resume.com database, to arm job seekers with: Sample resumes for every profession and job category, at every level, from entrylevel to executive A comprehensive database of keywords, arranged by industry Electronic job-hunting advice and strategies, with tips on how to make any resume stand out online A detailed Before & After resume trouble-shooting worksheet Job seekers will also find an exciting added value with this essential text. With the purchase of this book, they'll be able to receive a free resume consultation with one of Resume.com's career consultants!
Subjects: Résumés (Employment); Community Foundation of Western North Carolina;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Résumé magic : trade secrets of a professional résumé writer / by Whitcomb, Susan Britton,1957-(CARDINAL)654339;
1. A résumé primer -- Tools for the task -- The résumé tool : asset or liability? -- Employers and candidates usually view résumés as having different purposes -- A résumé is most effective when it follows face-to-face or voice contact with a hiring manager -- A support person or computer program will probably be the one to screen your résumé -- Résumés are not read thoroughly -- You won't always need a résumé to land a job -- Then why write a résumé? -- And why this book? -- Some success stories -- Your most important tool -- Top 10 tips to create résumé magic --10. Cover letters and other parts of the puzzle -- Strategy and style -- The value mantra -- Sell, don't tell -- Reveal a secret -- The segments of a cover letter -- The carrot -- The corroboration -- The close -- The anatomy of the cover letter -- Sticky wickets -- To whom it may concern? -- Missed a filing deadline? -- Terminated from a job? -- Relocating? -- Dealing with salary -- Other types of letters -- Direct-mail campaigns -- Writing to a recruiting firm -- Thank-you letters, a chance to resell yourself -- Other pieces of the puzzle -- References -- When to send references -- When and how to ask for references -- Rethinking the 'reference page" with some creative persuasion -- Networking cards -- Addenda -- Paper -- Sending your cover letter and résumé -- By surface mail -- By fax -- By e-mail -- Futurist career management -- Top 10 cover letter tips -- Appendix A. Worksheets to catalog professional history -- Appendix B. Survey : what employers really want in a résumé and cover letter -- Résumés -- Cover letters -- Appendix C. Action verbs with sample phrases.2. How to use branding and advertising strategies to get an interview -- Using brand and ad agency strategies to win an interview -- Elements of your career brand -- Authentic image -- Advantages -- Awareness -- The proven ad agency formula -- Step 1 : how to grab your reader's attention -- Headlines and hard-hitting leads -- Visual appeal -- Step 2 : how to capture your reader's interest -- Selling points, front and center -- Where's the center of the page? -- Place supporting information below the visual center -- Skimmable material goes at the bottom of the page -- Step 3 : how to create desire for your product, you! -- Why you buy -- Why employers buy -- Prove your superiority -- Step 4 : call to action -- Top 10 résumé strategy tips --3. How to choose the most flattering format -- Two tried-and-true winning formats : chronological and functional -- The chronological format -- The functional format -- Genetic variants of the two main résumé types -- The accomplishments format -- The combination format -- The creative format -- The curriculum vitae (CV) -- The dateless chronological format -- The international résumé -- The linear format -- The newsletter format -- The reordered chronological format -- The targeted format -- If it works, it's right -- Top 10 résumé formatting tips --4. The blueprint for a blockbuster résumé -- Data bits, or contact info -- To list or not to list your business telephone number -- Other solutions for daytime contacts -- Sample résumé headers -- Dealing with relocation on your résumé -- Objective, or focus statement -- Key features, or qualifications summary -- Professional experience -- Skills -- Education, credentials, and licenses -- Affiliations -- Publications, presentations, or patents -- Awards and honors -- Bio bites -- Endorsements -- What not to include -- Putting it all together -- Top 10 résumé blueprint tips --5. How to write great copy -- Keywords -- What are keywords? -- Where to find keywords -- Off-line resources for keywords -- Online resources for keywords -- How to position keywords -- How to improve your "hit" ratio -- Top 10 résumé keyword tips -- The objective or focus statement -- Cover letter focus statement -- Title statement -- Traditional objective -- Exercise for assembling a focus statement -- The qualifications summary -- Professional experience -- How far back? -- Where to find material for your job descriptions -- How long is too long? -- Solutions for downplaying less-relevant positions -- Skills -- Education, credentials, licensure -- Recent high school graduate -- Recent college graduate -- Degree obtained a number of years ago -- Degree in a field different from your major -- Degree not completed -- Two-year degree -- Degree equivalent -- No degree -- Including credentials, licenses, and certificates -- Affiliations -- Publications, presentations, and patents -- Publications -- Presentations -- Patents -- Awards and honors -- Bio bites -- Endorsements -- Top 