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Mastering Your Cover Letter and Resume: A Step-by-Step Guide

This comprehensive guide provides you with essential tips for crafting an impactful cover letter and resume. Learn how to highlight your skills and value as a potential employee. Discover effective strategies for tailoring your documents to specific job applications, understanding different resume formats (chronological, functional, combination), and using key words to enhance your chances of being noticed. Follow the 10 steps to prepare your resume, ensure high-quality submissions, and present your qualifications effectively. Make a lasting impression with your application materials!

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Mastering Your Cover Letter and Resume: A Step-by-Step Guide

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  1. Roadmap • Welcome • Introductions • Housekeeping • Materials • Objectives • Expectations 5

  2. Helpful hint You are selling yourself in your cover letter. Show your value as a potential employee. 5

  3. Salutation. • Supporting paragraphs. 5 - 6

  4. Guidelines • Specific person • First 20 words • Be concise • Proofread 5 - 6

  5. Helpful hint Tailor your résumé to the specific job you are seeking. 10

  6. Steps to preparing a résumé • Effective résumé guidelines 10

  7. Three formats • Chronological • Functional • Combination 10

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  11. Helpful hint Use worksheets to gather the personal information you need to write a résumé. 18

  12. Name and contact information • Objective statement • Résumé section headings 18 - 19

  13. Summary of qualifications • Work history or experience 19

  14. Education • References 20

  15. Helpful hint The résumé, like your application, is a screening device, so be sure to turn in a high-quality product. 21

  16. Length of résumé • Words and fonts • Layout 21 - 22

  17. Fancy binders • Acronyms • Personal information 22

  18. Use in both: • Résumé • Cover Letter 23

  19. Use key words. • Don’t use fancy scripts or italics. • Don’t use graphics, lines or boxes. • Keep all elements at left margin. 24 - 25

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