Job Search Letters for Dummies.
Joyce Lain. Kennedy
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (363 pages)
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| Utgave | 4th ed.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Contents at a Glance -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Your Treasure Hunt Begins -- Part I: New Tools for New Times -- Chapter 1: Best Messages: Land Jobs and Leap Ahead -- A Brief Kaleidoscope of Letter Types -- Digital Is Destiny -- Memorable Job Search Letters -- Why Job Letters Are the Future -- Chapter 2: Mobile Meets Job Search -- The FAQs of Mobile Job Search -- Who Mobile Benefits Most -- What Mobile Offers Everyone -- Say Hello to Job Search Apps -- Greet Mobile Company Job Pages -- Consider These Message Tips -- Check Out Sample Mobile Messages -- Mobile Job Search in the Digital Age -- Chapter 3: Newcomer Letters that Persuade -- 13 Messages to Outrun Rivals -- More Cool Job Letters Ahead -- Part II: Essential Job Search Letters -- Chapter 4: Job Ad Reply Letters and Notes -- Watching for Smooth Moves -- Making Contact with Cover Notes -- Feasting Your Eyes -- Chapter 5: Getting Help: Networking Letters -- Zooming In on Purposeful Networking -- Finding the Best Places to Network -- Networking Letters to Note -- Help on the Way - Samples Ahead -- Chapter 6: Prospecting Letters -- Pitch with Immediate Promise -- Send Digital Mail or Postal Mail? -- Techniques to Tap -- On with the Letters! -- Chapter 7: After-Interview Letters -- Great Reasons to Write After Interview -- Tackling the Mechanics of Your Letter -- Letters to Lift You Above the Crowd -- See Samples That Jell the Sell! -- Part III: Creative Fresh Messages -- Chapter 8: Social Media Messages -- Social Media Is a Tool You Can Learn -- Meet Three Big Social Players -- Suggestions for Social Searching -- Short and Sweet Social Messages -- "If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get" -- Chapter 9: Branding Statements, Bios, Profiles, and Speeches.. - Chapter 17: Job Seeker's Skills Finder -- Decoding the Skills Lineup -- Speaking Out about Your Skills -- Showcasing Popular Skills that Employers Want -- Identifying Personal Qualities That Employers Want -- Giving Serious Thought to Certifications -- Good Luck on the Great Skills Search -- Part V: The Part of Tens -- Chapter 18: Remember Ten Social Forget-Me-Not Tips -- Going Social on the Job Front -- What's Next in Social Search -- Chapter 19: Top Ten Google Tips for Jackpot Job Search -- Welcome to the Wide World of Google -- New Game: "Hide and Seek and Find" -- Appendix: Directory of Job Letter Writers -- About the Sample Writers -- A Glossary of Professional Certifications -- Professional Organizations -- About Hiring a Professional Job Search Letter Writer -- 5 Tips for Choosing Job Search Writers -- Index -- About the Author.. - Differing Points of View -- Buttoning Down Your Brand -- Creating a Marvelous Bio -- Aiming High with a Bio Flyer -- Perfecting an Online Profile -- Going Up in an Elevator Speech -- Common Threads for Your Search -- Chapter 10: Interview Leave-Behind Docs -- A Leave-Behind Brings You to Mind -- 15 Leave-Behind Topics to Remember -- Writing Effective Leave-Behinds -- Review Samples of Leave-Behinds -- Chapter 11: References and Recommendations -- Reference ABCs You Don't Want to Miss -- With the Right References, You Rock! -- Handle Reference Problems Skillfully -- Put Time on Your Side -- Chapter 12: Online Portfolios, Prezis, and Videos -- Best Prospects for Telling Your Story -- Rewards of Online Presentations -- Attract Interest with a Work Portfolio -- Electrify Employers with a Prezi -- Video: Hiring Tool or Turnoff? -- Virtual Job Search is Racing Ahead -- Chapter 13: Getting Ahead in the Job You Have -- Messages That Grow Your Career -- Cover Your Bases with Workplace Docs -- Part IV: Best Writing Elements -- Chapter 14: Writing Your Way to a Job -- Zooming In on the Basics -- Advantages of Stand Out Letters -- Disadvantages of Stand Out Letters -- Unfreezing Writer's Block -- Ugly Typos, Sloppy Letters, Few Offers -- Overcoming What-If Worries -- The Anatomy of a Job Search Letter -- Get Ready to Write -- Chapter 15: Language That Snap-Crackle-Pops -- Refreshing Your Language -- Tune Up Grammar and Punctuation -- Getting Your Grammar Guide On -- Organizing Your Information -- Reading for Smoothness -- Chapter 16: Great Lines for Success -- Great Starts for Your Letter -- A Sampling of Grand Openers -- Leadoff Losers -- Salutation Snoozers -- Power Phrases to Use Anywhere -- An Action Close to Keep Control -- Examples of the Action Closes -- P.S. A Final Important Point -- Great Lines to Woo Reluctant Readers.. - New-style job messages that get you in the door and on your way up From sparkling cover letters to six-word bios, a fresh bevy of job search letters has grown powerfully useful for successful career communications. Job Search Letters For Dummies delivers the quality of New Era know-how you need right now to land good jobs and thrive. Whether you're a long-time professional or a recent college graduate - or somewhere in between - Job Search Letters For Dummies has you covered. Job Search Letters For Dummies covers the gamut of leading-edge topics, including effective strategies for internal career communications on topics such as raises, promotions, and position changes; rules for communicating professionally with texts and networking on social media platforms such as twitter and LinkedIn; fresh and updated communication phrases to voice accomplishments and make job-fit statements; post-interview etiquette and letters such as thank-yous, "hire me" reinforcement notes, interest revival queries; and much more. Get hired with 40 types of job letters Create short messages for a smartphone world Network on social media sites Model best letters more than 200 pro samples Whether you're a long-time professional or a recent college graduate - or somewhere in between - Job Search Letters For Dummies has you covered. A note to job seekers from nationally syndicated careers columnist and author or Job Search Letters For Dummies, Joyce Lain Kennedy: Welcome aboard, job seekers! Thanks for checking out this first guide to communications-supported job search and career growth in relentlessly changing technological times. The right messaging - what you say, why you say it, and when you say it - is as important today to your employment goals as it has been at any time since Leonardo da Vinci wrote the first professional resume in 1482. Consider recent. - job-finding history: In 1986 fax machines and postal mail were the most popular ways to send resumes and cover letters. In the 1990s the Internet boom kicked in with new tools to connect jobs and people: e-mail, websites, cell phones, mailing lists, and online bulletin boards. In the 21st century the double-time march of recruiting technology skyrocketed, building a techno-swamp populated with endless ideas of how to connect work and people through smartphones, wonder tablets, apps, and social media for virtual networking. You're competing in a new world of work out there. If your job search is treading water - or even drowning- there's a better way. Make a splash! Engage hiring authorities through a communications-centered campaign with smart content.
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