WebShop purposes: 

Introduce you to some of the best Web sites we've found for resume and cover letter development and for posting your resume online

Help you navigate our long list of resume and cover letter links to find the ones that will best serve your needs

Supplement the many resume and cover letter resources and services that Career Services offers

Maybe you’ve already gotten your free copy of our Resume and Cover Letter Guide - if not, stop by or contact the office or download a PDF version! Either way, below you’ll find some online options to supplement the workbook. Guide covers getting started, formatting options, resume styles, and cover letter development, and includes some samples.

More and more organizations are storing resume information in databases for easier retrieval, utilizing online application systems at their web sites or, to a lesser degree, culling candidates from resume databanks. For an extensive treatment on how to Prepare Your Resume for Emailing or Posting on the Internet, visit the Riley Guide.

Speaking of electronic resumes, SENIORS, once you've registered with Career Services, you should upload your resume(s) into the Skidmore resume databank (login and click on "Documents"). Once you've uploaded your resume (a very simple process), you'll be able to apply for monthly job listings quickly and easily.
Tip: if you load your resume anywhere - keep track of the site's URL so you can update or delete your info when you want to!

Margaret Riley, author of the well-known online Riley Guide has an extensive Online Resume Databases page.  

If you’d like to read a totally different take on resumes, real or virtual, see what career development guru, Richard Bolles, has to say at his site JobHuntersBible.com.

Perhaps you've heard about a new option for presenting your credentials: portfolios. It's certainly not standard in most fields although it's popular for artists and educators as a means to showcase samples of their work and examples of their processes. Visit our Online Portfolio Center and learn how to create, scan, design and submit a web version your portfolio to search engines. Another option is author, educator, and consultant Martin Kimeldorf's website, and a site that allows artists to maintain their own limited website.

Ok, that's resumes; now let's talk about cover letters - those individualized letters that interpret your resume for the reader. In a nutshell, your letters (like all those academic papers) will have introductions, main bodies, and conclusions. The best letters (again, just like those papers) will follow thoughtful outlines. Take a look at the Career Services Resume and Cover Letter Writing Guide (available for free from Career Services) for more details. A website that addresses the how-tos of cover letter writing is CareerLab's 200 Letters For Job Hunters. 

Had enough? Need a break? For a few laughs, visit Monster's Ten Classic Resume Bloopers page. Otherwise, see the rest of our resume and cover letter links at our Resumes and Cover Letters page.

Feedback about this webshop?  Questions?  Let me know!

Donna Marino
Associate Director
Career Services
518-580-5790
dmarino@skidmore.edu

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