REVIEW
- Resumes
RESUMES
One page - editing margins, font, font size, table, margins
Work Experience Content
o Look up job postings for similar jobs
o Phrase in ways that show transfer (ie laborer job to medical assistant)
o Bullet points are phrases
o Parallel structure
o Verb choice & verb tense
Revising
- Alignment of dates
- Consistency of information: order, font size, italics, bold
- Bullet points
Editing services – timeline for draft to me and final edits back from me
Saving your resume – Docx vs PDF
COVER LETTERS
- Resume vs. cover letter
- Formatting (business letter vs. header from resume)
- Research company
- History
- Management
- Mission & Values
- Salutation - Be specific!
- Content - Be specific!
- Show how you are a FIT for their business and give examples (think soft skills!) of your past experience and how it makes you a strong candidate now
- EXAMPLE - https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/how-to-write-a-cover-letter-with-no-experience
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