Job Search Letters for Dummies, 4th Edition - (For Dummies) by Joyce Lain Kennedy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>New-style job messages that get you in the door and on your way up</b><br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <i><br /> Job Search Letters For Dummies</i> 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.</p> <ul> <li>Get hired with 40 types of job letters</li> <li>Create short messages for a smartphone world</li> <li>Network on social media sites</li> <li>Model best letters more than 200 pro samples</li> </ul> <p>Whether you're a long-time professional or a recent college graduate -- or somewhere in between -- <i>Job Search Letters For Dummies</i> has you covered.<br /> <br /> </p> <p><b>A note to job seekers from nationally syndicated careers columnist and author or <i>Job Search Letters For Dummies</i>, Joyce Lain Kennedy: </b></p> <p>Welcome aboard, job seekers! Thanks for checking out this first guide to <i>communications-supported job search and career growth</i> in relentlessly changing technological times.</p> <p> 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.</p> <p> Consider recent job-finding history: </p> <ul> <li>In 1986 fax machines and postal mail were the most popular ways to send resumes and cover letters.</li> <li>In 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.</li> <li>In 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.</li> </ul> <p> You're competing in a new world of work out there. If your job search is treading water -- or even drowning-- there's a better way. Make a splash! Engage hiring authorities through a communications-centered campaign with smart content.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Learn to: </p> <ul> <li>Get hired with 40 types of job letters</li> <li>Create short messages for a smartphone world</li> <li>Network on social media sites</li> <li>Model best letters with more than 200 pro samples</li> </ul> <p>New-style job messages that get you in the door and on your way up</p> <p>From sparkling cover letters to six-word bios, a fresh bevy of job search letters has grown powerfully useful for successful career communications. <i>Job Search Letters For Dummies</i> 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 -- <i>Job Search Letters For Dummies</i> has you covered.</p> <ul> <li>Leap into the new job market -- find the latest developments, the fast-breaking trends in mobile job search, and an outstanding collection of contemporary and creative job search letters</li> <li>Get refreshed on the essentials -- grasp the core and most familiar types of job search letters: job ad replies, networking efforts, prospecting pitches, and after-interview letters</li> <li>Communicate creatively -- get commentary and samples for social messages, branding statements, professional profiles, bios, reference blurbs, online work portfolios, prezis, and video</li> <li>Get the write stuff -- jump easily through the writing hoops to deliver first-class job search letters, with tips on constructing messages with images, content, and language</li> </ul> <p>Open the book and find: </p> <ul> <li>Rules for communicating professionally with texts</li> <li>Networking on social media platforms such as Twitter and LinkedIn</li> <li>After-interview self-marketing letters and etiquette</li> <li>A treasure trove of sample messages that illustrate what a modern, communications- supported job search looks like</li> <li>Tips on identifying and selling your marketable skills</li> <li>Ideas on writing great opening lines</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Joyce Lain Kennedy</b> is a nationally syndicated careers columnist. Her column, <i>CAREERS NOW, </i> appears twice weekly in newspapers and on websites across the U.S. Kennedy is the author of seven career books, including the award-winning <i>Job Interviews For Dummies</i> and <i>Resumes For Dummies.</i></p>
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