Résumés, applications, and cover letters

by Olivia Crosby
You have skills that employers want. But those skills
won’t get you a job if no one knows you have them.
Good résumés, applications, and cover letters broadcast
your abilities. They tell employers how your qualifications
match a job’s responsibilities. If these paper
preliminaries are constructed well, you have a better
chance of landing interviews—and, eventually, a job.
Modern technology has added a new twist to preparing résumés
and cover letters. The availability of personal computers and laser
printers has raised employers’ expectations of the quality of
résumés and cover letters applicants produce. Electronic mail,
Internet postings, and software that “reads” résumés help some
employers sort and track hundreds of résumés. Technology has
also given résumé writers greater flexibility; page limits and formatting
standards are no longer as rigid as they were several years
ago. “The only rule is that there are no rules,” says Frank Fox, executive
director of the Professional Association of Résumé Writers.
“Résumés should be error free—no typos or spelling mistakes—
but beyond that, use any format that conveys the
information well.”

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