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Get a Great Job When You Don’t Have a Job

The Conversational Approach to
Résumé Writing

If you ever feel “stuck” on your résumé and want to get back on
track, take a look at the question being asked for the section
you’re working on. You may even imagine a real person asking
the question. Your mind will automatically respond.
This lively question-and-answer approach keeps your imagi-
nation fresh as to what the employer wants. A fearless résumé is
therefore about “you and me” rather than just “me, me, me.”

• Rather than being a monologue, as most résumés are, a
Fearless Résumé is in fact a conversation in which we pre-
dict and then answer the questions that the employer
naturally has on her mind.

This gets the reader involved and makes your résumé vital and
refreshing. It’s the responsive and precise way that you will learn
to answer these queries that will turn your Fearless Résumé into
the roadway to your interview!
Sound good? Okay. I’d bet you’d like to see a Fearless
Résumé in action. Let’s have a look at a sample résumé and see
how the answers to the basic five questions fit on the page.
The questions on the résumés, which appeared earlier in this
chapter, are there for you to see and learn from, but you don’t
actually write the questions on the résumé itself. The sections
written in italics are also just guidelines. The italicized sentences
should not be written on your real résumé.
Next, I am going to show you some of the optional blocks
mentioned earlier. If you have a need for these blocks, use them.
If not, they can be left out.

• You’ll see plenty of résumés with just the basic blocks and
some with optional blocks in Chapter 10.

Optional Blocks

For review, optional blocks that can be included on your résumé
but are not mandatory are

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