Expert Resumes For Career Changers (by Wendy S. Enelow and Louise M. Kursmark  )

Paperback: 288 pages

Publisher: JIST Works (November 2004)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1593570929

ISBN-13: 978-1593570927

Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches

Book Description
Millions of people have been forced (or are choosing) to change jobs or industries in order to stay employed. The seventh title in the highly successful Expert Resumes series is a collection of resumes aimed at people who are transitioning from one career to another.

This book gives strategies as well as 180 pages of sample resumes for successful career changes. The authors present sound resume-writing advice, including how to create and use an electronic resume. The appendix includes Internet resources for an effective online job search.

This book is good for career changers, with a focus on white collar jobs, though anyone in a career transition can find useful material here. The first section of the text is quite good and makes many important points. It is particularly strong on discussions of keywords, advantages and disadvantages of various resume styles (chronological, functional, and hybrid formats are thoroughly reviewed,) and presentation standards (fonts and type size, uses of type enhancements such as italicizing, etc.)