Cover letters for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / by Joyce Lain Kennedy

• Record Nr.: UNISA996339132603316
• Autore: Kennedy Joyce Lain
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley Publishing, c2009
• ISBN: 0-470-46682-0; 1-118-59531-9; 1-282-68422-1; 9786612684227; 0-470-46680-4
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Collana: --For dummies
• Classificazione: AL 43950
• Disciplina: 650.14/2; 650.142
• Soggetti: Applications for positions; Cover letters; Englisch
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Letters For Dummies® 3rd Edition; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I Cover Letters and So Much More!; Chapter 1 News Flash: Cover Letters Are Grown Up and Have Kids; Chapter 2 Creating Images Online for Now and Tomorrow; Chapter 3 Special Marketing Messages Outrun Rivals; Part II Creating Compelling Communications; Chapter 4 Writing Your Way to a Job; Chapter 5 Language That Snap-Crackle-Pops; Chapter 6 Great Lines for Success; Chapter 7 Job Seeker's Skills Finder; Part III Job Letters: Sample the Best; Chapter 8 Job Ad Reply Letters; Chapter 9 Broadcast and Prospecting Letters; Chapter 10 Networking LettersChapter 11 Resume Letters; Chapter 12 Thank-You and Follow-Up Letters; Part IV Online Messages: Sample the Best; Chapter 13 Branding Statements and Online Profiles; Chapter 14 E-Mail Cover Notes; Part V The Part of Tens; Chapter 15 Ten Urban Legends to Toss; Chapter 16 Ten Tips for Top-Rated Online Profiles; Appendix Directory of Job Letter Writers; A Glossary of Professional Certifications; Professional Organizations; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Cover letters are alive and sell! When they're written right, that is. To stand out in today's sea of qualified job seekers, learn to craft riveting new breeds of cover letters, create vibrant images online, and discover sensational self-marketing documents you never imagined. This completely revised and updated 3rd Edition of Cover Letters For Dummies brings you all this - plus over 200 great new samples by 62 successful professional cover letter/resume writers. You've probably suspected that passive and sleepy cover letters merely hugging resumes won't get you wher