How to Write Powerful College Student Resumes and Cover Letters: Secrets That Get Job Interviews Like Magic, Paperback

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``Extraordinary.... A hundred books in one.... This book is a home run.`` -- From the FOREWORD by Richard N. Bolles, author of the best-selling ``What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers`` The ultimate guide for college students and grads seeking interviews in a tough economy. It explains how to: (1) transform even modest educational achievements and non-paying life experiences -- from hobbies and travel to family circumstances and extracurricular activities -- into persuasive statements about abilities, (2) generate job interviews by professionally fine-tuning resumes and cover letters specifically for each application, and (3) prepare successfully for interviews by writing persuasive resumes and cover letters. REVEALS RESUME-WRITING SECRETS: what to include when you lack paid professional experience how to get great references even from people you don't know well why to use a summary statement instead of an objective statement in most fields when to include hobbies, travel, and technology skills why you should NOT list most courses already taken what to do if your GPA is unimpressive which designs and basic templates work the best how to determine the perfect verbs and adjectives for a specific job the 5 things you MUST address in a cover letter SPECIAL FEATURES an in-depth index so you can find exactly what you need before-and-after samples of rewritten resumes and cover letters a helpful flow chart for writing resumes and cover letters ``Dr. Q's Tips`` based on actual student and alumni experiences ``Expert Advice`` quotations from dozens of publications not online a categorized list of ``action verbs`` that appeal to potential employers sample resumes with accompanying cover letters THE AUTHORS Quentin Schultze, Ph. D. (AKA ``Dr. Q``), is a well-published and prize-winning author, a popular speaker, and an award-winning college teacher with over 30 years experience mentoring students and graduates. Bethany Kim is a wri