Career Preparation | Resumes & Cover Letters
Your resume is your pitch to a potential employer and where you get to showcase your skills and achievements. Something to remember is that hiring managers and recruiters are flooded with hundreds and maybe even thousands of resumes which means that they only take a few seconds to scan and evaluate your application materials.
Let’s go over all the ways to help maximize your resume’s impact by keeping it brief,
concise, and focused.
For a deep dive into the resume writing process, check out our resources below:
The purpose of a cover letter is to help contextualize your work experience. More importantly, hiring managers use the cover letter to gauge your written communication skills and gain a little insight to who you are.
Generally, it is common practice to provide a custom cover letter alongside a resume for every application. In fact, a recent 2023 survey of 625 hiring managers across the nation from small to big businesses reports that 83% reading about 50% – 100% of the cover letters they receive.
That said, a cover letter takes time to make and should be written with careful attention.
So, how do we write cover letter that both succinct and less time-consuming?
Let’s go over the steps that you can take to give your resume and application the
boost it needs to stand out from the rest: