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Surviving the 15-Second Resume Read Book Reviews Surviving The 15-Second Resume Read by professional resume writer and consultant Peggy O. Swager is a solid, practical, "user friendly" guide to what employers specifically look for on one's resume. Filled from cover to cover with a wealth of advice, tips, tricks, and techniques concerning what can (and should) be done to make a resume stand out from the hundreds others landing on a potential employer's desk in the few seconds that a may be devoted to scanning it, Surviving The 15-Second Resume Read is an excellent and highly recommended supplementary resource for job hunters seeking to secure a coveted position in today's highly competitive and volatile job market. Midwest Book Review Review by: Happily working or unhappily unemployed, individuals in either category will find credible tips galore in Swager’s beautifully done reference on resume mechanics, a bottom line billboard for today’s awful job market truth: statistics show that employers will often make a decision to accept or reject a resume in just 15 seconds. Swager, a recognized resume expert, spends her time wisely within, instructing readers how to craft a resume that will quickly communicate pertinent job strengths — and then how to polish it so that it can sparkle its way to the top of the heap. Swager devotes additional time to fonts and formatting (key considerations for creating standout resumes), tailoring resumes to specific job markets (Federal government, sales, alternative), and also to showing examples of failed resumes — those rejected by employers — and adding suggestions for how to correct problems inherent within these examples. Unemployed? This one’s a no-brainer purchase that can provide the tools for getting a leg up on the always brutal competition. Employed? Rest not. Use this simple book to add some personal luster to one of the most deceptively difficult and important documents in the business world today.
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