Cover Letters
WEBSITES:
Sample Cover Letters – Numerous links to sample cover letters to meet a variety of job search situations.
Recruiting Questions Answered: To Cover Letter or Not Cover Letter by Amanda Matthews This blogger thinks cover letters aren’t necessary.
Resumes & Cover Letters – Access to numerous links to articles, advice and answers to questions about resumes and cover letters.
How To Write A Great Letter – Access to numerous sample cover letters.
Showcase Your Personal Brand in Your Cover Letter – Suggests that a tailored cover letter is a way to get noticed, to showcase your brand and tell the employer what you can do for the business.
6 Secrets to Writing a Great Cover Letter – Tips on making your cover letter stand out and not scream “cut-and-paste!”
Cover letters: Types and Samples
How to Write a Cover Letter by Susan Adams
How to Write a Cover Letter Employers Will Actually Read
Resumes
WEBSITES:
Free Resume templates: 279 professional samples in Word
Pick the Best Resume Format for You by Marcelle Yeager
Returning to Work: How to Have an Effective Resume by Michele Unangst
25 Great Resume Templates for All Jobs by Kristen Felicetti
5 Creative Resumes That Got Millennials Hired
The Best (and Worst) Words to Have on Your Resume by Tony Valdivieso
Best Way To Explain Your Job-Jumping Past by J.T. O’Donnell
Sample Resumes – Sample resume templates and formats for numerous types and levels of positions, special circumstances and specific positions such as culinary/restaurant, construction, electrician and college graduate, and more.
5 Tips for Building a Resume – Advocates a properly constructed resume and describes how to build one.
Resume Writing, Sample Resumes, Resume Builders – Access to numerous resumes including chronological, functional, combination and other formatting and content guidance.
Resumes & Letters – Resume writing tips.
How to Put Volunteer Work on Your Resume – How to include volunteer work and community service on your resume.
3 Resume No-No’s– Things not to do.
BOOKS:
Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview? The Crash Course—Finding, Landing and Keeping Your First Job – written by résumé expert, Ellen Gordon Reeves, covers, among other things, the do’s and don’ts of résumé writing and cover letters.
Thank You Letters
WEBSITES:
Job Interview Thank You Letter Writing and Samples By Alison Doyle
Thank You Letters (Tips for Writing Thank You Letters) By Alison Doyle
Interview Thank You Letters – Guidelines and sample letters that address various circumstances.
After Interviews | Thank-You Letters | Follow Up – Post interview thank you letters and follow-up.