CV,  Résumés, Cover letters

2.3.1 General résumés and cover letters
2.3.2 Specific résumés and cover letters by profession
2.3.3 How to apply online

In a competitive job market, recruiters spent around 30 seconds on reviewing an application. Only an excellent cover letter and résumé package can convey an image of your value. The following e-books will assist you in how to sell your strengths:

2.3.1- General résumés and cover letters:

Get the interview every time: Fortune 500 hiring professsionals' tips for writing winning résumés and cover letters
Greene, Brenda.
Chicago, IL : Dearborn Trade Publishing, c2004
Available at ebrary: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ieselibrary/Doc?id=10057388 

Greene asked 50 Fortune 500 hiring professionals what they wanted to see in résumés. Readers will learn how to: * Research the company and its opportunities before sending any résumés. * Distill all of their talent and experience into a few well-chosen words. * Showcase their communication skills through a well-crafted cover letter. * Avoid hype. * Determine the résumé style that looks and works the best. * Design and submit an electronic résumé correctly.

Killer cover letters and résumés!: the WetFeet insider guide  2004 ed.
Lurie, Rosanne.
San Francisco, CA : WetFeet, Inc., c2003.
Available at ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ieselibrary/Doc?id=10048770 

You will learn the top five recruiters’ résumé pet peeves and the top five things they look for in cover letters and résumés; how to analyze your skills and determine what you have to offer prospective employers that will put you at the top of their list; how to write achievement statements, as opposed to job descriptions; how to write the perfect cover letter that will grab the recruiter's attention; the core components of a focused and effective resume; solutions for special cases, such as lack of experience or gaps in employment; and common resume blunders to avoid. This guide also contains plenty of sample résumés and cover letters to draw from.

2.3.2- Specific résumés and cover letters by profession

On ebrary you will find as well some specific résumés and cover letters such as:

Killer consulting resumes : the Wetfeet insider guide
ebrary, Inc.
San Francisco : WetFeet, Inc., c2003.
Available at ebrary: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ieselibrary/Doc?id=10048765 

Résumés for Business Management Careers
Johnson, Jeffrey S
N T C/Contemporary, c2000
Available at ebrary: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ieselibrary/Doc?id=10014739 

2.3.3- How to apply online

Electronic Résumés and Online Networking : How to Use the Internet to Do a Better Job Search, Including...
Smith, Rebecca (Author).
Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA: Career Press, Incorporated, 2000. p 1.
Available at ebrary: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ieselibrary/Doc?id=10006982 

Shows how readers can use the Internet as a tool for marketing themselves. Teaches how to target employers and their hiring needs, identify skills needed to fill these jobs, create the perfect electronic resume, use virtual communities and discussion forums to keep up with what is hot in a particular profession, and much more.

Other general books on how to obtain the best resume are available at the library on the call number 13.23 “Résumés and Cover letters” and also on ebrary.