Elaine's MSSc resource page for resume writing

Name & URL Descriptions
University of Waterloo

http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocecs

/CRC/manual-home.html

(Click on Step 4—Employment Contacts >>resume on the menu bar)

Posted:9 June, 2001

This web-site provides the guidelines on job interview, writing resumes and application letter. There are some sample interview questions that will most likely be asked during the formal interviews. These questions helps us to be well-prepared for real interviews.

It is especially designed for the fresh graduates to learn how to write their resumes, so it provides a lot of information for them to think in more detail. For example, what they should write and not to write in their resumes. And it offers a section on 'verbs describing skill' and this will help the students to write more attractive resumes.

But one thing that can be improved is to provide some resume samples, just like the application letter samples, so the students will have a clear picture of the format of a presentable resume.

 

Accent-resume-writing

http://www.accent-resume-writing.com

Posted:9 June, 2001

Accent-resume-writing have been leaders and innovators in resume writing for over 15 years and they emphasized in knowing exactly what headhunters and hiring managers want to hear. So they ensure the resume writing guidance will help to write a profession and quality resume.

This web site offers some more complete information includes the resume writing tips methods and strategies, resume writing critiques, cover writing tips and samples of resume and cover letters. I think the most useful part is the resume writing critique, it lets us to learn more about the common resume writing mistakes and prevent them to be happened in our resumes. 

But they have charges on users if they want to get the resume and cover letter samples; it offers different complete packages for users to choose.

 

Rockport Institute

http://www.rockportinstitute.com/resumes.html

Posted:9 June, 2001

Rockport Institute provides the service of career counseling and leading edge career testing. It allows people seeking a careers change and lead to increase their career satisfaction and success.

But I think this web site is heavily focusing on promoting their best selling book in writing resume--- "The Pathfinder: How to choose or change your career for a lifetime of satisfaction."

I think its layout is a bit difficult to read and understand as we have to spend a lot of time on finding the key points of writing the resumes; moreover, there is no sample for us to follow.

 

Virtualville Employment Agency

http://www.virtualville.com/employment_agency/

resume_writing.html

Posted:9 June, 2001

This web site is fairly easy to read because its content is quite concise and it is suitable for those that have no idea how to start to write a resume. 

I think the most attractive part is the 'Resume Net'. It is an internet resource which helps the job-seekers to publish their resumes on the World Wide Web and help them to find some suitable jobs.