The Paris Review Book for Planes, Trains, Elevators, and Waiting Rooms
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The Paris Review Book for Planes, Trains, Elevators, and Waiting Rooms by Richard Powers
Call from a headhunter? Layoffs getting a little too close for comfort? Hear about a great new internal opportunity? Getting out of the military? Or just frustrated and wonder if you could do better someplace else? This is the definitive guide to getting you on the market fast. The third edition of The Overnight Resume has been completely revised and updated for everyone--from entry level* to the executive suite--who is serious about getting an interview and landing a job. *Tip #1: Never use the term entry level in any resume. For hundreds more tips that suit your particular case, just look inside. Information you'll find nowhere else includes: - How to beat other jobseekers at 1,000-to-1 odds. - How to launch a full-scale job search within 24 hours. - How to access the hidden job market where the best jobs are. - What returning parents and returning prisoners have in common. - How to beat resume-sorting software - Online resumes, HTML, scannable, and portfolio versions. - Differences between East Coast and West Coast resume styles. - How to look like a local, from anywhere in the country
The Paris Review since 1953, has published the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Alice Munro, Raymond Carver, Jonathan Lethem, Italo Calvino, and others. They celebrated their fiftieth anniversary last year with the publication of The Paris Review Book of Heartbreak, Madness, Sex, Love, Betrayal, Outsiders, Intoxication, War, Whimsy, Horrors, God, Death, Dinner, Baseball, Travels, The Art of Writing, and Everything Else in the World Since 1953.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312422400 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312422407 |
| Title | The Paris Review Book for Planes, Trains, Elevators, and Waiting Rooms |
| Author | Richard Powers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2004-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 386 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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