10 tips for writing great copy --6. Accomplishments : the linchpin of a great résumé -- What's in it for me? -- Words to woo employers -- Buying motivator #1 : make money -- Buying motivator #2 : save money -- Buying motivator #3 : save time -- Buying motivator #4 : make work easier -- Buying motivator #5 : solve a specific problem -- Buying motivator #6 : be more competitive -- Buying motivator #7 : build relationships/image with internal/external customers, vendors, and the public -- Buying motivator #8 : expand business -- Buying motivator #9 : attract new customers -- Buying motivator #10 : retain existing customers -- Strategies for presenting accomplishments -- Numbers : the universal language -- Comparison, a powerful form of communication -- ROI, how quickly can you deliver? -- The company's mission statement, make it your mission -- The CAR technique, challenge, action, and result -- Where to find material for your accomplishments -- Performance appraisals -- Your career management file -- Impact-mining : probing questions to unearth hidden treasures -- Sifting through the accomplishments you've gathered -- Use impact statements to portray yourself as the right fit -- Top 10 tips for writing accomplishments --7. Editing : résumé-speak 101 -- Development editing : a primer in power writing -- Top 10 tenets of developing your résumé -- Examples of résumé-speak -- The keys to writing compelling copy -- Address the needs of your audience -- Summarize by using the ABC method -- Focus on transferable skills -- Résumé-speak 101 -- Deliver the goods up front -- Start sentences with action verbs or noun phrases -- Sidestep potential negatives -- Give outdated experience a feeling of real time -- Avoid an employer pet peeve : baseless personality attributes -- Convey confidential information without giving away proprietary/trade secrets -- Technical editing/copyediting : the mechanics of résumé-speak -- Abbreviations -- Acronyms -- Active voice -- Articles (in absentia) -- Auxiliary or helping verbs -- Capitalization -- Colons and semicolons -- Commas -- Commas that separate -- Commas that set off -- Comma trauma -- Contractions -- Dashes -- Ellipsis marks -- Elliptical sentences -- Gender equity -- Hyphenation -- Numbers -- Parallel sentence structure -- Parentheses -- Parts of speech -- Passive voice -- Periods -- Possessives -- Prepositions -- Quotation marks -- Sentence fragments -- Slashes -- Split infinitives -- Tense -- Verbs -- Writing in the first person -- Prune, prune, prune -- Proof, proof, proof -- Top 10 résumé proofreading tips --8. Visual artistry : the missing link -- Design elements -- Create a visual pattern -- Consistency counts -- Use tab stops sparingly -- Apply white space liberally -- Make bullets work for you -- Think in threes -- Keep headings to a minimum -- Segment paragraphs -- Balance is beautiful -- Pay attention to vertical balance -- Balancing a two-column format -- Balancing a full-width layout -- Balancing unevenly distributed copy -- Balancing impact statements -- Justification, ragged right or full justification? -- Hang it on the wall! -- Use typefaces tastefully -- Choosing a font -- Fonts that buy more space -- Use discretion in mixing fonts -- Go easy on bold, underline, and italic -- Establish a logical sizing hierarchy -- Tweaking tips -- Technical tools to create tables -- Add white space -- Adding space between paragraphs in MS Word -- Adding space between paragraphs in Corel WordPerfect -- Change line height -- Adjusting vertical space between lines within paragraphs in MS Word -- Adjusting vertical space between lines within paragraphs in Corel WordPerfect -- Expand character spacing -- Expanding text in MS Word -- Expanding text in Corel WordPerfect -- Tricks to make text fit -- Shrinking text in MS Word -- Shrinking text in Corel WordPerfect -- Use bullets strategically -- Creating bullets in MS Word -- Creating bullets in Corel WordPerfect -- Adding or subtracting spacing between bullets and text in MS Word -- Adding or subtracting spacing between bullets and text in Corel WordPerfect -- Changing the type of bullet in MS Word -- Changing the type of bullet in Corel WordPerfect -- Size of bullets -- Use rule lines -- Inserting a rule line in MS Word -- Inserting a rule line in Corel WordPerfect -- Other graphic elements -- Top 10 visual appeal tips --9. E-résumés, e-portfolios, and blogs -- ASCII text résumés -- The advantages and disadvantages of ASCII résumés -- ASCII résumé do's and don'ts -- Steps for ASCII conversion -- Converting to ASCII for e-mailing using MS Word or Corel WordPerfect -- Converting to ASCII for pasting into e-forms -- Quick cleanup of an ASCII conversion -- How to post an ASCII résumé to a Web site -- Web résumés, e-portfolios, and blogs -- The advantages and disadvantages of Web résumés -- The technical how-tos of Web résumés -- Online résumé-builder services -- Do-it-yourself Web résumés -- Hire a pro -- Web résumé do's and don'ts -- What to include in an e-portfolio -- Hyperlinks or hyperjinx? -- Using your Web résumé -- Marketing your Web résumé -- Getting on the blog bandwagon -- What to include in a blog -- Creating a blog -- Using RSS (really simple syndication) technology -- Marketing your blog -- Scannable résumés -- Scannable résumé do's and don'ts -- Applicant-tracking systems : what happens after you e-mail or post your résumé? -- Positive aspects of applicant-tracking technology -- Negative aspects of applicant-tracking technology -- Conflicting advice -- Résumés of the future -- Top 10 technology tips for e-résumés, e-portfolios, and blogs --
