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Resume and Cover Letters
Southwestern College has teamed up with Career Beam to create a site that can help students with career development questions. Check out Career Beam's resume' checklist, examples, and exercises.
Guidelines for resumes
- Resumes should be concise and relevant.
- Absolutely no grammar or spelling errors.
- No high school information.
- Focus on accomplishments- not tasks.
- Quantify information- list # of people managed or amount of $ saved!
- Each resume should be tailored to the specific job description.
- No possesive pronouns such as I or me.
- Do not list references on same sheet as the resume.
- Again, relevance, relevance, relevance. Make sure the information is relevant to the job for which you are applying.
Guidelines for cover letters
- Tailor the cover letter to the specific company and job in which you are applying.
- Absolutely no grammar or spelling errors.
- Research the company and address the letter to the person with the hiring responsibility.
- Research the company so that the candidate's strengths (education/experience) can be matched with the company's needs, values, products and services.
- Cover letter should be 3-4 paragraphs.
- Always, Always, Always, send a cover letter with each resume and make sure the cover letter addresses specifically the job for which one is applying.
Download the resume and cover letter packet.
