Book: Resume Objective Statements and Professional Summaries

Resume Objective Statements and Professional SummariesResume Objective Statements and Professional Summaries will show you how to start your resume with an introduction to grab a hiring manager’s attention.  Your resume will become a powerful and impressive sales tool for your job search.  Unlike other books on resumes that provide a chapter or two on objective statements and professional summaries, this book attacks the topic.  Numerous examples are provided, analyzed and improved.  Each step is explained in detail.  You will learn how to create a powerful, impressive and effective introduction that will make an impact and get results.

To have a chance of landing an interview, you must first grab a hiring manager’s attention.  Your resume is a sales document.  It needs to sell your potential from the instant a hiring manager starts reading.  To do this, you need a strong, impressive and effective introduction.  This introduction will create excitement in hiring managers and motivate them to want to learn more.  In other words, you need an introduction that will lead to interviews.

Most job seekers understand how important the start of their resume is, but this is also the part of their resume that they struggle with the most.  The result is typically a weak, uninspiring start that is completely ineffective.

This book offers the solution.  It is entirely focused on Objective Statements and Professional Summaries, the two most common styles of introductions.  Other resume writing books provide a little advice on a wide range of resume writing topics.  They try to answer every question a job seeker might have, but provide limited depth on each topic.  You need to become an expert at creating a powerful and effective introduction.  You need this book, and you need the winning introduction you will learn to write.

Get the book today:

Kindle and Print Editions Now Available


APICS Conference

I had a great trip to Las Vegas for the APICS Conference last week.  I had two sessions – one on interviewing and one on resume writing.  Both were based on sections of my books.

The interview section covered a number of topics but the core was the STAR(L).  This is technique for answering interview questions that is one of the most powerful and effective interview tools you can learn.

The resume session focused on the resume assessment from my new book, Resume Writing for Manufacturing Careers.  I took the checklist from Chapter 13: Resume Assessment and delivered it as a presentation.  This checklist is an invaluable tool for assessing your resume.  Not only will it identify problem areas that you need to improve, but it gives specific best practice recommendations.

You can learn the STAR(L) technique and get the Resume Assessment with my books:

Resume Writing for Manufacturing Careers

Power Up Your Job Search: A Modern Approach to Interview Preparation

Resume Book on Amazon

My book, Resume Writing for Manufacturing Careers, is on Amazon.  We had a few problems with the initial setup of the book, but the publisher did a great job getting everything fixed.  You can now buy the book on Amazon:

Resume Writing for Manufacturing Careers

This book is perfect for anyone in an operations careers, whether production, quality, logistics, transportation, maintenance, scheduling or engineering.  There are tons of examples, often showing both the typical resume content/formatting and then an improved version.  In addition, I show the resume writing process from start to finish.  I used a hypothetical Production Manager for my example.  It took six chapters to show how to write this example resume, with detailed instructions showing each improvement along the way.  There’s also a resume assessment checklist that you can use to review your resume.  It gives specific criteria and best practices for the assessment so you can look at your resume like a resume writing pro.

Amazon also has the Look Inside feature active, allowing you to check out the Table of Contents, first chapter and index.

Buy the Book:  Resume Writing for Manufacturing Careers

Resume Writing for Manufacturing Careers

My new book is now available!

The book can be purchased directly from the publisher, and in the next few days, it will be available on Amazon.  I am also working on getting the book into other retail channels.

The website for the book is up and running… www.resume-writing-for-manufacturing-careers.com

Resume Writing for Manufacturing Careers - Front Cover
Resume Writing for Manufacturing Careers - Back Cover

New Book – Resume Writing for Manufacturing Careers

My new book is just about ready to go.  I’m due to receive the first printed copy today!  The book, Resume Writing for Manufacturing Careers, teaches the resume writing process in a step-by-step approach.  It starts with the information a job seeker needs to know in order to develop a good resume.  It then shows the resume writing process in great detail for a hypothetical job seeker.  Finally, the book answers many of the questions job seekers have – questions about how to deal with unusual aspects of their careers. 

The book will be available on Amazon on or before September 1st.  We’re also selling the book through some other retail outlets.  I’m working on the website to provide additional information on the book (www.resume-writing-for-manufacturing-careers.com).  I’ve added one page so far, but will follow.

Below is a copy of the cover…

Resume Writing for Manufacturing Careers - Front Cover

APICS Webinar

On Monday, I’m doing a webinar with APICS reviewing different online resources for job seekers.  The focus will be on how to make your job search more effective.  APICS is an organization dedicated to operations management.  I’ve been a member for around 15 years and am currently President of the Blue Ridge Chapter.  If you are a manufacturing, distribution or supply chain professional, you should check out APICS.  It can be a great benefit to your career.  If you are a member already, check out the APICS Career Center for information on the webinar.

Interview Prep Book Award Finalist

Power Up Your Job Search: A Modern Approach to Interview Preparation, my book teaching interview techniques for job seekers, was named an Award Finalist by USA Book News in the Careers category this week. Since publishing the book back in March, I have heard from numerous job seekers who have used the book to improve their interview skills.

Power Up Your Job Search: A Modern Approach to Interview Preparation, my book teaching interview techniques for job seekers, was named an Award Finalist by USA Book News in the Careers category this week.  Since publishing the book back in March, I have heard from numerous job seekers who have used the book to improve their interview skills.

The book is set up as a step-by-step guide teaching how to get ready for an interview.  It is ideal for people who want a simple to follow process.  We intentionally worked to make the book as short as possible.  Each chapter, paragraph and sentence had to add value to stay in the book.  We also focused the book on specific skills anyone can learn.  This combination makes the instruction in the book quick and easy.

I wish there was a magic bullet that would get people hired.  It would make my job teaching interview skills a lot easier.  All I would need is a couple minutes with someone and teach them the “secret to interviewing.”  There is no secret, and it will never be that easy.  To excel in an interview your need to develop your interview skills, prepare thoroughly and practice.  That’s why an interview prep book like Power Up Your Job Search is so important.  It will teach you the skills you need to adapt to interviewers and questions that blindside you.

If you are getting ready for an interview, get a copy of the book.  The job market is too competitive and mediocre interview skills will lead to missed opportunities.

Job Search Webinar

“Job Search Basics” will provide specific advice for how to manager a job search. I’m going to review some of the websites and tools that are extremely helpful. I’ll also share tips for how to use these tools to get results.

I finished setting up the third webinar I am planning next week.

“Job Search Basics” will provide specific advice for how to manager a job search.  I’m going to review some of the websites and tools that are extremely helpful.  I’ll also share tips for how to use these tools to get results.

The webinar will review:

  • Tools to find job opportunities
  • Tools to help you manage the search process
  • Tools to research jobs, companies and opportunities
  • Tools to improve your networking

This webinar is best suited for job seekers with some familiarity of online resources but questions about what other resources exists.  If you have used the big job boards and want to know what else is out there, I’ll point you in the right direction.

Join me on Friday July 10th at 11AM EDT for this event!  Register for Job Search Basics

Update:  I now do webinars for APICS.  Check out the career resources APICS offers members.