Job Search Letters For Dummies

Learn to:

• Get hired with 40 types of job letters
• Create short messages for a smartphone world
• Network on social media sites
• Model best letters with more than 200 pro samples

New-style job messages that get you in the door and on your way up

From sparkling cover letters to six-word bios, a fresh bevy of job search letters has grown powerfully useful for successful career communications. Job Search Letters For Dummies delivers the quality of New Era know-how you need right now to land good jobs and thrive. Whether you're a long-time professional or a recent college graduate -- or somewhere in between -- Job Search Letters For Dummies has you covered.

• Leap into the new job market -- find the latest developments, the fast-breaking trends in mobile job search, and an outstanding collection of contemporary and creative job search letters
• Get refreshed on the essentials -- grasp the core and most familiar types of job search letters: job ad replies, networking efforts, prospecting pitches, and after-interview letters
• Communicate creatively -- get commentary and samples for social messages, branding statements, professional profiles, bios, reference blurbs, online work portfolios, prezis, and video
• Get the write stuff -- jump easily through the writing hoops to deliver first-class job search letters, with tips on constructing messages with images, content, and language

Open the book and find:

• Rules for communicating professionally with texts
• Networking on social media platforms such as Twitter and LinkedIn
• After-interview self-marketing letters and etiquette
• A treasure trove of sample messages that illustrate what a modern, communications- supported job search looks like
• Tips on identifying and selling your marketable skills
• Ideas on writing great opening lines