Writing Resumes and Letters

This page includes helpful resume writing tips, writing successful cover letters and thank you letters and examples of various resume styles and formats. Resume Styles Resume Worksheet Easy step-by-step format to develop a successful resume. Keyword Resume Tutorial Learn how to develop an organized inventory of your skills, keywords, and accomplishments so that you can customize your résumé when completing online résumé forms. Scannable Resumes How to develop a scanner friendly résumé. The text of your résumé will be 100% recognizable by scanning hardware and software. Three Kinds of Resumes to Choose From Reverse Chronological, Functional and Combination Resume formats are discussed. Resume Writing Hints from the Cooperative Education Program Which action verbs to use for job descriptions and sample resumes. The FAQ's of Posting Your Resume Online Answers all of those questions about posting your resume on the Internet. Sample Resumes and Cover Letters From JobSmart, includes sample chronological and functional resumes and cover letters. What is the Right Resume for Me? Includes descriptions of chronological, functional and electronic resumes.      top of page Writing Electronic/E-mail Resumes Submit Your Resume Using Email How to create an ASCII resume. ASCII Resume Tutorial How to create the perfect ASCII Résumé suitable for sending via e-mail. No Attachments Please Why sending resumes cause attachment anxiety      top of page Resume Articles How have Resumes Changed? Includes maximum length of resume. Four resume tools for an effective Job Search Campaign An effective job search requires four types of résumés. Resume Basics Basic structure to a resume. The Right Resume Format for IT Oppportunity No nonsense approach to writing a resume for the IT professional. What is a Resume? Basic features of a resume. How to Write a Masterpiece of a Resume This resume guide is an excerpt from the book The Pathfinder: How To Choose Or Change Your Career For A Lifetime Of Satisfaction And Success. Two Dozen Hot Resume Tips from Yana Parker Yana Parker, author of Damn Good Resume Guide, Resume Catalog, Ready to Go Resumes and Blue Collar & Beyond, shares 24 of her best resume tips! Top 10 Technical Resume Writing Tips Using buzzwords to showcase your technical knowledge.      top of page Writing Cover Letters and Thank You Letters Sample Cover Letter Easy to follow steps in writing a cover letter. Thank You Letter Tips When to use thank you letters. Example Cover Letter Example cover letter from Rebecca Smith's eResumes and Resources. Eleven Tips for Winning Cover Letters From the Cooperative Education Program, it includes a sample cover letter layout and letter. Ten Tips for Winning Thank You Letters From the Cooperative Education Program, it includes a sample thank you letter layout and letter. 200 Free Letters for Job Hunters 20 different kinds of letters: thank you letters, want ad letters, letters to executive recruiters, and more. The Most Important Letter You Will Ever Write All job-hunting correspondence is important, but the letter you send to your friends is absolutely critical. Who Needs a Cover Letter? Criteria of a good cover letter with examples and other important cover letter resources. Model for Cover Letters An outline for a well written cover letter from the University at Buffalo. 20 Cover Letter Blunders to Avoid This outlines some of the most common real-life cover letter mistakes and suggestions to correct them.      top of page Writing Resumes - General JobOptions® Resume Builder Clearly the first, best place to start with your own resume is on JobOptions very own resume builder. This Best of Class function of JobOptions will walk you through the process, step by step, and the result will be a resume that will reformat itself in three different styles, AND for three different purposes -- e-mail, print and for viewing on the Internet. Rebecca Smith's eResumes and Resources Lots of information on various resume styles, electronic resumes and more. Welcome to Resumania An interactive workbook designed to make resume writing easier. Information about how different resumes are structured and how to evaluate what you have written. Home Page of Yana Parker's Damn Good Resume Books Includes resume tips and other job search hints. ProType, Ltd. Pat Criscito is the author of Barron's Resumes in Cyberspace (your complete guide to a computerized job search) and Designing the Perfect Resume (a comprehensive idea book for designing your paper resume). K's Resume Service Professional resume writing service including assistance on cover letters. Advanced Resumes Resume writing service with dual certification and 10 years experience. Free resume critique, Internet resume posting to almost 4,000 distribution sites, and free disk copy in Word or WordPerfect format. CareerDrive Job seekers can find links to 50 job boards and a free resume developing service.      top of page