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Google Your Resume.
There has rarely been as useful a tool for perfecting your resume as Google, Yahoo, Inktomi and the other high-powered search engines available on the Internet. Good search engines give you access to a broad set of resources, for the preparation of a variety of resume formats.
Start with your targeted job title. Simply enter the title, say, Fitness Trainer on cruise line for example. In seconds you will be connected to hundreds of descriptions, positions, stories, postings and more. With these you can spec out considerations and qualities useful or required in this work, names of people who can give you insider information (salary, working conditions, pet peeves), the names of organizations that do the hiring and perhaps even the people whom you will ultimately want to contact.
Use this information to build a foundation for your resume so that when you do apply, what you have organized about yourself is powerful and relevant: the format is right, the qualities are directly related and your experience is organized to put yourself in the best posture for the position.
Action: Play around with your search engine and your skills and job targets. You will expand your understanding of your field enormously.
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