ResumeMaker Deluxe 10  

By Dale Farris, Secretary Golden Triangle PC Club January 2003 General Overview Individual Software, Inc. releases the latest 10th edition of their premier resume creating program, and with this new edition continues to dominate this special niche market of computer software. At the time of this writing, the American economy continues to show signs of stagnating, and the sluggish economy means many people are finding themselves out of work, or having a hard time finding their first career opportunity. These economic difficulties result in an increased demand for help with the entire job search process, including the all important step of creating a resume. While there certainly are other resume making software programs on the market, this latest 10th version of ResumeMaker Deluxe continues to shine as the most used and well known of the bunch, and for good reason. In ResumeMaker Deluxe 10, you will find an assortment of tools not found in any other comparable product, along with some new features that highlight this 10th edition. Is your resume helping you move ahead or holding you back? With ResumeMaker Deluxe 10, you’ll advance your career more quickly and never miss another career opportunity. ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 is packed with powerful features that help you write a better resume, land a better job and earn a higher salary. So whether you’re actively searching for a job, ready to advance your career, or just want to get your resume into shape, trust your resume and your career to ResumeMaker Deluxe 10. Keen Features Easy, powerful and complete resume software that gives you the advantage Step-by-step wizards with 30 professional designs to help you write a better resume Over 150,000 recommended resume phrases covering careers from every industry 750 sample resumes and cover letters written by professionally certified writers Resume Import — The only resume software that allows you to import an existing resume from any word processor. Improve your existing resume in minutes—without having to re-type it. 10 Powerful Menu Selections - Resumes, Cover Letters, Contact Manager, Salary Finder, Career Planner, Virtual Interview, Expert Advice, Job Finder, Resume Caster, Federal Employment Patented Internet features that allow you to search up to 8 million jobs and broadcast your resume to thousands of hiring managers Easily publish your resume as a Web page in one click, with no additional work or fees Salary tools, tips and strategies to help you get paid what you’re worth Insider Tips and Advice from career experts on resumes, cover letters and more Innovative technology and exclusive features you won’t find anywhere else New Features in Version 10 Start with your existing resume — ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 is the only software that allows you to import an existing resume from any word processor — update and improve your existing resume in minutes without having to re-type it Personalized Resumes — Whether you’re a student, recent graduate, business professional, or executive, you’re guaranteed to get the right resume for your career situation. ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 will help you create a resume that always positions you in the best possible light. Styles Preferred by Hiring Managers — The company has worked closely with industry experts to design resume styles that are recommended and preferred by hiring managers, employers and recruiters. Gain confidence in knowing that your resume will be in the preferred style. Powerful Examples — 750 of the most impressive resumes, each written by professionally certified writers, that have helped real job seekers achieve success, are included. It’s the most comprehensive library of professional resumes in any major resume software. Improved Resume Formatting — Whether sending by fax, e-mail, text or as an attachment, your resume will retain its original format and professional appearance. ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 has been optimized to support Microsoft Word, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, scanners, fax, e-mail, and HTML. Federal Employment Applications — Now it’s even easier to land a stable and secure job with the largest U.S. employer—the Federal Government. ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 is the only major resume software to include the necessary forms for federal employment, including forms OF-612, SF-15, SF-171, and 40 others. Redesigned User Interface, exciting new graphics, new resume styles, additional resume phrases --- take advantage of all the new features and enhancements ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 has to offer Get Noticed  - Get Hired Write resumes and cover letters that grab employers’ attention and keep them interested. Benefit from thousands of recommended phrases, hundreds of real-world examples, dozens of professional styles, and Insider Advice you won’t find anywhere else. Advance Your Career Includes all the tools you need to earn a higher salary, organize your job search, and plan your career. Practice for the interview and get valuable advice from career experts. You’ll wonder how you ever managed your career without it. Tap Into the Power of the Internet Publish your resume as a Web page FREE at www.resumemaker.com. Impress employers by e-mailing resumes that retain their original, professional format. Distribute your resume to hiring companies and search job openings online with ResumeMaker’s patented Internet features. Operations What makes ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 shine, besides its fully developed extra features, is its super easy-to-use-wizard process. You can use the Guided Resume Wizard to help in selecting types of resume formats, including chronological, functional, and combined, selecting a career level, including student, entry level, business professional, and executive, and then complete the resume by answering the questions built into the wizard. These questions are of course driven by what most hiring professionals look for in resumes, and then you can also select from various additional sections and formatting styles for your resume. You can easily change the order of the sections, delete a section, change a section's format, and create a personal identification card that will contain all the personal information used for each resume you create in the program. The program also does a super job of helping you choose the appropriate action words to be used in describing your tasks and responsibilities, and offers various ready-to-use resume phrases to better communicate your abilities and accomplishments. In addition, you can change the style of the resume, change the header style, change fonts and font type styles, add a graphic to the resume, set automatic page breaks, add, remove, and edit sections, and tell the program to automatically scale the resume to fit one page. Once you complete the resume in ResumeMaker Deluxe 10, you can save the file as a RMR file, and even save it as TXT, RTF, or HTM file. Saved ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 