Subjects: Résumés (Employment); Community Foundation of Western North Carolina;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 15
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The career coward's guide to changing careers : sensible strategies for overcoming job search fears / by Piotrowski, Katy,1962-(CARDINAL)483132;
Subjects: Career changes.; Job hunting.; Community Foundation of Western North Carolina;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12
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Job interview tips for people with not-so-hot backgrounds : how to put red flags behind you to win the job / by Krannich, Caryl Rae.(CARDINAL)523996; Krannich, Ronald L.(CARDINAL)521267;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-131) and index.What employers want in today's job market -- People with not-so-hot backgrounds -- Clues employers look for to determine successful "fit" -- Turn red flags into green lights -- Prepare to meet the employer's needs: Verbal exchange --Nonverbal behaviors that meet needs and exceed expectations -- At the interview: wow the interviewer -- Avoid 35 common interview errors -- Challenging questions and sample answers -- Close and follow up the interview -- When you need help along the way -- Authors -- Career resources.You must do well in the job interview to get a job offer. But what should you say and do if you have red flags in your background -- you're a job hopper, lack focus, been incarcerated, experienced drug or alcohol problems, got fired, dropped out of school, received poor grades, lack experience, or appear over-qualified? Can you convince the prospective employer that you should be hired despite your red flags? Since employers want to make smart hiring decisions, they look for reasons not to hire you. Above all, they want to know the truth about you. So how do you plan to tell the truth about your background and when? Here's the book that finally sheds light on this critical issue for millions of individuals who have difficult but promising backgrounds. Stressing the importance of preparation, the authors show how to best handle each of these potential red flags by offering useful strategies along with sample red flag questions and answers. Covering both the verbal and nonverbal dimensions of the job interview. Whatever you do, make sure you speak the language of employers who are looking for truthfulness, character, and value in candidates. With the help of this unique book, you can quickly learn to turn your red flags into green lights for renewed job and career success!
Subjects: Employment interviewing.; Job hunting.; Community Foundation of Western North Carolina;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 8
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The elements of résumé style : essential rules and eye-opening advice for writing résumés and cover letters that work / by Bennett, Scott,1962-(CARDINAL)470683;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Résumés (Employment); Cover letters.; Community Foundation of Western North Carolina;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Resumes for dummies / by Kennedy, Joyce Lain.(CARDINAL)761397;
Introduction -- About this book -- Conventions used in this book -- Foolish assumptions -- How this book is organized -- Icons used in this book -- Where to go from here -- pt. I. Pitching your resumes in a new era job market -- 1. The all-purpose resume is so five minutes ago -- In a new era, the targeted resume rules -- Market forces zap unqualified resumes -- Game-changing government rules impact resumes -- Three steps to writing a targeted resume -- Sample core resume and spinoffs -- In a new era, the OnTarget resume brings you so up to date -- 2. New quick ways to find the right jobs -- The young giants : vertical job search engines -- Job boards rising -- The continuing power of newspapers -- Hunting on company Web sites -- Seeking and finding is easier than ever -- 3. Spotlight your resume in a Web 2.0 world -- Online employee referral -- Online social networking -- Blogs -- Really simple syndication (RSS) -- Instant messaging -- Podcasts -- Web 2.0 is a work in progress -- 4. Familiar search tools that haven't gone away -- Scannable resumes : same as ever -- Plain text resumes : a long last gasp -- E-forms : fill in the blankety-blanks -- Yippee! : the fully designed, handsome resume is back! -- From identity theft to recruiter turnoff : why resume blasting is a bad idea -- Online screening keeps on keepin' on -- Match your resumes to the jobs --pt. II. Resume basics that wow 'em every time -- 5. Creating your best resume -- "Telling it" mutes ; "selling it" sings -- Focus your resume -- Resume formats make a difference -- Reverse chronological format -- Functional format -- Hybrid format -- Professional format -- Academic curriculum vitae -- International curriculum vitae format -- Other resume presentations -- Choose what works for you -- 6. Content makes the OnTarget difference -- The parts of your resume -- Leading with contact information -- Hooking the reader with a summary or objective -- Making education, experience, skills, and competencies work for you -- Gaining extra points -- Shaping your content on