Resumes & Cover Letters - excelsior.edu Career Center

Your resume and cover letter makes a first and lasting impression upon prospective employers. Recruiters may only have time for a brief scan of these important informational documents.

Use these resources to make your resume the best it can be.

Resume and Cover Letter Critique Services for Current Students and Alumni

Have a professional career counselor critique your resume and/or cover letter for a nominal fee. Learn more about these Excelsior College's Career Critique Services, offered to enrolled students and alumni by the College's Development and Alumni Affairs office.

Additional Resume and Cover Letter Resources

Resumes

The Damn Good Resume Guide
Darn good resume writing tips.

Quintessential Resume Tutorials
A detailed resume tutorial for beginners, and a "lite" version for job seekers who just need to fine tune their resumes.

Resumania/Resume Tutor©
An interactive online resume writing workbook from the University of Minnesota's Employee Career Enrichment Center. It won't actually write your resume, but you'll learn a lot about how to do it yourself.

Resume Readiness Quiz, Monster.com
See if your resume passes this checkup.

Sample Resumes, Vault.com
Sample resumes from many different occupational fields. Links to resume tips and advice are also provided.

Job Star Resumes
Reviews the three main types of resumes; chronological, functional, and combination. Also, many samples provided.

Cover Letters

The Art of Writing Job Search Letters, NACE
Article filled with helpful tips and useful samples.

Why Do You Need a Cover Letter?, Excelsior College
Effective writing tips and sample template.

Cover Letters: Types and Samples
Hard copy correspondence and e-mail samples from Virginia Tech.

Dynamic Cover Letters Tutorial, Quintcareers
Ways to make an employer sit up and take notice.

Job Star Cover Letter Samples,   JobStar
Inlcudes cover letter builder with templates and samples. Allows you to develop one letter free.

Electronic Resume Reality Check

Visit our Electronic Resumes page and learn how to make sure your resume keeps working for you when it is entered into a database. Otherwise, a hiring manager may never see it.