RMR files can easily be imported through the Open Saved Document command, and if you wish, you can save a resume to International Software, Inc.'s Web site, www.resumemaker.com site, and then import it in the program. What is also super is the ability of the program to allow you to import a local file into ResumeMaker Deluxe 10. ResumeMaker's Import supports Word files (DOC), HTML files (HTM, HTML), Rich Text Format (RTF), and ASCII Text (TXT) file types. If you have an existing resume in one of these file formats, you should try and keep the formatting simple, before you then try to import it into ResumeMaker Deluxe 10. Resumes with tables, multiple column bulleted lists, and variable alignment will not import as well as those without complex formatting. Remove any lines, borders, page breaks, 2nd page headers, or footers. After you have saved a ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 file as a DOC file, this DOC file will then NOT open back in ResumeMaker Deluxe 10. Only original DOC files will import into ResumeMaker Deluxe 10, and this will be more successful the less complex the original DOC file. After you have created the resume, you can also use ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 to help distribute it. The program will support distributing the resume by letter, fax, email, or publishing it as a Web page. You can use the program to help create that all important cover letter that goes with the resume. There are many included sample letters, including advertisement reply types, broadcast letters, career transition letters, cover letters, fax cover sheets, follow-up letters, letters to recruiters, networking letters, offer acceptance letters, offer rejection letters, recommendation request letters, referral letters, relocation letters, resignation letters, and thank you letters. Any type of job-search related letter is included in ResumeMaker Deluxe 10. Writing these letters works like creating a resume, using the pre-defined letters that already come with the program. ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 will also support the mail merge function, allowing you to create your letter of choice, and then create a Merge Document which will place merge fields in the document instead of names and addresses. You complete the Guided Letters Cards with the correct names, titles and addresses of your contacts you wish to receive the letter, and then you merge your letter with this information resulting in the merged letters. The additional information on the job search process, finding jobs on the Internet, virtual interview and expert advice, insider advice, managing your resume at career Web sites, planning your career, finding your salary range, and working with the special federal employment process are the super features that make the 10 edition of ResumeMaker Deluxe so special. These added features and this vital information is essential for anyone looking to start their career, as well as those needing or wishing to change their existing career. Target Audience ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 will definitely appeal to anyone needing assistance with creating their resume, especially those who have not yet completed this essential step in their job search process. The added material that focuses on careers and job searching adds greater value to this already valuable program. This is an excellent example of the best of the software market all public libraries should make a point to add to their collection. While many libraries already do a super job of providing print material for use by job seekers, adding this vital resume making program is a certainty in their effort to assist with this important process. I would also strongly suggest libraries seriously consider buying multiple copies, so their customers would not have to wait to use the program. All college and university student advisement offices and job search assistance units will also find ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 a vital tool in their work to assist their students with searching for employment. About Individual Software, Inc. Individual Software, Inc. was founded in 1981, the year that marked the introduction of today's most popular personal computer. For the past twenty years the company has remained a leading provider of best-selling personal productivity and education consumer branded software. In 2000 the company launched its first dot.com product, www.resumemaker.com, to provide consumers the tools necessary to create a resume, post it and then search the internet for new job opportunities. In the early days of Individual Software, Inc., founder, chair, and CEO Jo-L Hendrickson recognized that there were many non-technical consumers eager to learn and take advantage of the power of the personal computer. He also recognized that there was a lack of basic information and training available to help them get started. Hendrickson led the development of Individual Software, Inc.'s first product, PC Instructor, a program that has been recognized as the first commercially successful PC-based training program. Subsequent products such as Professor Teaches Windows, and Typing Instructor, also fueled growth for the Company early on. By 1989, the Company expanded its retail presence with the launch of the productivity product line. Today the company's productivity line includes ResumeMaker Deluxe 10, a product which accounts for over 60% market share and is frequently found on industry best seller lists. In 1993, the company created a business training division to provide training solutions for the training needs of business users. With the proliferation of the internet, the company transitioned its training solutions to an e-learning site allowing users to download training products from the Internet. Through the decade of the 1990's, Individual Software, Inc. developed proprietary development tools and enhanced its line of software by adding technologies that are now patent pending. In 2001 the Company continues its success in consumer branded products showing a growth rate in the consumer retail channel of over 40% and introducing a second dot.com product called eLearningToday.com in addition to its www.resumemaker.com product. Price $39.95 $10.95 for backup CD ROM disc - must be purchased with download $19.95 upgrade price In order to install the ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 upgrade, you must have purchased one of the following software titles. ResumeMaker Deluxe 10 ResumeMaker with Career Planning Create Resumes Quick and Easy Online Job Finder Quick & Easy Resumes Quick & Easy System Requirements Pentium PC or higher Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000, XP 16MB RAM or greater 60MB free hard disk space 12MB hard disk space for Career Planner 2x CD ROM drive 256 color VGA or higher display Sound card Speakers Mouse Fax software recommended Contact Susan Dykas Individual Software, Inc. 4255 Hopyard Road, #2 Pleasanton, California 94588-9900 800-822-3522, ext. 166 925-734-6767 FAX 925-734-8337 susand@individualsoftware.com www.individualsoftware.com info@individualsoftware.com