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Real-resumes for career changers /
Reviews and ExcerptsFinding a new career after motherhood, changing fields or industries, finding a completely different type of work to do, seeking a change but staying in the same industry, moving from self-employment to something totally different? At last there is a book dedicated to the unique...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Fayetteville, N.C. :
Prep Pub.,
©2000.
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| Colección: | Real-resumes series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of Contents; Introduction: The Art of Changing Careers; PART ONE: SOME ADVICE ABOUT YOUR JOB HUNT; Step One: Planning Your Career Change and Assembling the Right Tools; Step Two: Using Your Resume and Cover Letter; Step Three: Preparing for Interviews; Step Four: Handling the Interview and Negotiating Salary; Researching Companies and Locating Employers; PART TWO: COVER LETTERS FOR CAREER CHANGERS; The Anatomy of a Cover Letter; Sample Cover Letters for Career Changers; Changing Careers from Teaching; Changing Careers from government to the academic community.
- Changing Careers from air traffic control to a sales or marketing roleChanging Careers with a cover letter that emphasizes financial knowledge; Changing Careers from the profit-making sector to the government sector; Changing Careers from retail to management in a new industry; Changing Careers from managing people to managing finances; Changing Careers into the pharmaceutical sales field; Changing Careers with the goal of becoming a flight attendant; Changing Careers from social services to the academic environment; Sixteen Questions Career Changers Ask About Cover Letters.
- Question 1: What is the "direct approach?"Question 2: How do I address a letter to an ad that provides names and addresses?; Question 3: What's the best way to answer a "blind ad?"; Question 4: How do I respond to a recruiter or headhunter who has approached me?; Question 5: How do I apply for internal openings?; Question 6: How do I ask for consideration for multiple job openings?; Question 7: How do I e-mail or fax my resume and cover letter?; Question 8: If I want to "drop a name" in a cover letter, what's the best way?; Question 9: If I'm relocating soon, how do I say that?
- Question 10: If I've recently relocated, what do I say in the cover letter?Question 11: What if I want to reopen a door that I closed previously?; Question 12: What if they ask for salary requirements?; Question 13: What if they ask for salary history?; Question 14: How do I make it clear that I want my approach to be confidential?; Question 15: How do I write a follow-up letter after an interview?; Question 16: How do I resign-gracefully?; Another Letter of Leave Taking; PART THREE: REAL-RESUMES FOR CAREER CHANGERS; Goal: Finding a New Career After Motherhood.
- Full-Time Homemaker to Airline Travel Attendant (Florence Martin)Full-Time Homemaker to Office Professional (Brandy Sullivan); Goal: Finding a New Product or Service to Sell, Market, or Represent Account Sales (Wes T. Sevier); Agricultural Sales (Larry McPhail); All-Purpose Sales (Leslie R. Miller); All Purpose Sales (William Goldman); Automobile Rental Sales (Scott T. Sears); Automobile Rental Sales (Marilyn P. Hall); Automobile Sales (Samuel R. McAteer); Business Equipment Sales (Jacob R. Dixon); Consumer Products Sales (Sharron A. Howard); Inside Sales (Hannah J. Colvin).