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Resumes
RCPL Resources
RCPL How To Video: Creating a Resume in Microsoft Word
View this short tutorial to learn how to use templates in Microsoft Word 2007 to create a resume and cover letter.
Tips for Creating an Effective Resume
Tips, advice and a list of great books to help you create a professional looking resume.
WinWay Resume Deluxe software
Use this computer software to create professional looking resumes and cover letters. Come to the reference desk on the third level of the Main Library to ask a librarian how to use WinWay Resume Deluxe software at RCPL.
Databases
Career Cruising
For students exploring college options or a potential career path or experienced workers considering a career change or continuing education, the assessments tools, career profiles, financial aid information and resume guides in Career Cruising makes this a powerful resource.
Career Information Center (e-book)
Contains 700 job profiles each with a job summary chart, a job description and up-to-date salary information.
Web Resources
The site offers advice on conducting successful job searches, effectively describing job experience, writing resumes and cover letters aided by templates and samples and preparing for interviews. Toll-free numbers are provided for those wanting more information.
This site and its links makes job browsing available by city, state and industry, lets employers advertise openings and search resumes, lists full-text articles containing a wealth of information about all aspects of employment and answers questions submitted by users.
Emurse (an anagram for “resume”) allows users to create, share and store resumes online for free and examines all aspects of writing resumes, cover and resignation letters and more. Different design styles and formats for resumes are available.
This site is full of information and tips for formatting resumes for use on the Internet and in online job applications. It also includes privacy recommendations to help job seekers safely search for employment online.
Jobstar Central is dedicated to local jobs, salary information, tailoring of detailed resumes to the individual, sample letters, electronic resume banks and links to sites offering information on careers.
Maintained by the college, this site guides students and others in writing resumes and cover letters, successfully navigating job fairs, preparing for tough interview questions, job searching on the internet and job workshops.
Use this site to create your resume or upload an already completed resume. Job seekers can also browse through sample resumes.
Vault provides up-to-date information on topics such as Facebooking and Tweeting and how such social networking media can aid a job search. It also provides industry overviews and covers such topics as internships, entrepreneurism and salary negotiation.
This site provides guidance regarding different types of interviewing situations such as the meal interview, the telephone interview, handling illegal questions, do’s and don’ts of dealing with recruiters and questions the job seeker should ask the interviewer.
This site, owned by the well-known search engine, places an emphasis on e-mail as a job search tool and advises on such matters as whether to write one’s own resume or employ a professional resume service. It allows the online posting of resumes.
Online Professional Networking Sites:
This business-oriented networking site is used primarily by professionals for the exchange of information, ideas and opportunities. Members (registered users) can keep track of contact details of people in business in order to locate jobs and business opportunities. Employers also use it as a resource for finding potential candidates.
Ryze is another free (no fee) networking site that connects business professionals with special attention given to entrepreneurs. Members can post networking-oriented home pages, and external organizations can establish sub-networks on the site. To sign up requires an ID (user name) and password.
Claiming to be the largest online job site in the U.S., CareerBuilder provides career searches for millions of visitors. Users may post resumes and browse job openings by company, industry and job category. Local jobs are featured.
As the world’s largest job search engine, Monster helps match job seekers to jobs using their skills in their geographic location. It offers two levels: standard search and power search, and users can also search by keyword and location.
This job search site is owned by the popular search engine and provides basic tools and advice for job seekers, professional firms and employers. A user may post as many as ten versions of a resume.
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