By Louise Kursmark, CPRW, JCTC, CEIP, CCM

If you’re doing a lot of online job searching, take a close look at your cover letter. Is it interesting? To the point? Focused on the most important value you offer? Does it […]

Here are some rules that will help you write better emails.

1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat).
6. Always […]
   

by Teena Rose of Resume to Referral

To ensure you’re always using a cover letter properly, let’s review its intended purpose. A cover letter primarily connects your resume to an open position. To understand the importance of such […]

by Abby Locke

No-one can deny the importance of a resume in a job search. Despite the invention of web portfolios, online applications, and leadership profiles, you will find that a well-written resume is still a highly effective […]

by Joyce Megginson Kircher, MBA, PRWRA

A cover letter is frequently dashed off as a trivial after-thought once the resume is written. Big mistake. A cover letter is the first thing that hits the reader’s eye, and […]

by Linda Matias

When writing a resume, create a mental picture of a desk piled high with dozens or even hundreds of resumes next to each other. These resumes were submitted by people who want the job you […]

by Wendy S. Enelow, CPRW, JCTC, CCM
President – Career Masters Institute

If you’re considering looking for employment outside the United States, then you MUST know the following:

1. The words “resume” and “CV” (curriculum vitae) GENERALLY refer to the same thing – a document that highlights your […]
   

by Charles McConnell

By now, if you have been listening to me, you have heard my theme repeated like a mantra: “For a resume to be productive, the career objective must be matched with supporting rationale.” We […]

By Susan Britton Whitcomb, NCRW, CPRW

(Part 1 of a 3-part series “Show Me the Money!” See Parts 2 and 3 for Cover Letter Strategies that Get Employers to Call and Interviewing Strategies that Get Employers […]

With Susan Britton Whitcomb, NCRW, CPRW

In the first article of this series “Show Me the Money!” you learned that, like the Cuba Gooding-character in the movie about sports agent “Jerry Maguire” (Tom Cruise), your goals […]