Editor Anne McKinneyReviews and ExcerptsJobs in modeling, fashion, the beauty business, and even retailing can be hard to obtain, and transferring experience gained in those fields is not always easy. Here is a valuable guide that shows how to communicate jobs such as Retail Buyer, Merchandise Manager, Customer Service Manager, District Supervisor, Assistant Sales Manager, Model, Store Manager, District Supervisor, Buyer, Assistant Buyer, Sales Representative, and many other jobs. This book will teach you how to communicate like an industry pro!Distinguished by its highly readable samples. - Library Journal1-885288-08-5

Getting jobs in the customer service field will be easier with this book which gives nearly a hundred sample resumes along with the cover letters that introduced the resumes to potential employers. Those who seek employment in any industry will find valuable advice in this book. If you are restructuring or revising your resume, you will find the help you need when you discover this book which focuses on the language and employment history of folks in the customer service business. The book was created based on the experiences of hundreds of job hunters over a 10-year period. Learn how successful people in the customer service field presented themselves to potential employers!

Sample resumes and forms filled out so that you will see the documents real people used to find employment in the postal service.

Civil engineers, mechanical engineers, structural engineers, marine engineers, chemical engineers, systems engineers, and engineering support personnel have a lot in common when they want to create a resume, and this book shows resumes and cover letters of individuals who want to work in the field. For those who seek federal employment, there's a special section showing how to create federal resumes and government applications. Since many technical types aren't writers, this comes as a special gift: select a winning format, plug in your background specs, and away you go. It's that easy--with REAL RESUMES in hand. - The Midwest Book Review1-885288-42-5

When firefighters and emergency medical technicians prepare their resume and other materials needed to explore employment opportunities, they realize that they have a unique background. At last there is a resume book that shows firefighters how to best present their qualifications, credentials, licenses, experience, volunteer work, education and training, affiliations, and other information. Would-be firefighters as well as experienced firefighting professionals will find outstanding samples of resumes and cover letters that worked for real people in their field. A special section of the book shows firefighters how to apply for government jobs and how to write the specialized resumes needed to apply for federal employment. As part of that section on the federal hiring process, the book shows shows how to write KSAs (statements describing Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities). This is a highly specialized title for a highly specialized field and for the very special people in that field.

If you've been working in a specialized field like supply or logistics, you really yearn to see sample resumes and cover letters of job hunters who have a similar background to yours. These resumes and cover letters were used in real job campaigns, and they speak the language of supply and logistics. You will gain insights into how to use the specialized language of supply and logistics and actually translate technical concepts of the supply and logistics field into language that can be easily understood.

When you have worked in the real estate industry or property management field, you need to see "pictures" of resumes from others with similar backgrounds. (How much does it help you to look at resumes of nurses, CEOs, or teachers when you come to change fields or seek employment?) At last there is a book of resumes and cover letters tailored to your needs. See how professionals like you have shown their credentials and how they have used the specialized lingo of your field. This is YOUR resume book, written especially for you, if your background includes experience in real estate or property management -- or if you are trying to enter those fields for the first time. A book written just for you, by one of the most knowledgeable writers and editors who has specialized in helping job hunters.

Job hunters aiming for employment in the safety and quality assurance field will welcome this resource for resume and cover letter preparation! The 192-page book gives valuable tips on interviewing, but the the "meat" of the book is the section containing samples of resumes and cover letters used by real people to gain employment related to safety and quality assurance.

Ask people who have worked in a nonprofit organization about resume preparation and they will tell you that resumes and cover letters for their particular needs are highly specialized! Thats why this book will be of enormous value to those who seek employment in the nonprofit world or who want to transition out of the nonprofit world and want to present their experience in nonprofit environments. The book includes resumes for folks who have worked in national trade associations and in nonprofit environments such as the United Way, Salvation Army, the American Cancer Society, and many similar organizations. A special section on the federal hiring process also shows the reader how to apply for federal government employment and there are samples of the specialized resumes and applications used in the federal hiring process. So whether you are entering the nonprofit arena, transferring skills out of the nonprofit world, or seeking federal employment, you will find this book useful.

Even within the nursing field, there are a wide variety of positions, and this book shows samples of resumes and cover letters than have worked. This title will be a valuable resource to nursing professionals who seek clinical nursing or administrative positions. Newly minted nurses and newcomers to the field will learn how to show off their clinical rotations to best advantage. Nurses often change fields, too, and the book includes resumes of nurses who have successfully transitioned into pharmaceutical sales and other areas. A ?bonus? of this book is that it includes samples of paperwork involved in getting federal government jobs: specialized resumes and the federal ?resumix? as well as the write-ups for the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) which are often required for government positions. This book will show nurses how to maximize their career potential, get federal nursing positions, and change fields if they want to. (This is the 25th title in PREP's Real-Resumes Series.)