Resume Writing and the Minority Student

Business Communication Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 39-50

  Davis, Barbara D ^a   Muir, Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; employment screening; minorities; Resume writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992792064     PISSN: 10805699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108056990306600305     Document Type: Article

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