Resumes and Cover Letters

Career Spot - Make Your Resume POP
Career Spot - The Cover Letter

Your resume is often your first contact with an employer and should always make a positive impression. Writing your resume is a dynamic process; you'll want to update it as you add skills, experience, honors, leadership, and memberships.

• Ideally, students will start a resume in their freshman year and set goals for the kinds of things they want to have in it by the time they graduate.

Below is a link to "Optimal Resume", a web-based resume guide which takes you through every step from adding your information to choosing a  format.

Career Services will review your resume and cover letters; you can schedule an appointment or use the drop-in times. Our office library contains books with resume and cover letter examples, and you can link to resources and additional information below:  

• Meet with a Career Services professional
• Optimal Resume - web-based formatting tool
• Examples (311k PDF*)
• On-site Library
• VAULT - online library with guides to resume writing and inside information re: what companies look for
• Your Guide to Resumes: Action words from JobWeb
• Resumes and Interviewing Here and Abroad from JobWeb

* Note: You will need the free Adobe Reader software to view/print PDF files. Click the “Get Adobe Reader” icon to begin the download process.