About the Author

Joyce Lain Kennedy is America’s first nationally syndicated careers columnist. Her two-times-weekly column, CAREERS NOW, syndicated by Tribune Media Services, appears in newspapers and on websites across the land. In her four decades of advising readers — newbies, prime-timers, and in-between — she has received millions of letters inquiring about career moves and job search and has answered countless numbers of them in print.

Kennedy is the author of seven career books, including Joyce Lain Kennedy’s Career Book (McGraw-Hill), and Electronic Job Search Revolution, Electronic Resume Revolution, and Hook Up, Get Hired! The Internet Job Search Revolution (the last three published by Wiley).

Job Search Letters For Dummies is one of a trio of job market books by Kennedy published under Wiley’s For Dummies branded imprint. Job Interviews For Dummies, 4th Edition won the gold medal, the coveted Benjamin Franklin award for best career book of the year. The other guide in the suite is Resumes For Dummies, 6th Edition.

Writing from Carlsbad, California, a San Diego suburb, the country’s best known careers columnist is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. Contact her at jlk@sunfeatures.com.

About the Technical Editor

James M. Lemke has earned a reputation as a leader in talent strategies and processes. He is Vice President, Human Resources, for Finca International, a global nonprofit financial services organization.

Jim has held executive positions ...

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