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Does your resume correspond to your LinkedIn profile? Have you simply recounted your work history in your resume, or have you "packaged" yourself to be seen the way you want to be seen? PACKAGING YOURSELF is the only book on the market that uses case studies to teach you the nuances of resume preparation, as well as how to combine it with your LinkedIn profile. The average resume is looked at for only ten seconds. Make yours stand out. Learn how to highlight your strengths and hide your weaknesses. Prepare a marketing piece that dynamically presents you just the way you want prospective employers to see you. Learn how to present yourself effectively on LinkedIn and other media. You'll learn to create an exciting resume that will, make the reader want to call you in for a meeting, and will guide the interviewing process and bring out the best points about yourself, develop the accomplishment statements that form the backbone of your resume, and write a summary that increases your chance of getting just the job you want.



About the Author

Kate Wendleton

Kate Wendleton is a nationally syndicated career columnist and recognized authority on career development, having appeared on the Today Show, the CBS Early Show, CNN, CNBC, Larry King, National Public Radio and CBS, and in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, Business Week and other national media. She also advises major corporations about employee career-development programs.


She has been a career coach since 1978, when she founded The Five O'Clock Club' and developed its methodology to help job hunters and career changers of all levels in job-search-strategy groups. This methodology is now used by branches of The Five O'Clock Club, which meet weekly in the U. S. and Canada.

Kate founded and directed The Career Center for seven years, at The New School for Social Research in New York. A former CFO of two small companies, she has 20 years of business-management experience in both manufacturing and service businesses.

She attended Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia and received her MBA from Drexel University. She is a popular speaker with groups that include the Wharton Business School Club, the Yale Club and the Columbia Business School Club.

While living in Philadelphia, Kate did long-term volunteer work for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Walnut Street Theatre Art Gallery, United Way, and the YMCA. Kate currently lives in Manhattan.

Wendleton is the author of many Five O'Clock Club books on career-development and job-hunting.

The original Five O'Clock Club was formed in Philadelphia in 1883.
It was made up of the leaders of the day, who shared their experiences
"in a spirit of fellowship and good humor."



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