Resumes | Science Resumes | Electronic Resumes | Curriculum Vitae (C.V.) | Cover Letters
In addition to the following resume writing resources, you can make an appointment to have a career counselor critique your resume. The counselors will help you format your resume, arrange the content to your greatest advantage, and even tailor it to a specific job description.
CareerJournal.com Resume
Gallery
The Wall Street Journal's resume gallery details the differences
among various types of resumes, including chronological, functional,
executive, contractor, and others. To access this feature, move your
mouse over the "job-hunting advice" tab and choose "resume gallery"
from
the
drop-down
menu that
appears.
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/resumes/index.html
JobStar
This one-stop job information site features sample resumes, resume
tips, demystifies online resume banks, and helps you choose the
right resume for you.
http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/index.php
Susan Ireland
Resumes
An online library of over fifty sample resumes in different
fields and with varying formats, from the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect
Resume.
http://susanireland.com/resumeindex.htm
Career
Services @ Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech's Career Services web site features in-depth resume
information and advice on resume formats and samples, software and
templates, scannable resumes, emailing vs. photocopying, frequent
mistakes, and more.
http://www.career.vt.edu/JOBSEARC/Resumes/Resume1.htm
Resumes For...
This VGM Career Horizons print series features titles such as Resumes
for Science Careers, Resumes for Education Careers, Resumes
for First Time Job Hunters, and Resumes for Mid Career
Job Hunters. All can be found in the CRL.
UCSF
Career Center CV/Resume Writing Samples for Life Sciences
Provides samples resumes and CVs for life sciences research positions
in academic and industry settings.
http://www.ucsf.edu/career/studentpostdoc/lifecvsamples.htm
Science Careers Forum
This open forum seeks to aid those wishing to discuss issues relating
to the scientific fields. A message board is available for all to
use. In addition, links to job sites, resume advice, and career fair
information are provided.
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/tools_resources/forum/home
Women in Cell Biology
Prepared by the WICB Committee, this page discusses such issues
as balancing work and family, obtaining grants and fellowships, and
promoting women in science.
http://www.ascb.org/index.cfm?navid=89
Career Services at Virginia Tech--Sample Scientific Resumes
Obviously geared toward students and alums of Virginia Tech, but
the resources are still very generalized and useful. Sample scientific
resumes prepared by real students are provided, along with links
to such areas of importance as networking, relocating, and job search
strategies.
http://www.career.vt.edu/JOBSEARC/Resumes/formats.htm
Sample Resume from Jobweb
A resume from a recent BS graduate seeking lab employment is provided,
along with relevant critiques of her resume's structure, format,
and content.
http://www.jobweb.com/resources/library/
samples/crystal-bondresume.htm
Career Services from Virginia Tech
This site gives you examples of how to best formulate a science resume.
http://www.career.vt.edu/JOBSEARC/Resumes/formats.htm
Preparing
Your Resume for Emailing or Posting on the Internet
Informative guide explaining the similarities and differences between an online
resume and a print resume, with tips on creating resumes in plain text, html,
and posting your resume online.
http://www.rileyguide.com/eresume.html
Creating electronic resumes
Tips for creating plain-text ASCII resumes for emailing and posting
to job sites. Other topics include keywords and scannable resumes.
Follow the links to read more in depth.
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/resumewriting1/
Creating
electronic resumes – another site
Info on how to create an e-resume, and a sample.
http://www.scu.edu/careercenter/resources/publications/resumes.pdf
Electronic
resumes – Sample and format
A sample and description of the format of a scannable resume.
http://purdue.placementmanual.com/resume/resume-04.html
Keywords; sending your e-resume
A guide to creating keywords, posting online, e-mailing, resume scanning,
and creating Web resumes.
http://www.susanireland.com/eresumework.htm
Resume banks
This site takes a look at some of the better known resume banks and
compares the kind of resumes accepted, the level of traffic, size,
cost and any specialized services.
http://jobstar.org/internet/resbanks.php
Don't let spam filters snatch your resume
As companies have tightened e-mail filters in recent months to keep
out spam and a spate of damaging computer viruses, they also unintentionally
have blocked all sorts of legitimate e-mail, such as job seekers'
résumes.
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/resumes/20040413-maher.html
Job seekers' guide to resume databases: Twelve resume posting truths
Criminals and identity thieves are all too interested in getting
access to resumes for all the wrong reasons. Minimize your resume
risk factors.
http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/resumedatabaseprivacytips.html
Protect
your privacy, Part 2 (see the end of this article) and Part
3 (see the entire article)
The Internet is wide open and mostly unregulated. Be wary of giving
out too much personal information in your online resume or job-bank
registration forms.
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/resumes/l/aa112398_2.htm
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/resumes/l/aa112398_3.htm
Navigating the new e-resume landscape
Electronic resumes produced a number of unanticipated problems for
this search committee. Here’s what to do and what to avoid.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2005/08/2005083101c.htm
The online application
An increasing number of employers want candidates to find job openings
on company web sites or Internet job boards; they require online
applications. Here are some tips.
http://www.jobweb.com/resources/Library/Interviews__Resumes/
How_to_Apply_On_272_1.htm
The online application: more tips
As in the traditional application process, employers using online
application processes are looking for students who have the skills,
experience, and qualities that best match the requirements for
the job opening. The key to getting to the next step is to do research
and target your application.
http://www.jobweb.com/resources/library/
Interviews/More_Tips_for_N_280_1.htm
Quint
Careers - Preparing a Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Feature article on how to begin preparing a curriculum vitae with
links to free sample vitas.
http://www.quintcareers.com/curriculum_vitae.html
Writing
@ CSU - Curriculum Vitae
Step-by-step curriculum vitae writing instructions from Colorado
State University's Writing Center.
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/documents/cv/
How to Prepare your Curriculum Vitae. Lincolnwood, (Chicago),
Ill.: NTC Learning Works, [1998].
This print resource acts as a workbook for drafting your curriculum
vitae. CRL
Job Hunting.
The Chronicle
of Higher Education: Career Talk
The CV Doctor provides effective samples of CVs in the social sciences,
education, humanities, arts, and sciences.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/99/09/99091701c.htm
College
Art Association Online Career Center
Recommended conventions for curriculum vitae for visual artists,
museum professionals, and art historians from the College Art Association.
http://careercenter.collegeart.org/search.cfm
Career
Education Center - Letters to Employers Handout
Excellent, to-the-point handout by the CEC staff about what a well-written
cover letter, thank-you letter, and letters of acknowledgement
can do for you.
http://my.simmons.edu/services/cec/docs/letters-to-employers.pdf
Vault -
Sample Cover Letters
The basics of the cover letter plus sample cover letters in multiple
industries.
http://www.vault.com/nr/ht_list.jsp?ht_type=9
Cover Letters that Knock 'em Dead. Holbrook,
Mass.: Adams Media, c2001.
This print resource outlines four different types of cover letter,
walks you through assembling your cover letter, and provides sample
cover letters for online, newspaper, and cold job responses in different
professions. CRL
Job Hunting.
Gallery of Best Cover Letters. Indianapolis,
IN : JIST, c1999
Cover letters written by professional
resume writers, divided by industry, plus tips for writing the best
cover letter. CRL
Job Hunting.
Winning Cover Letters. New York : John Wiley & Sons,
c1997
Particularly useful is Chapter 2: Cover Letter Mistakes Hiring Managers
Say to Avoid. CRL
Job Hunting.
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