Résumé Writing Tips

 

Types of résumés

Your résumé is one of the most important documents you will write.  It is a sales brochure about you – your experience, your strengths, and your life.

Making your résumé shine

Make no mistake: Your résumé is a sales document.  Although many might think of it as a dry list of your experience, it is more like junk mail.  Any given job listing draws dozens, if not hundreds, of résumés — the tips here will help put yours on the top of the stack instead of in the trash.

Writing a cover letter

A cover letter is a way of introducing yourself. If a stranger walked up to you, shoved a business card in your hand, and walked off, would you call them? Of course not. You don’t know who they are or why they want to talk to you.