Power Verbs for Job Seekers: Hundreds of Verbs and Phrases to Bring Your Résumés, Cover Letters, and Job Interviews to Life

Table of contents

1. Title Page
2. Copyright Page
3. Dedication Page
4. Table of Contents
5. Acknowledgments
6. About the Authors
7. Chapter 1. Why and How Power Verbs Can Pump Up Your Résumés, Cover Letters, Interviews, and Personal Networking Efforts
   1. How to Use This Book
   2. How to Find the Right Power Verb
8. Chapter 2. Soft Skills Related to Professional Capabilities: Performance and Grooming
   1. Accountability
   2. Accuracy and Preciseness
   3. Attendance and Punctuality
   4. Attitude, Approachability, and Personality
   5. Appearance and Personal Hygiene
   6. Attention to Detail and Accuracy
   7. Cognitive Load Management
   8. Common Sense, Street Smarts
   9. Commitment and Dedication
   10. Communication, Speaking, Writing, Listening, and Nonverbal Cues
   11. Compassionate, Caring, Kind, Empathetic
   12. Creativity
   13. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
   14. Cross-Cultural Competency
   15. Computational Thinking
   16. Customer Awareness, Able to Deal with Customers
   17. Design Mind-Set
   18. Drive and Passion, Tenacity
   19. Flexibility, Availability
   20. Honesty and Integrity
   21. Intelligence
   22. Leadership and Management
   23. Learn, Grow, Teachable, Willingness to Learn
   24. Motivated
   25. New Media Literacy
   26. Novel and Adaptive Thinking
   27. Outgoing, Friendly, and Positive Attitude
   28. Polite, Well Mannered, Courteous Phone and Email Etiquette
   29. Professional Demeanor and Presence
   30. Reliability, Dependability, Follow-Through, and Responsibility
   31. Risk Tolerance
   32. Self-Confidence
   33. Self-Manageable, Work Independently
   34. Social Intelligence
   35. Take Direction, Follow Directions, Willing to Take Directions
   36. Team Player, Transdisciplinary Skills, Works Well with Others Across Departments and Disciplines, and as a Member of Virtual Teams
   37. Time Management
   38. Work Ethic
9. Chapter 3. Hard Skills
   1. Accounting and Finance
   2. Administrative, Organizational, Time, and Planning Skills
   3. Advertising, Branding, Public Relations, Sales, and Marketing (Also See Branding, Marketing, Sales Experience)
   4. Analytical/Research, Computational, and Math
   5. Business and Business Sense
   6. Computer Literate
   7. Engineering, Research, and Development, Including Software, New Products, and Services
   8. Gather Data and Convert to Information
10. Chapter 4. Experience, Credentials, Education
    1. Accomplishments and Achievements History
    2. Education and Training, Degrees, and Certifications
11. Sources
12. Index
13. FT Press