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

Okay, you’ve hit the mark. There are only a few more details to
remember. Again, congratulations for caring enough about your-
self, your time, and your chosen occupation to learn the state-of-
the-art Fearless Résumé.
Yours is a document that will give you an unbeatable start in
your job search and a true edge on your competition; it is a mar-
ketable, sellable, provable depiction of yourself and your skills
that will never, ever bore the reader.
In fact, in the first ten seconds, your document will stop your
reader in her tracks and instill within her the emotional desire to
hire you. In the rest of your petition, she will discover the logical
clarity behind this and the survival instinct that leads her to want
to have you on her team.
Now it’s time for you to compose your own Fearless Résumé,
using a template (partly blank form) that I’ve used with over
15,000 people, from entry-level to executive and from age 18
to 75.
Before you set pen to paper or sit down at your computer,
however, let me review some quick tips that will ensure your
credibility and make your Fearless Résumé flow seamlessly.

Tips for Your Contact Block
Don’t use a nickname. Do use your full name. A middle initial or
middle name is optional.
For example, write “Bud Smith” rather than “Bud ‘the Stud’
Smith” or “Bud ‘Buddy’ Smith.”
Of course, this example is quite farfetched, but you wouldn’t
believe how many silly nicknames I’ve seen or heard about on
résumés!
Basically, using this kind of nickname is a turnoff and will
serve only to diminish the importance of your document. Once
you get the job, if you would like your coworkers or your boss to
refer to you by your nickname, that’s fine. Just don’t make him
try to swallow the nickname before he gets to know you in per-
son or before you get the job.
The same goes for e-mail addresses.
Some of the far-out ones I’ve seen are rocketman4563@that-
away.com and ladyloveyou9835@netscore.net.

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