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Table of Contents
Chapter 5
Your Career Strengths
..................70
Personal Career Inventory ..............71
Aptitudes ..........................................71
Skills ................................................
74
Abilities ............................................76
Values ..............................................78
Your Personal Brand ........................79
Planning Your Career ......................79
Career Plan ......................................82
Technology Plan ..............................85
Unit 3
Application Process
............................93
Chapter 6
Résumés
..........................................94
Résumé ..............................................95
Keywords ..........................................95
Sections of a Résumé ....................
100
Heading .........................................
100
Career Objective and
Career Profile ..............................
100
Experience .....................................
102
Education .......................................
102
Special Skills ..................................
104
Résumé Formats .............................
104
Timeline Résumé ...........................
104
Skills Résumé ................................
104
Combination Résumé ....................
106
Saving Your Résumé ......................
106
Saving as a Plain Text File .............
106
Saving as a PDF File .....................
106
Saving as a Web Page File ............
106
Custom Résumés ............................
108
Chapter 7
Cover Letters
................................
121
Cover Letter ....................................
122
Parts of a Letter ..............................
123
Heading .........................................
123
Date and Inside Address ................
123
Greeting .........................................
123
Introduction ....................................
123
Body ...............................................
124
Closing ...........................................
124
Ways to Submit a Cover Letter .....
124
Submit by E-mail ............................
126
Upload to a Job Board ...................
128
Submit a Hard Copy .......................
128
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