{"product_id":"job-search-letters-for-dummies-4th-edition-9781118436417","title":"Job Search Letters for Dummies, 4th Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew-style job messages that get you in the door and on your way up\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From sparkling cover letters to six-word bios, a fresh bevy of job search letters has grown powerfully useful for successful career communications. Job Search Letters For Dummies delivers the quality of New Era know-how you need right now to land good jobs and thrive. Whether you're a long-time professional or a recent college graduate -- or somewhere in between -- Job Search Letters For Dummies has you covered.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Job Search Letters For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e covers the gamut of leading-edge topics, including effective strategies for internal career communications on topics such as raises, promotions, and position changes; rules for communicating professionally with texts and networking on social media platforms such as twitter and LinkedIn; fresh and updated communication phrases to voice accomplishments and make job-fit statements; post-interview etiquette and letters such as thank-yous, hire me reinforcement notes, interest revival queries; and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGet hired with 40 types of job letters\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate short messages for a smartphone world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNetwork on social media sites\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eModel best letters more than 200 pro samples\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether you're a long-time professional or a recent college graduate -- or somewhere in between -- \u003ci\u003eJob Search Letters For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e has you covered.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA note to job seekers from nationally syndicated careers columnist and author or \u003ci\u003eJob Search Letters For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e, Joyce Lain Kennedy: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWelcome aboard, job seekers  Thanks for checking out this first guide to \u003ci\u003ecommunications-supported job search and career growth\u003c\/i\u003e in relentlessly changing technological times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The right messaging -- what you say, why you say it, and when you say it -- is as important today to your employment goals as it has been at any time since Leonardo da Vinci wrote the first professional resume in 1482.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Consider recent job-finding history: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn 1986 fax machines and postal mail were the most popular ways to send resumes and cover letters.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn the 1990s the Internet boom kicked in with new tools to connect jobs and people: e-mail, websites, cell phones, mailing lists, and online bulletin boards.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn the 21st century the double-time march of recruiting technology skyrocketed, building a techno-swamp populated with endless ideas of how to connect work and people through smartphones, wonder tablets, apps, and social media for virtual networking.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e You're competing in a new world of work out there. 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Make a splash  Engage hiring authorities through a communications-centered campaign with smart content.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-181719\"\u003eJoyce Lain Kennedy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e For Dummies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118436417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1118436415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS037020\"\u003eCareers | Job Hunting\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoyce Lain Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e is a nationally syndicated careers columnist. 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