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Writing Tips Home Page!
Here are some writing tips that will help you manage various facets of the job search process. We hope
you enjoy them and find them useful. Please contact us
with any additional remarks or suggestions you might have. Your comments are always welcome.
Be sure to check back from time to time, since we add new resume and cover letter writing tips
on a regular basis!
Writing a Resume to Survive the Screening Process
Don't make 'em guess! Learn how to develop a resume that can withstand the screening process by giving screeners what they need
to measure your worthiness as a job candidate.
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Power Up Your Resume With the Right Words
Make sure that your resume isn't culled to the discard pile by including key words – the ones that
resume scanning software is looking for – in your resume.
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Be Sure to Keep Your Resume Concise
One of the hardest things about writing a resume is that you
need to pack a lot of information into a small space. It's like
writing a telegram.
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Resume Lies Can Haunt Job Seekers for Years to Come
The desire to lie on your resume becomes more and more appealing as the doubts begin to set in. However, if you think about
the risks you will see why honesty is always the best policy!
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Use Creativity with Caution when Formatting Your Resume
Word processing software makes it easy to
produce an eye-catching resume. A basic understanding of how to
use fonts, tables, and features like bulleted lists are all you
need to create attractive document.
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Tips to Overcome Resume Writer's Block
Job seekers repeatedly tell us that the biggest concern they have when they start work on their resumes and cover letters
is overcoming their fear of the blank page (or blank screen).
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Producing Great Cover Letters
A good cover letter, combined with a good
resume, will produce a job interview
– not a job offer. Accordingly,
the purpose of your letter is to seize the hiring
manager's attention and all but scream "Bring me in for an interview for this position!"
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Editing Tips for Your Resume and Cover Letters
Don't worry too much about grammar when you draft your resume and cover letters. Your first draft is the time to
let your ideas flow. Get your content down on paper first, and then edit.
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Does Your Resume Make You Look Like a 'Job Hopper'?
Hiring managers understand that today's economy has people changing employers more often than used to be the
norm. But there is point where a pattern of job changes begins to raise suspicions that an applicant is an
unreliable – and undesirable – 'job hopper.'
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Transferable Skills
A lot of people draw a blank when asked to list their transferable skills because they don't understand exactly what that
term covers. Don't let that happen to you! Use our list of transferable skills to help you identify and articulate the many skills you have
to offer your next employer.
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