Damn Good Resume Guide by Yana Parker, a crash course in resume writing with sample resumes

How I Came to Write The Damn Good Resume Guide, page 4
About This New Edition, page 5

TEN STEPS TO WRITING A GREAT RESUME
Step 1 - Choose a job target, page 9 "Yes, but ... I don't know what I want to do!" Guide for Informational Interviewing, page 11
Step 2 - Find out what skills are needed, page 12
Step 3 - Make a list of your strongest skills, page 13
Step 4 - Identify your accomplishments, page 15
Step 5 - Describe your accomplishments, page 19
Step 6 - Make a list of past jobs, page 20
Step 7 - Make a list of training and education, page 25
Step 8 - Choose a resume format, page 27
Step 9 - Arrange your action statements, page 29
Step 10 - Summarize your key points, page 30


SAMPLE RESUMES
General resumes, page 34-51 Josephine Teller, supermarket clerk (chronological example)
Student resumes, page 52-56 Sample resumes for teenagers exploring work for the first time Including one resume for a 14-year-old baby-sitter.
Military transition resumes, page 57-61

APPENDICES
Appendix A - Action Verbs, page 62
Appendix B - Skill Areas, page 63
Appendix C - Recommendation Letter Guide, page 65
Appendix D - Cover Letters, page 66-69
Appendix E - The Acid Test: Employer Feedback, page 71-77
Index, page 78

THIS EDITION

The Damn Good Resume Guide first came out in 1983 and was revised in 1986 and again in 1989. Now I have updated it again in 1996 to keep up with changing times and the current needs of job hunters.

This edition has a number of important new features:
– a clearer and simpler ten-step approach to resume writing;
– many more creative solutions (at each step of the way I have anticipated your "Yes-But's -- problems you may run into in doing that step, such as lack of experience, lack of a job target -- and I have provided some creative ideas to resolve them);
– a new strategy for creating chronological resumes that are as dynamic and interesting as good functional resumes;
– more sample resumes for students and for military personnel transitioning to civilian jobs.

Many of the features of earlier editions are still in this edition, namely the Action Verbs list, Skill Areas list, Cover Letters, Informational Interviewing, plenty of sample resumes, and The Acid Test: What Do Employers Think?, which I mentioned earlier.