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Crafting Effective Resumes and Cover Letters

Learn the art of creating powerful resumes and cover letters that showcase your skills and experience to potential employers. Avoid common resume mistakes and discover how to write impactful cover letters that land you interviews.

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Crafting Effective Resumes and Cover Letters

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  1. Resumes and Cover Letters

  2. What is a resume? • A written Communication that clearly demonstrates your ability to produce results in an area of concern to potential employers, in a way that motivates them to meet you. • Tom Jackson • The Perfect Resume,1981

  3. Common Resume Mistakes • Too Long • Disorganized • Poorly typed • Overwritten • Too sparse • Not oriented for results • Too Many irrelevancies

  4. Cover Letters • Tell employers you want a job • Say why you should get the job • Introduce your resume • Ask for an interview • Tells employer when you will make contact

  5. Facilitated Operated Delivered Led Illustrated Communicated Influenced Purchased Consulted Serviced Upgraded Established Calculated Designed Maintained Motivated Action Words to Use

  6. Quality will Produce Results

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