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Contents

Functional Help ..................................................................129
One Plus One Is Enough....................................................129
Skills for Sale ....................................................................131
Getting Down to Business..................................................135
Dynamite Achievements ....................................................136
Who’s Your Audience?........................................................136
Downplay Differences ......................................................136
Keep It Relevant ................................................................137
First Things First ..............................................................137
Lights, Camera, Action Verbs!............................................139
How’d the Other Guys Say It?............................................144
Brainstorming ....................................................................145
Warning! Functional Resume Ahead..................................146

10 Step Five: Education and Extra Credit 149
Finish Lines ........................................................................149
Education 101 ....................................................................150
What If? ..............................................................................150
Hot College Degrees ..........................................................152
Getting Credit for Your Pending Degree ..............................152
Interpreting Degree Equivalents..........................................156
Don’t Have a Degree?........................................................156
Yahoo! Just Got My High School Diploma..........................156
The Not-So-New High School Diploma ..............................160
The Last Word ....................................................................162
Volunteerism That Pays Off ..............................................162
Professional Schmoozer ....................................................162
Getting Published..............................................................162
Standing Up for Your Award ..............................................162
Flaunting Your Computer Skills ........................................162
Making a Hobby of It........................................................163
Anything Missing? ............................................................164
On the Line ........................................................................164
Getting by with Nothing....................................................166
Money Talk ......................................................................167
Referring to References ......................................................167
Forget the Personal Stuff....................................................167

11 Step Six: The Big Production 169
Designer Resumes ..............................................................169
Fancy Fonts and Practical Print ........................................170
Serif’s Up! ........................................................................170
Simply Serif ......................................................................171
Does Size Matter?..............................................................171
Sharp-Shooting Bullets ......................................................172
Shady Bars........................................................................172
Spacing Out ......................................................................174

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