Writing Winning Resumes and Cover Letters
Interviewing and Resume Writing in English,
How can you bring your resume to the top of the pile? How can you present yourself to prospective employers using the language they already speak inside their organization? This course will give you answers to those questions. You will learn how to convert a boring resume into a dynamic asset statement that conveys your talents in the language that an employer understands. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Identify the real purpose of a resume. 2. Identify relevant competencies for a position. 3. Adapt your resumes to Applicant Tracking Systems (resume screening software). 4. Write powerful and convincing accomplishment statements using your accomplishments inventory to strategically assemble the most relevant evidence of competency for a specific position. 5. Use the resume skills tier method to strengthen your resume. 6. Write summary sections and objective statements aligned to a job position. 7. Take advantage of web resources to find power language for your resume. 8. Produce a strong resume in a format that is suitable both to your background and the position you're interested in. 9. Produce strong cover letters that use A.I.D.A. to help you achieve your career goals. 10. Produce effective follow-up letters that help you stand out from the competition.
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| Rating | 4.6★ based on 37 ratings |
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| Length | 5 weeks |
| Effort | 4 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week |
| Starts | Jul 3 (43 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $79 |
| From | University of Maryland, College Park via Coursera |
| Instructor | Charles Duquette |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Business |
| Tags | Business Business Essentials |
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In my view it is the right time everyone must gain this skill of 21st century resume and cover letter writing .
We need to overwrite now, the old traditional way of resume and cover letter writing.Thanks to Charles Duquette and Daniela C. Wagner-Loera for making this excellent course easy to understand.
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I will highly recommend since I learned new strategy and insight into how to write Resumes, Cover Letter and Follow-Up letter and most importantly what I shouldn't do to jeopardize my chances of success.
If you are looking for a course to understand the basics of cover letter writing and resume writing, then this is the course you absolutely need to take.
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This course helped me refocus my competencies and updated my resume writing strategies.
good course, but need to pay for tests Practical and usefu Every time one hear if you are not getting an interview call then it means your resume writing skills are not excellent, you are not able to project your self, you are not able sell your self or you might be overqualified / under-qualified.
Its very good course I went over the resume writing, and it is a breakthrough the way it is presented.
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good course very useful, thank you very much Good advising for developing effective resume.
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| Rating | 4.6★ based on 37 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 5 weeks |
| Effort | 4 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week |
| Starts | Jul 3 (43 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $79 |
| From | University of Maryland, College Park via Coursera |
| Instructor | Charles Duquette |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Business |
| Tags | Business Business Essentials |
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