Resumés for Freelancers: Make Your Résumé an Effective Marketing Tool . . . and More!

By Sheila Buff and Ruth E Thaler-Carter

This booklet describes the difference between the content and style of a traditional resumé and the functional resumé, which the authors recommend for freelancers seeking work. A skills-based resumé is a more effective strategy for freelance editorial professionals because potential clients can identify at a glance whether the freelancer has the

• Language: English
• Publisher: Editorial Freelancers Association Publications
• Release date: Jul 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781880407165

Sheila Buff

Shelia Buff is the author or co-author of many books on medicine, health, and nutrition, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vitamins and Minerals, The Good Fat, Bad Fat Counter, and Dr. Atkins' Age-Defying Diet.

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Buff_Carter.jpgResumés for freelancers: make your resumé an effective marketing tool….and more, by Sheila Buff and Ruth E. Thaler-Carter

Previously published by the EFA as Résumés for Freelancers — How to Turn Your Traditional Résumé into an Effective Marketing Tool by Sheila Buff (2007).

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Sheila Buff & Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, Resumés for Freelancers: Make Your Resumé an Effective Marketing Tool . . . and More

ISBN paperback 978-1-880407-15-8

ISBN ebook 978-1-880407-16-5

Published in the United States of America by the Editorial Freelancers Association.

Subject Categories: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Publishers & Publishing Industry | Writing / Business Aspects | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / Resumes | Job Hunting

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