Includes helpful resume writing tips, writing successful cover letters and thank you letters and examples of various resume styles and formats. 

Writing Resumes - General

• 1st Impact™ Resumes and Career Strategies - A resume writing, employment, and career management resource brought to you by Steve Burt and Sue Nowacki.

• Rebecca Smith's eResumes and Resources Lots of information on various resume styles, electronic resumes and more. 

• Welcome to Resumania An interactive workbook designed to make resume writing easier. Information about how different resumes are structured and how to evaluate what you have written. 

• Home Page of Yana Parker's Damn Good Resume Books Includes resume tips and other job search hints. 

• K's Resume Service Professional resume writing service including assistance on cover letters. 

• Advanced Resumes Resume writing service with dual certification and 10 years experience. Free resume critique, Internet resume posting to almost 4,000 distribution sites, and free disk copy in Word or WordPerfect format. 

• CareerDrive Job seekers can find links to 50 job boards and a free resume developing service. 

• 10 Minute Resume Preparation Service 10 Minute Resume provides free Web tools that help users write a top-notch resume. Job seekers can receive expert-advice, request a free Web page or a polished print version of their resume. 

• 60 Free Resume and Job Search Workshops Resume writing, cover letter and job search workshops that teach job seekers how to understand, control and elevate their image to match the jobs and salaries they want. Extensive tips from the author of Proven Resumes: Strategies That Have Increased Salaries and Changed Lives!  

Resume Styles

• Keyword Resume Tutorial Learn how to develop an organized inventory of your skills, keywords, and accomplishments so that you can customize your résumé when completing online résumé forms. 

• Scannable Resumes How to develop a scanner friendly résumé. The text of your résumé will be 100% recognizable by scanning hardware and software. 

• Three Kinds of Resumes to Choose From Reverse Chronological, Functional and Combination Resume formats are discussed. 

• Resume Writing Hints from the Cooperative Education Program Which action verbs to use for job descriptions and sample resumes. 

• The FAQ's of Posting Your Resume Online Answers all of those questions about posting your resume on the Internet. 

• Sample Resumes and Cover Letters From JobSmart, includes sample chronological and functional resumes and cover letters. 

• What is the Right Resume for Me? Includes descriptions of chronological, functional and electronic resumes.  

Writing Electronic/E-mail Resumes

• Submit Your Resume Using Email How to create an ASCII resume. 

• ASCII Resume Tutorial How to create the perfect ASCII Résumé suitable for sending via e-mail. 

• No Attachments Please Why sending resumes cause attachment anxiety.   

Resume Articles

• How to Write a Masterpiece of a Resume This resume guide is an excerpt from the book The Pathfinder: How To Choose Or Change Your Career For A Lifetime Of Satisfaction And Success. 

• Two Dozen Hot Resume Tips from Yana Parker Yana Parker, author of Damn Good Resume Guide, Resume Catalog, Ready to Go Resumes and Blue Collar & Beyond, shares 24 of her best resume tips! 

• Top 10 Technical Resume Writing Tips Using buzzwords to showcase your technical knowledge.  

Writing Cover Letters and Thank You Letters

• Example Cover Letter Example cover letter from Rebecca Smith's eResumes and Resources. 

• Eleven Tips for Winning Cover Letters From the Cooperative Education Program, it includes a sample cover letter layout and letter. 

• Ten Tips for Winning Thank You Letters From the Cooperative Education Program, it includes a sample thank you letter layout and letter. 

• 200 Free Letters for Job Hunters 20 different kinds of letters: thank you letters, want ad letters, letters to executive recruiters, and more. 

• The Most Important Letter You Will Ever Write All job-hunting correspondence is important, but the letter you send to your friends is absolutely critical. 

• Model for Cover Letters An outline for a well written cover letter from the University at Buffalo. 

• 20 Cover Letter Blunders to Avoid This outlines some of the most common real-life cover letter mistakes and suggestions to correct them.