If you can't afford a professional resume writing service, these resume books are excellent, inexpensive alternatives. They provide expert help for writing tailored cover letters and traditional and electronic resumes, uncovering and marketing your talents, avoiding common resume mistakes, preparing for interviews, and getting inside the hiring manager's mind. All resume books below are at discounted prices from the reputable Amazon.com and include sample resumes.

Resume software makes a good resume book even better, because it will help you to more quickly craft the ideal resume. You get only one shot at landing an interview. Make it your best shot!

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Federal Resume Guidebook
By Kathryn K. Troutman - ISBN: 1563709252
When applying for a U.S. government job, you'll likely receive instructions to tailor your resume and supplement it with a fact sheet (KSA or KSAO) that highlights your knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics. The application instructions can be quite complicated, thanks to the government's fondness of red tape and official jargon. Yet, you must follow them to the letter. Troutman is the foremost government-job expert on the Web, and she wrote this book to help you successfully navigate through the process.

Troutman also authored the Electronic Federal Resume Guidebook, to help you exploit the software the government uses to store, search and filter your resume.
She authored yet another book on the topic, Ten Steps to a Federal Job. At this writing, all of her books received excellent reviews from customers of Amazon.com and other online book merchants.

Resumes For Dummies
By Joyce Layne Kennedy - ISBN: 0764554719
As with all the For Dummies books, the title is not intended to insult, but rather indicate that the information is friendlier "for the rest of us." This one has practical, step-by-step, resume-writing guidance, by one of the foremost career experts on the Web. Learn to tailor your resume for today's job market, sell your skills, and get the most from Internet job searching. Includes lots of tips and tricks, plus worksheets and over 50 sample resumes.

Resume Magic
By Susan B. Whitcomb - ISBN: 1563705222
Surprisingly big and thick for a resume book. But Whitcomb is a professional resume writer who comprehensively covers just about everything you ever wanted to know about writing traditional and electronic resumes, and things you probably didn't even know you wanted to know. It's also packed with "before and after" resume samples, and includes topics such as choosing the best format, effectively using keywords, action verbs and bullet lists, gathering references, and writing cover letters. Yet, it's inexpensive.

Winning Resumes
By Robin Ryan - ISBN: 0471263656
Ryan, a career coach, syndicated columnist and author of several related books, shows you how to build your resume from the ground floor up, using her seven-step "Goldmining" technique to successfully reveal your most marketable skills and accomplishments. She also includes dozens of mistakes to avoid and tips for making your resume stand out.

The Resume Handbook
By Arthur Rosenberg, David V. Hizer - ISBN: 1558506160
A no-nonsense, step-by-step guide to writing resumes and cover letters for many situations. Two readers who reviewed the book before returning to the job market thought it served that that purpose well, while others found it to be helpful for their particular situations too. Includes examples of both good and bad resumes.

Resume Catalog: 200 Damn Good Examples
By Yana Parker - ISBN: 0898158915
Prefer lots of examples to go by, over step-by-step instructions "for dummies" and bells, buzzers and whistles? Well, here you have them, and "damn good" ones too! They encompass all experience levels in a wide range of careers, from the specific to the general, and are indexed and cross-referenced.

Ace the IT Resume!
By Paula Moreira, Robyn Thorpe - ISBN: 0072194030
Focused exclusively on information technology (computer job) resumes, it offers tips for getting inside the hiring IT manager's mind, choosing layout and anatomy, writing electronic resumes, uncovering your talents, and avoiding mistakes. Includes 50 sample resumes showing do's and don'ts, over 50 IT job profiles, and chapters dedicated to writing cover letters and preparing for interviews.

Resumes for Re-entering the Job Market
By VGM Career Books Staff - ISBN: 0071387315
Offers tips for returning to the job market, emphasizing your strengths and using the active voice. Includes 100 sample resumes in several formats, 20 sample cover letters, and worksheets to help you gather information.

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