Competency-Based Resumes

By Robin Kessler and Linda A. Strasburg, Career Press

Description:

“Competency-Based Resumes is a first-of-its-kind book telling you how to present yourself to prospective employers using the language they already speak inside the company. It's this kind of advantage you need to land the right job at the right company.”

—Christopher Giangrasso, Human Resources Vice President, Campbell Soup Company

“Competency-Based Resumes is a marvelous and thorough guide on how to repackage yourself in today's talent terms. I am sure it will help many job seekers at their most nervous and confused moments.”—Richard E. Boyatzis, Professor, Case Western Reserve University, author of The Competent Manager, and co-author of Primal Leadership

“Energizer has worked with competencies for more than five years. This book's focus on what competencies the employer is looking for is a very powerful way to approach one's next job.”—Ward Klein, President and Chief Operating Officer, Energizer

“In 25 years of heading career development programs for college and MBA students, I haven’t found a more complete resource for job hunters to absorb and apply.”—Thomas Bachhuber, Ed.D., Director, Career Development Center, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Competency-Based Resumes offers you a new and effective way to create resumes that emphasizes the knowledge, skills, and abilities that you have and employers need. Many sophisticated U.S. and international organizations are using competency-based systems to recruit, interview, select, and promote. Corporations such as American Express, IBM, Sears, and MetLife are all looking for specific competencies. Competency-Based

Resumes will move your resume to the top of the pile, giving you the edge you need in any job market, no matter how competitive.