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Power Verbs for Job Seekers: Hundreds of Verbs and Phrases to Bring Your Resumes, Cover Letters, and Job Interviews to Life
- By Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford
- Published Feb 22, 2013 by FT Press.
- Copyright 2013
- Dimensions: 6" x 9"
- Pages: 288
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-13-315872-1
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-315872-4
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Product Author Bios
MICHAEL FAULKNER, Ph.D., MBA, CAE, CBA (Piscataway, NJ) is Professor, Keller Graduate School of Management, DeVry University. He spent six formative years learning leadership, management and organizational style the U.S Marine Corps way as a combat NCO, drill instructor, and classroom instructor. He then spent 30 years in leadership and coaching roles with Dun and Bradstreet, the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), entrepreneur startups, and his family business. His awards include DeVry's 2010 PRIDE Award; the Master Teacher Award for Keller Graduate School, 2010; the NY Society of Association Executives Outstanding Achievement Award, 2007; and DMA of NYC's Silver Apple Award, 2003.
Electrify all your job search communications and build the great career you want!
The right verbs
• make you unforgettable
• powerfully demonstrate your value
• attract employers like moths to flame
Grab the right verb and use it the right way to:
Craft outstanding résumés, cover letters, and thank-you notes
Draw attention to your best achievements and accomplishments
Get your face-to-face interview—and ace it
Pitch yourself brilliantly, even if you only have a minute
Weave crucial “soft skills” expertise into your career communications
Prove you’re the person they’re looking for
Jam-packed with examples drawing on thousands of years of storytelling, literature, and experience
Indispensable for everyone who wants a rewarding, successful, well-paid career!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Could be better,
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There were things I liked about this book and things I disliked. On the like side, the author grouped the words in the book by hard skills, soft skills, and experience/credentials. This is a helpful way to categorize them when you're writing a resume, although there are clearly many words that could fit two or all three categories.On the dislike side, I found the words chosen less than useful. First of all, I would not recommend that anyone aiming at any position use words like lucubrate, elucbrate, or recrudesce. These are just too pretentious and would probably cause the resume to be tossed immediately. In addition, it was difficult to find some of the words I was looking for in the book. A word I use a lot is "contend," and it was not listed in the index at all. Yet when I dug deeper, I found it listed in two places under "assert." So if you happen to know what word it will be listed under, fine; if not, you're out of luck. Another word I use a lot is... Read more
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Impactful words, can surely power up a resume, By
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I believe a resume is like a sales pitch and a positive, powerful resume can surely help impress the interviewer. This book has a very good collection of words with meaning and examples that I could see I can directly apply to my resume. Many times, I have the meaning in mind but cannot think of the right word to convey it. This book comes handy for that and saves a lot of time and effort.PROS - - Words are arranged in groups to convey specific qualities like - motivated, committed, creative, reliable, etc. - There area also industry specific terms at the end like - extrapolate, downscale, merge, etc. - I like that short examples are given to show how to use the word in a proper way. - Good thing about the Kindle version is that we can search for a particular meaning quickly. Of course everything always has a room for improvement, so it would be great if the author can add this feature - - Link each word in the main content to its place... Read more
Only for Those without a Background in Writing, By
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My title for this review states that this book is "Only for those without a background in writing." By this comment I do not mean those who work professionally as writers, I mean anyone who took an advanced English class in college. This book is also probably not for you if you already have a knowledge of technical terms for your industry.Many of the good word choices in here are "standard" enough that one would likely think of them alone while sprucing up a resume, while the more obscure terms (outside of examples of industry lingo) are so "out there" that you would likely be laughed at when your resume ended up at the top of the pile. I do give this book high marks for organization and think that it would be okay for those who are intimidated by writing despite having mad skills elsewhere...then this could be considered a resume refiner in the way that Toastmasters helps refine speaking ability. |
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 Why and How Power Verbs Can Pump Up Your Résumés, Cover Letters, Interviews, and Personal Networking Efforts 1
How to Use This Book 1
How to Find the Right Power Verb 2
CHAPTER 2 Soft Skills Related to Professional Capabilities: Performance and Grooming 5
Accountability 5
Accuracy and Preciseness 29
Attendance and Punctuality 33
Attitude, Approachability, and Personality 34
Appearance and Personal Hygiene 38
Attention to Detail and Accuracy 40
Cognitive Load Management 55
Common Sense, Street Smarts 62
Commitment and Dedication 68
Communication, Speaking, Writing, Listening, and Nonverbal Cues 75
Compassionate, Caring, Kind, Empathetic 89
Creativity 93
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving 100
Cross-Cultural Competency 113
Computational Thinking 118
Customer Awareness, Able to Deal with Customers 123
Design Mind-Set 125
Drive and Passion, Tenacity 135
Flexibility, Availability 141
Honesty and Integrity 145
Intelligence 147
Leadership and Management 149
Learn, Grow, Teachable, Willingness to Learn 158
Motivated 163
New Media Literacy 167
Novel and Adaptive Thinking 171
Outgoing, Friendly, and Positive Attitude 173
Polite, Well Mannered, Courteous Phone and Email Etiquette 175
Professional Demeanor and Presence 178
Reliability, Dependability, Follow-Through, and Responsibility 181
Risk Tolerance 185
Self-Confidence 188
Self-Manageable, Work Independently 191
Social Intelligence 200
Take Direction, Follow Directions, Willing to Take Directions 205
Team Player, Transdisciplinary Skills, Works Well with Others Across Departments and Disciplines, and as a Member of Virtual Teams 208
Time Management 211
Work Ethic 213
CHAPTER 3 Hard Skills 217
Accounting and Finance 217
Administrative, Organizational, Time, and Planning Skills 220
Advertising, Branding, Public Relations, Sales, and Marketing (Also See Branding, Marketing, Sales Experience) 225
Analytical/Research, Computational, and Math 227
Business and Business Sense 231
Computer Literate 237
Engineering, Research, and Development, Including Software, New Products, and Services 238
Gather Data and Convert to Information 242
CHAPTER 4 Experience, Credentials, Education 245
Accomplishments and Achievements History 245
Education and Training, Degrees, and Certifications 263
Sources 267
Index 269
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