application forms -- Content to omit : your salary story-- Accomplishments are your content aces -- 7. Wow words work wonders -- Wow words can bring good news -- Keywords are key to finding you -- Where to find keywords -- Get a grip on grammar -- A few words about spelling -- Words sell your story -- 8. Refine your design for great looks -- Resumes that resonate -- Choosing between two resume layouts -- Design that gets the word out -- 9. Passages : resumes for your life's changing phases -- Scoring big as a recent graduate -- Grabbing good jobs as a baby boomer -- Winning interviews as a new civilian -- Changing course with an OnTarget resume -- 10. Successful solutions to resume problems -- Too much experience -- Too long gone : for women only -- Job seekers with disabilities -- When demotion strikes -- Gaps in your record -- Too many layoffs that aren't your fault -- Explaining mergers ad acquisitions -- Here a job, there a job, everywhere a job, job -- When substance abuse is the problem -- A bad credit rap -- Ex-offenders job hunting -- Look for ways to scoot past resume blocks --pt. III. Bringing it all together : sample OnTarget resumes -- 11. A sampling of OnTarget resumes by industry and career field -- 12. A sampling of OnTarget resumes by experience level and age -- 13. A sampling of OnTarget resumes for special circumstances -- 14. A sampling of extreme resume makeovers --pt. IV. You've sent your wow. What to do now -- 15. References safeguard your resume -- The harm caused by a so-so reference -- Seven things you should do about references -- Finding references without shedding your cloak of secrecy -- Allow enough time for skillful references management -- 16. Twisting in the wind? Follow up! -- Why follow-up efforts are essential today -- Questions to ask yourself before following up -- Monitoring your follow-up efforts -- Fast-tracking your successful follow-up -- 17. Almost got the interview date? Read this first -- When your job conflicts with an interview date -- Face-to-face beats ear-to-ear -- Going overboard on ardor can cost you money -- When the interview is out of town -- Making the most of your moment -- Little things do mean a lot --pt. V. The part of tens -- 18. Ten (x3) ways to prove your claims -- Say it with numbers -- Say it with percentages -- Say it with dollar amounts -- 19. Ten ways to improve your resume -- Match your resume to the job -- Use bulleted style for easy reading -- Discover art of lost articles -- Sell, don't tell -- Show off your assets -- Make sure your words play well together -- Reach out with strength -- Trash a wimpy objective -- Check the horse's mouth -- Erase the "leave-outs" -- 20. Ten tips on choosing professional resume help -- Choose a resume writing service, not a clerical service -- Ask around for a great resume pro -- Request a free initial consultation -- Watch out for overuse of forms -- Look for a fair price -- Check out samples -- Take aim -- Consider a certified resume writer -- Remember that design counts -- Know that a poor resume is no bargain -- 21. Ten pet peeves of recruiters -- Resume-free pitches -- Major mismatches -- E-stalking -- Caps and taps and typos -- Too much information -- Date grate -- Guess who -- File style -- Useless and uninformative -- Probable prevarication -- 22. Your ten-point resume checklist -- Tit for tat -- Format and style -- Focus and image -- Achievements and skills -- Language and expressions -- Content and omissions -- Length and common sense -- Appearance : online attached and paper resumes -- Sticky points and sugarcoating -- Tap the power of OnTarget resumes.
Subjects: Résumés (Employment); Job hunting.; Community Foundation of Western North Carolina;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 12
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Job interviews for dummies / by Kennedy, Joyce Lain.(CARDINAL)761397;
Job interviews are reality shows. Really! -- Tailoring your qualifications for targeted job interviews -- Going wireless for your interview -- Interviewing on the world stage -- A chorus line of interviews by type -- Research is your ticket inside -- Your close-up: personality tests -- Showing you the money -- Costuming yourself for a starring role -- Overcoming stage fright: rehearse, rehearse, rehearse -- Looking good with questions you ask -- Outlining interview scenarios you can expect -- Closing the show -- When you're offered the part -- From i pods and tenting to jobs and paychecks -- Tips and scripts that sell a switch -- Spotlighting prime-timers over 50 -- What can you tell me about yourself? -- What do you know about this job and our company? -- What are your skills and competencies? -- How does your experience help us? -- What education do you have? -- What about your special situation? -- How should you answer an inappropriate question? -- Ten tips to avoid wretched reviews -- Tens of lines on the cutting room floor -- Ten interviewer personality types.An updated job hunter's handbook explains how to prepare for a job interview and present the right appearance, suggests ways to answer frequently asked questions, and tells how to decide if you really want the job and the proper ways of following up.
Subjects: Employment interviewing.; Interviewing.; Job hunting.; Community Foundation of Western North Carolina;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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