Book Description
Electrify all your job search communications and build the great career you want!
The right verbs
• make you unforgettable
• powerfully demonstrate your value
• attract employers like moths to flame
Grab the right verb and use it the right way to:
Craft outstanding résumés, cover letters, and thank-you notes
Draw attention to your best achievements and accomplishments
Get your face-to-face interview—and ace it
Pitch yourself brilliantly, even if you only have a minute
Weave crucial “soft skills” expertise into your career communications
Prove you’re the person they’re looking for
Jam-packed with examples drawing on thousands of years of storytelling, literature, and experience
Indispensable for everyone who wants a rewarding, successful, well-paid career!
Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Chapter 1. Why and How Power Verbs Can Pump Up Your Résumés, Cover Letters, Interviews, and Personal Networking Efforts
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Chapter 2. Soft Skills Related to Professional Capabilities: Performance and Grooming
- Accountability
- Accuracy and Preciseness
- Attendance and Punctuality
- Attitude, Approachability, and Personality
- Appearance and Personal Hygiene
- Attention to Detail and Accuracy
- Cognitive Load Management
- Common Sense, Street Smarts
- Commitment and Dedication
- Communication, Speaking, Writing, Listening, and Nonverbal Cues
- Compassionate, Caring, Kind, Empathetic
- Creativity
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Cross-Cultural Competency
- Computational Thinking
- Customer Awareness, Able to Deal with Customers
- Design Mind-Set
- Drive and Passion, Tenacity
- Flexibility, Availability
- Honesty and Integrity
- Intelligence
- Leadership and Management
- Learn, Grow, Teachable, Willingness to Learn
- Motivated
- New Media Literacy
- Novel and Adaptive Thinking
- Outgoing, Friendly, and Positive Attitude
- Polite, Well Mannered, Courteous Phone and Email Etiquette
- Professional Demeanor and Presence
- Reliability, Dependability, Follow-Through, and Responsibility
- Risk Tolerance
- Self-Confidence
- Self-Manageable, Work Independently
- Social Intelligence
- Take Direction, Follow Directions, Willing to Take Directions
- Team Player, Transdisciplinary Skills, Works Well with Others Across Departments and Disciplines, and as a Member of Virtual Teams
- Time Management
- Work Ethic
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Chapter 3. Hard Skills
- Accounting and Finance
- Administrative, Organizational, Time, and Planning Skills
- Advertising, Branding, Public Relations, Sales, and Marketing (Also See Branding, Marketing, Sales Experience)
- Analytical/Research, Computational, and Math
- Business and Business Sense
- Computer Literate
- Engineering, Research, and Development, Including Software, New Products, and Services
- Gather Data and Convert to Information
- Chapter 4. Experience, Credentials, Education
- Sources
- Index
- FT Press