Great Resumes and Cover Letters Get Results

There is no right way or wrong way to write a resume.  Find a resume template that you like
and can work with. Stick to the general outline but edit to fit your best qualifications and accolades.

It is an advantage to have a large collection of templates to choose from to give as many options
as possible. Work with resume template samples for great resume results! You can also utilize
diverse formats and see which you like best. Make sure you have someone who can proof read
for grammar and spelling. 

What is so great about specific job resume templates is that they give you a targeted outline to work
with. For example: A Marketing resume template might include headings like Entertainment and Media,
Marketing and Advertising, Sales, Business, and Promotional Development, Business and Project
Management. The things associated with marketing that will encourage you to think about what you
have to offer a new company.

A good practice is to develop two resumes with different formats and then pass them around to family
and friends for opinions.

As you begin to read job postings and the employment Ads, you can tweak your resume as you go. 
Do your homework about the company you are interested in and personalize it with pertinent and
positive information in your cover letter.

Any good job hunter needs a resume package. The cover letter and resume always go together and
do the same basic thing in slightly different ways. A job hunter without both of them will probably not
get very far in the search for a good career position.

With that in mind, let�s take a look at what these crucial documents should do for you. The first part, the
cover letter, is a short one page letter consisting of three or four paragraphs. It serves as an introduction
to the resume. It is the part that will always be seen by the gatekeeper.

The second part is the resume itself. Many job hunters make the mistake of thinking they can just leave
a resume without a cover letter. That is like putting on a suit and tie, but forgetting the shirt or the pants.
They are a package and they go together.

The resume itself may be in either functional or chronological format. The functional format concentrates
on skills. The chronological format concentrates on employment listings. The most effective resumes use
elements of both formats to create a combination resume that gets results. It should be laid out in a
graphically appealing style, with adequate use of white space, bullet points to draw attention to
important parts, and conservative fonts used.

While you will occasionally bold face or italicize a font to draw attention to a point or break up a large
section of type, changing fonts often makes it hard to read, so stick with one basic font. Also never go
smaller than ten point type, and if possible stick with twelve or eleven point. Those sizes are easier to
read. If your cover letter and resume are in a small type and hard to read, they simply will not be read,
and will not help you.

Many job seekers wonder how they should present the resume package to the decision maker. There
are several acceptable methods. If mailing it, use a large nine by twelve white envelope to avoid folding
your materials. The white envelopes look nicer than the tan manila commonly used in business. Also
large envelopes are generally the first thing people open when they get their mail. If not the first then
they may save the large envelope for last. Since people tend to remember the first and the last � the
alpha and the omega � while forgetting much of what is in the middle, either first or last is a good thing.

If you are hand delivering your documents stop by an office supply shop and pick up a clear plastic
folder with a pressure binder spine and place your cover letter and resume in it. It makes a great
presentation and will complement it perfectly. Use these tools well and you are on your way.

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