Résumés and Cover Letters

Résumés Samples and Templates

Résumés Templates: over 250 free résumé templates and helpful résumés writing tips

About.com Résumés Samples: résumés samples for a variety of job types

Sample Résumés: résumés samples ready to use, résumés writing services and résumés distribution

Career Development Center: the CDC at Indiana University will provide you with several résumé styles you may use to organize the content of your résumé

Helpful Résumés Tips

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Résumés Tips and Tricks: résumé do's and don'ts and general résumé guidelines

Résumés Tips: from how-to-write-a-resume.org

15 Tips to Improve Your Résumé: 15 writing tips from Quest Career Services to help you write your résumé

Cover Letters Samples and Templates

About.com Cover Letter Samples: cover letter samples for a variety of job types

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Helpful Cover Letter Tips

How To Write A Cover Letter: explanation of what should be in a cover letter, paragraph by paragraph

Cover Letter Writing Guide: this site offers free cover letter writing advice including guides, samples, and instructional videos

Career Resources at the IUB Wells Library

The IUB Wells Library has a Career Reference area in the IC (Information Commons) where students can browse through a large selection of career oriented literature. The IC is located directly above SLIS. Below is a selection of books from this collection.

Résumés

Bright, Jim. (2006). Amazing résumés: what employers want to see and how to say it. Indiana: JIST Works. HF5383 .B69 2006

Brown, Lola. (2007). Résumé writing made easy: a practical guide to résumé preparation and job search. New Jersey: Pearson/Prentice Hall. HF5383 .C69 2007

Krannich, Ronald L. (2005). Nail the résumé : great tips for creating dynamite résumé. Virginia: Impact Publications. HF5383 .K732 2005

Gerasimo, Luisa. (2002). McGraw-Hill's big red book of résumés. Illinois: McGraw-Hill. HF5383 .M337 2002

Noble, David F. (2004). Gallery of best résumés. Indiana: JIST Works. HF5383 .N62 2004

Cover Letters

Beatty, Richard H. (2004). The Perfect Cover Letter. New Jersey: Wiley. HF5383 .B325 2004

Enelow, Wendy S. (2004). Cover letter magic: trade secrets of professional résumé writers. Indiana: JIST Works. HF5383 .E4787 2004

Krannich, Ronald L. (2005). Nail the cover letter!: great tips for creating dynamite cover letters. Virginia: Impact Publications. HF5383 .K73 2005

Noble, David F. (2004). Gallery of best cover letters. Indiana: JIST Works. HF5383 .N618 2004