New Booklet Reveals 7 Proven Steps for Writing a Killer Résumé - or - How to Recession Proof Your Future

Some people struggle to find better employment in today's sluggish business environment while others, who have mastered the little known strategies of writing a Killer Résumé, are doing extraordinarily well. If you want to know 'How to Recession Proof Your Future', read on.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) March 13, 2004 --Some people struggle to find better employment in today's sluggish business environment while others, who have mastered the little known strategies of writing a Killer Résumé, are doing extraordinarily well. If you want to know 'How to Recession Proof Your Future', read on.

That is the opinion of Don Pagan, an independent marketing consultant and author of the just-published booklet 7 Proven Steps for Writing a Killer Résumé: How to Recession Proof Your Future."

Many people in the workplace fear the prospect of going after a better job even when they know they are capable of earning a great deal more money. They may not realize it, but they are using a résumé that reads like a Professional Obituary instead of a Marketing Document. No one wants to read a Professional Obituary so his or her resume dies (pun intended) and hits the wastebasket.

You must master the marketing strategies of selling 'YOURSELF," says Pagan. To prosper in the marketplace today and continue to move up, you need to develop employment strategies that will recession proof your future. You must master the marketing strategies of selling 'YOURSELF'."

These are among the strategies Pagan outlines in his new booklet:

•   You must focus on filling the employers needs ---- not yours!
Whether you are changing careers, reentering the job market, seeking advancement, or making a lateral career move, focus on filling the employers needs.
•   One of the most important secrets to writing a superior résumé is the 'Job Objective. Your Job Objective must match the job requirement. If it does not, you are wasting your time and trying the interviewers patience. This is what quickly tells the interviewer whether your résumé is worth reading. If you do not capture the interviewers attention during that first 5-second scan, then it is good-bye Charlene and your résumé goes into the wastebasket.
•   The Manager Must Hear What They Want To Hear.
Back when you were in school, do you remember when the teacher was giving the class a test? If your answers were what the teacher wanted to hear, chances are you passed the test. If not --- well, you know. The same thing applies here.
•   The Manager is not interested in your life story or your hobbies, or your desires; they are looking for someone who fits the job description better than the 100 other people whose résumés are on their desk.
•   Distinguish your résumé from the 'sea of sameness.
If you do, that great new job might well be yours!

Recession Proof Your Future:
Download 7 Proven Steps for Writing a Killer Résumé" from http://tinyurl.com/33rwh

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