Craft application materials that get you noticed. Resumes & Cover Letters offers tips on formatting, writing compelling summaries, tailoring your documents for media and creative roles, and avoiding common mistakes that can land your application in the reject pile.
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How to write, customize and work your new resume
The first step in drawing up your new resume is to pick the type of job you are aiming for. You earned your degree and have a world of opportunities. It can be overwhelming to define a career goal. The good news is that you don’t have to choose one industry or one job.
Debra Wheatman
A skills-based cover letter—one that highlights your transferable skills—can give you an edge in the hiring process.
John Lombard
Sure, you can write your own resume, but if it’s not landing you interviews—or as many as you’d like—it might be time to hire a professional resume writer. A professionally crafted resume has the power…
Mediabistro
You may spend hours (or days) writing and agonizing over your resume, but once it gets in front of a recruiter, HR staffer or hiring manager, each will spend just 15 seconds deciding whether to pass…
Alisha Tillery
These days, simply applying via a job site and hoping for the best is like trying to get a date by slipping your phone number in with the junk mail. Assuming you don't already personally know someone who…
Joel Schwartzberg
There are only two focal points in a cover letter: the position and you, the applicant. So, if you want to land the job, you better clearly state the connection between your experience and the…
Alisha Tillery
You’ve spit-and-polished your resume to a fare-thee-well, but can you make it stand out from the rest? How can you tweak your resume so it’s so unforgettable, the hiring manager not only has to call,…
Joel Schwartzberg
You've been sending out applications left and right and yet there's been nary a nibble. It's not you—you're great. You match all the job requirements (and quite a few of the "nice to have" skills,…
Brittany Taylor
A resume can be thought of as a summation of your professional life on a page—cold, hard facts about your education; start and end dates of various jobs; lists of software programs you've mastered along…
Dana Robinson
When you’re in media, everything you write, post or create is like an audition. Your Tweets prove you know how to work Twitter. Your website shows you’re not tone-deaf when it comes to branding. And…
Amanda Layman Low