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With this revised edition of this bestselling book, job searchers will have 175 cover letters to study and use as guidelines to get that dynamic job. Contains 25 brand new cover letters, to keep up with changing styles. 175 High-Impact Cover Letters, Second Edition, arms job seekers with an arsenal of highly effective professional cover letter models that, with minor modification, can be rapidly deployed as needed. You'll find models for five different types of cover letters, including employer broadcast letters, search firm broadcast letters, advertising response letters, networking cover letters, and the increasingly popular resume letters. A full chapter, complete with numerous model letters, has been dedicated to each of the five letter types.

Contains an arsenal of 175 highly effective, proven cover letter samples that can be rapidly deployed to cover a wide range of circumstances plus serve to enhance employment candidacy. Offers specific instructions to aid in the preparation of five different types of cover letters—employer broadcast, advertising response, search firm broadcast, networking cover and resume. The chapter on advertising response letters contains 30 sample cover letters along with sample advertisements which they were designed to answer.

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The new edition of this best-selling guide dispels numerous myths and provides step-by-step guidance for developing each section of resumes and letters. Unlike most other resume guides, this one includes critical distribution, evaluation, and follow-up devices and advice on conducting an effective job search in today's challenging job market. Includes updated sections on electronic resumes, the World Wide Web, and job search resources.

This book covers the practical side of being an academic librarian – a role that has undergone a large degree of change in recent years. It outlines and describes the skills necessary to succeed in these large, and often complex, organisations. The book includes tools and techniques for an academic librarian for managing time, meetings, projects, publishing and research, communications (paper and electronic), the basics of supervision, and how to work in a large organisation. The impact of the growth of electronic formats on the role of the academic librarian are discussed in detail. - Explains how, in practical terms, to stay organised, communicate successfully, network and navigate through an often politicised environment - Applies business practices to the field of librarianship - Shows how to use organisational behaviour techniques to manage yourself and your work

Examines the communication skills necessary to succeed in business, including effective writing, public speaking, and listening.