3.3: Résumés and Cover Letters
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The most important tool you have on a résumé is language. —Jay Samit, digital media innovator
Learning Objectives
Your Résumé: Purpose and Contents
Elements of Your Successful Résumé
Résumé Contents and Structure
Contents and Components To Include
Caution
Top Ten Tips for a Successful Résumé
Résumé Writing Resources
WEBSITE | DESCRIPTION | |
1 | Résumé Builder (from LinkedIn) | Turn your LinkedIn Profile into a great résumé in seconds. Pick a résumé template, customize the content, print and share the result. |
2 | The Online Resume Builder (from My Perfect resume) | The online résumé builder is easy to use. Choose your résumé design from the library of professional designs, insert prewritten examples, then download and print your new résumé. |
3 | Résumé Builder (from Live Career) | This site offers examples and samples, templates, tips, videos, and services for résumés, cover letters, interviews, and jobs. |
4 | Résumé Samples for College Students and Graduates (from About Careers) | This site offers a plethora of sample résumés for college students and graduates. Listings are by type of student and by type of job. Résumé templates are also provided. |
5 | JobSearch Minute Videos (from College Grad) | This site offers multiple to-the-point one-minute videos on topics such as print résumés, video résumés, cover letters, interviewing, tough interview questions, references, job fairs, and Internet job searching. |
6 | Student [Career] Services (from Employment Ontario—Community Employment Services) | |
7 | 42 Résumé Dos and Don’ts Every Job Seeker Should Know (from the muse) | A comprehensive list of résumé dos and don’ts, which includes traditional rules as well as new rules to polish your résumé. |
Your Résumé: It’s Like Online Dating
It’s Like Online Dating
Activity: Create Your Résumé
Objectives:
Directions:
Your Cover Letter
Cover letters matter. When you have to go through a pile of them, they are probably more important than the résumé itself. —woodleywonderworks
What Is a Cover Letter?
Characteristics of an Effective Cover Letter
Cover Letter Resources
WEBSITE | DESCRIPTION | |
1 | Student Cover Letter Samples (from About Careers) | This site contains sample student/recent graduate cover letters (especially for high school students and college students and graduates seeking employment) as well as cover letter templates, writing tips, formats and templates, email cover letter examples, and examples by type of applicant |
2 | How to Write Cover Letters (from CollegeGrad) | This site contains resources about the reality of cover letters, using a cover letter, the worst use of the cover letter, the testimonial cover letter technique, and a cover letter checklist |
3 | LinkedIn Cover Letter | This site contains articles, experts, jobs, and more: get all the professional insights you need on LinkedIn |
4 | Cover Letters (from the Yale Office of Career Strategy) | This site includes specifications for the cover letter framework (introductory paragraph, middle paragraph, concluding paragraph), as well as format and style |
Your Cover Letter: It’s Like Online Dating
It’s Like Online Dating
Sending a Message—The Cover Letter
Key Takeaways
Contributors and Attributions
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