Beyond the Resume: A Comprehensive Guide to Making the Right Impression Through E-Mail, Cover Letters, Resumes, and Pre-Interviews

Using the right phrases at the right moment can make all the difference! It can generate real interest in you, provoke more questions, and show an interviewer that you are the right person for the job. The same applies to written communications such as letters or emails and to voice mail messages. Like learning a foreign language, these phrases, when practiced carefully and used properly, become natural and powerful techniques by which to express oneself. The advice, materials and phrases in Beyond the Resume arm you with appropriate actions to take and phrases to use. It is not the intent of the book to "prop you up" to sound like someone you are not. Instead, it is to help you speak to your strengths, experiences, and jo ] know-how. The book is a "soup to nuts" kind of book that takes you from the point of initial contact with the hiring authority, through interviewing, and on to closing the deal.

John Carroll is a professional speaker, seminar leader, and organizational consultant residing in Fairfield, Connecticut.Peter Gray is the CEO of Peter Gray Associates, an executive search firm based in Stamford, Connecticut. Gray has assisted both privately held as well as Fortune 100 firms in various industries. Gray is also known through his monthly newspaper column that focuses on human resources and employment-related issues. His articles and opinions are frequently published by local and national business journals.