Make sure your job application and resume form a good first impression for potential employers. A resume highlights your experience, education and training, and skills. A cover letter may not be required, but it serves as an introduction that may help you stand out. The cover letter is the place to show your enthusiasm and fit for a specific job. It also demonstrates your ability to communicate in text. If your paperwork (or online work) represents you well, you're more like to land an interview.
In a specialized search like this, searching using Library of Congress Subject Headings is the best way to go. Click on the links below to go to lists of books. These lists are in alphabetical order, but can be sorted by date. Also, books at an STLCC campus other than your own may be requested using your A number and be picked up at your own campus within a day or two of requesting.
The link above will not take you to Microsoft Word, but it is available on every computer in STLCC computer labs and libraries. It is very useful for building a resume. Ask for help if you do not know how to begin. The link above does list additional resume templates which may be downloaded for use with Microsoft Word.
Useful Websites for Creating Resumes and Cover Letters / Job Interviews
The Internet provides a wide array of sites that want to help you build a resume, create a cover letter, and prepare for a job interview. Some of these are commercial and some are free. Below are a few sites which may be helpful.
Behind every interview question, there are three things that the interviewer is trying to figure out. Reprinted with permission from Fast Company. Art Markman, PhD is a professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin and Founding Director of the Program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations. Art is the author of Smart Thinking and Habits of Leadership, Smart Change, Brain Briefs, and, most recently, Bring Your Brain to Work.
By Don Georgevich, author and career coach. Over 4 million views. This video will show you how to be prepared for your next job interview. When you know how to answer these interview questions and answers, you will be more prepared than everyone else who is interviewing for the job.