With national unemployment rates still at record levels, millions of Americans are wondering whether to keep looking or drop out of the labor market altogether. Others are stuck in dead-end or low-paying jobs and looking for a career change. Are you one of the many people who are struggling and sending out resumes, wondering why nobody is offering you a chance to prove your skills? What if a new kind of resume could help you land your next job interview?
Bestselling author and Hollywood producer Robert Hammond’s new book Blockbuster Resumes (paperback, ISBN-13: 978-0615799254) combines his unique experience as a screenwriter and film industry creative executive with his decade-long background in government human resources consulting, management, and job development to provide job seekers with an easy-to-follow strategy to dazzle their audience and blow away the competition. Blockbuster Resumes also highlights the hottest new career trends and provides creative tools, templates, forms, and sample resumes that get proven results.
Hammond was instrumental in establishing Riverside County (CA)’s alternative dispute resolution and welfare-to-work programs. He also worked with the leadership of the California State Employment Development Department (EDD)’s Career One Stops and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) partners to develop online job training programs. He says, “Like Cecil B. DeMille’s blockbuster movies, Blockbuster Resumes are uniquely designed to dazzle your audience and blow away the competition.”
Hammond says, “Blockbuster Resumes are perfect for newly graduating college students, military veterans, and people with long employment gaps as well as for high-level professionals wanting to totally change careers.” Blockbuster Resumes are especially popular with actors, entertainment professionals, authors, academics, and executives looking for a one-page executive summary, LinkedIn profile, or bio. Certified Executive Coach Kristin Tomczak says, “This is where your Blockbuster Resume comes in...The average ‘resume writer’ wouldn't have a clue how to present, especially on one page, the greatness of individuals who've played big games, contributed big-time and want to do even more.”
Hammond holds an MFA in Creative Writing and is an award-winning screenwriter and producer of the forthcoming Cecil B. DeMille biopic titled, Hollywood. He is the author of over a dozen books, including C.B. DeMille: The Man Who Invented Hollywood, Ready When You Are: Cecil B. DeMille’s Ten Commandments for Success, and his latest novel, The Light.
Hammond is also a professor of creative writing and a popular speaker and talk-show guest on personal achievement, creativity, and Hollywood history.
Hammond created the website www.BlockbusterResume.org to provide free resume resources to job seekers and career counselors. His book, Blockbuster Resumes: Insider Secrets to Dazzle Your Audience and Blow Away the Competition is available at www.NewWayPress.com and fine retailers everywhere.