Yana Parker’s book, Resume Catalog: 200 Damn Good Examples
When I worked at an employment resource center, I referred clients to this book almost every day. It’s well organized and full of good resume help and examples that provide plenty of ideas for resume layout and content. It is one thing to understand, in theory, how to write a resume, but it’s also extremely helpful to have several good resume samples on hand to give you inspiration for your own resume; you’ll find that in this book.
I have found that often people really struggle to describe their skills and professional accomplishments when they are writing resumes. Either people minimize their skills and don’t give themselves full credit for all of the experience they have acquired; they have done a job for so long, they have trouble thinking through all of the skills that just come naturally at this point; or they just have never taken the time to sit down and think through all of their marketable skills.
Whatever the reason, if you haven’t written a lot of resumes, it can be challenging to remember all of the skills, and experience you have that can be used to write “Damn Good Resumes.” The resume examples in Yana Parker’s book can be used to provide plenty of inspiration for your own resume.
The Resume Catalog - 200 Damn Good Examples will provide you with good resume samples if you are looking for work in management, human resources, office administration, education, sales, finance, counseling, health or marketing. There is a section with technical and computer resume examples, however, high tech industries have changed so profoundly in the past few years, I’d recommend using a very current, specialized resource for technical resume examples.
If your career goals don’t fit within the list above, you can check out another book by Yana Parker, Blue Collar & Beyond: Resumes for Skilled Trades & Services
These two books, Resume Catalog: 200 Damn Good Examples
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