Creating a strong resume
Arm Yourself With a First-Rate Resume. A strong resume needs a solid foundation, and no amount of trickery can mask poor organization. Start with these basics.
- Effective Resumes: An 'Objective' Debate
- How to Create and E-Mail a Plain Text Resume
- How to Write a Resume That Gets Interviews
- The Resume That Stays in Play
- The Ultra-Honest Resume
- Words Every Resume Should Include
- Words That Weaken Your Resume
Formatting and Content
- Five Common Cover Letter Mistakes
- Resumes, CVs and More: Organizing Your Qualifications
- Why Bullet Points Matter
Cover Letters
Do Cover Letters Really Matter? Doing a cover letter poorly is worse than not doing one at all. A whopping 76 percent of recruiters surveyed said they would not consider applicants who had errors in their cover letters.