CHAPTER 7

Promotional Materials

Everything You Write Must Be Interesting and Offer Benefits, Even Your Resume

So, you’ve searched your soul to determine exactly the kind of job you want, you’ve surfed the Internet, you’ve connected with adjunct teachers and their networks, you’ve volunteered at the company where you’d really like to make your fortune, you’ve written the most engaging cover letter ever. Now you need the killer resume.

Your Resume—One Fundamental

If you accept the notions already discussed herein—you are marketing yourself, you must be objective, you need to differentiate yourself—you’ll accept this important fundamental: your resume is a piece of writing, words on a piece of paper. For that reason, your resume needs to be interesting ...

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