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Letters & Resumes

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

How to Write a Resume 

Writing a Resume

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

Thank-You Note Sample

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.