Resumes

The resume is a selling tool that outlines your skills and experiences so an employer can see, at a glance, how you can contribute to the employer's workplace

12 Step Resume Guide

A step by step guide to each section of the resume.

Accomplishment Worksheet

To find a job, you must sell yourself. This site gives tools, lists and advice on marketing yourself.

Identifying Your Personal Qualities

Provides a list of personal qualities that employers want in an employee.

The Electronic Resume

The electronic resume is a job seeker's advertisement of skills, qualifications and accomplishments. It is also a tool for inputting a job seeker's qualifications into a database to be searched and sorted by employers. Includes tips for distributing your resume by email and tips for posting resumes.

How to Use Action Verbs in your Resume?

Describes action verbs and explains why you should use them in your resume.

Categorized List of Action Verbs

Gives a list of action verbs and uses each one in a sentence.

What's Your Objective?

Tips for writing an objective statement

Sample Objective Statements

Get ideas from this list of well-written objective statements.

Resume Types: Chronological, Functional, Combination, Targeted

This sites explains each type of resume and tells who should use them.

Resume Format Comparison Chart-

Scroll down to the chart that compares chronological, functional, combination resumes and the variations of keyword and targeted.

Organizing your sections

Suggestions for possible headings for your resume and how to list them.

Resumes and Cover Letters - Samples and Worksheets

A sample of each type is included.

Scannable Resumes

Explains what a scannable resume is, how to construct one and what content to include.

Keywords in a Resume

Discusses the importance of using industry buzzwords in your resume.