Trashproof Resumes : Your Guide to Cracking the Job Market

Q: What is a trashproof resume?
A: A trashproof resume defies waste baskets, resists recycling bins and works its way to the top of the pile to get you an interview.

Trashproof Resumes shows you how to write an awe-inspiring resume that gets you through that all-important door. Think of it as your personal resume coach.

Chapters include:
a thorough self-assessment -- just what do you want to do?
how to get the real you on paper
resume design and layout
resume language, including extensive lists of Power Verbs
real resumes from recent grads applying for positions in fields from ballet to banking
how to write a great cover letter
how to pick the right paper, printing and envelopes
getting your resume to the right people
navigating the resume superhighway
resume and career advice from over 100 career counselors and human resource professionals

Tim Haft is also the author of The Princeton Review's Job Notes: Resumes and the co-author of The Princeton Review's Job Smart.  He is currently a career counselor and resume consultant, as well as the Senior Editor at a national nonprofit association that assists high school students with the transition to college. In the past, he has served as a career counselor at New York University and the Fashion Institute of Technology.  He holds a BA in history from the University of Virginia and an MA in sociology from New York University.