Resumes and Cover Letters
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Helpful Hint |
- The CRC offers resume and cover letter workshops at least once a month
during the academic year. If you're on campus, check
MyCRC for dates,
locations, and sign-up instructions.
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Resumes
The thought of writing a resume intimidates job hunters needlessly before
their search has even begun. Remember, a resume is merely a capsule summary
of your history; you are on your most familiar turf. Your resume should
provide enough information in an easy-to-read format to interest potential
employers without inundating them with irrelevant details. Before putting
pen to paper, you need to think about what you have accomplished, where you
are headed and how you want to represent yourself.
- Guidelines
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Types of resumes
- Categories within resumes
- List of action verbs (HTML |
PDF)
- Wesleyan Grade Conversion Chart
- Resume Worksheet for First-Time Resume Writers (MS
Word | PDF)
- Sample resumes
- Generic Sample Resume with bullet points (PDF)
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Generic
Sample Resume without bullet points (PDF)
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Academic Honors Resume (PDF)
- Advocacy Experience Resume (PDF)
- College of Letters Resume (PDF)
- Communications Experience Resume
- Community Service Experience Resume (PDF)
- Education Experience Resume
- Extracurricular Activities Resume (PDF)
- Film Experience Resume (PDF)
- Health Care Experience Resume
- International Experience Resume (PDF)
- Leadership Experience Resume (PDF)
- Media Experience Resumes: Choice 1 (PDF)
or Choice 2
- Social Service Experience Resume (PDF)
- Teaching Experience Resume: Choice 1 or Choice 2 or
Choice 3
- Other recommended resources for sample resumes
Cover Letters For Internship and Job Applications
The cover letter is an individually addressed letter that explains why an
employer should pay attention to you and why a particular job or
organization is appropriate for you. A cover letter accompanies a resume
and, therefore, should highlight your strengths (as appropriate for the
position), not repeat your resume. This letter should be interesting
-- give specific examples to back up the strengths you wish to highlight and
be clear about the aspects of the position (and/or organization) that
interest you.
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Guidelines
- How to write and format a cover letter (HTML
| PDF)
- Sample cover letter
- Generic Sample Cover Letter (HTML |
PDF)
- Sample 3 (PDF)
- Sample 4 - Education focus (PDF)
- Sample 5 (PDF)
- Sample 6 - Investment Banking focus (PDF)
- Sample 7 (PDF)
Cover Letters For Networking --
Please see our Networking section
List of References --
Please see "Creating a Reference List" |
