Business Communication Essentials, 8th Ed.
Chapter 13. Building Careers and Writing Resumes
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We write a lot about resumes — what to do, and what not to do.
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"Serial entrepreneur James Caan (photo, left) says in a recent LinkedIn post that he has seen thousands of resumes during the course of his career.
"Plenty of professionals have employment gaps on their resumes.
"One in five job-seekers (19.
"Hiring managers scan resumes pretty quickly (some studies put it at just a matter of seconds).
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Christian Ryan Jyoti (photo, left) covers the topic for FastCompany.
Suzanne Lucas (photo, left) presents the results of a new survey by CareerBuilder.
Hagan Blount introduces the topic and presents the infographic at TheMuse.
Bovee and Thill are the only authors who explain and illustrate in every chapter in their textbooks how mobile is revolutionizing business communication.
"Here’s the thing: Editing is more than just giving something a once-over to eliminate egregious typos and grammar mistakes.
Robin Good's Pinterest selection on the topic.
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"There's a lot of resume advice out there—and some of it conflicting.
"If you use your resume to apply for published jobs, then it is likely you will be competing with a few hundred other resumes and you can improve your odds of surviving this grueling process by (1) including what most reviewers want to see and (2) eliminating what most of them don't want to see.
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This collection of resources for business communication and business writing instructors focus on a wide variety of media, including videos, infographics, PowerPoints, PDFs, and podcasts, covering every relevant topic so you can keep your course fresh and up to date.
Work4Labs has created an infographic named "Mobile Recruiting by the (Surprising) Numbers.
"Talking about yourself is hard.