Resume Advice

Preparing Your Resume for the Internet and Posting it Online:
Margaret Riley Dikel's step-by-step guide to creating an "Internet Ready" resume.

CareerJournal.com Resumes & Cover Letters:
Articles and advice on resumes from the online career site of The Wall Street Journal.

Resume Calculator:
Tom Jackson, author of The NEW Perfect Resume, provides an online quiz to help you select the best resume format for your job search situation.

Skeptical Resume Reader Tells How He Really Thinks:
Douglas Richardson gives excellent tips on how to survive that first scan by an impatient employer.

Resume Writing - Special Situations:
Massachusetts Division of Employment & Training outlines tips (with sample resumes) for handling situations such as career changing, employment gaps, disabilities, homemakers returning to work, incarceration and self-employment work history.

Rebecca Smith's eResumes & Resources
Find out where, when & why to use electronic resumes.

Creating Your Technical Resume:
Guidelines and examples of technical skills sections of resumes, from Edmunds Community College.

A Guide to Effective Resume Writing:
From the publishers of Contract Employment Weekly, including a section on formatting an electronic resume.