Resume and Cover Letters

Job Skills: Facebooking and Tweeting?

Given the number of people using social media to find jobs, is it acceptable (or wise) to list Facebook and Twitter as important skills on a resume?...Read More

Your Resume is an Audit of Your Career

A resume is required for a job search but is also useful even if you stay just where you are. By forcing yourself to write your resume, you conduct an audit of your career to date:...Read More

Does Your Resume Pass This Five-Point Checklist?

As the economy has worsened and millions of job seekers are chasing after fewer and fewer jobs, what you put on your resume has become more important than ever. Before you send your resume anywhere, run it through this quick five-point checklist to determine if it needs a tune-up or a complete overhaul....Read More

Four Tips to Power-Up Your Resume

The job market is tough and it's getting tougher. Your resume is your number one marketing tool and it may not be doing its job - getting you an interview....Read More

Creating Winning CVs

Your CV is the main tool an interviewer has to determine your suitability for the role you have applied to. Your cover letter, while equally important, is there to support and complement your CV. So, needless to say, your CV needs to have the ?itfactor?....Read More
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Cover Letters: Getting it Right

Whether or not you?re an aspiring reporter or journalist, you have to treat writing your cover letter as a news story in which you?re reporting on yourself. It?s your one chance to make an impact and if your cover letter is terrible, then chances are that your CV won?t even be looked at. That said, when writing your cover letter always remember that it needs to address six key things ? also referred to as the five W?s and the H....Read More

Targeted Cover Letters for Marketing

Here are a few opening paragraphs that really make an impact. They target specific marketing positions, and clearly demonstrate interest in the marketing industry....Read More

E-mailing Cover Letters

Wondering what to put in the message box when attaching your resume? Trust us, it matters. Let Vault give you the inside scoop on the e-mailed cover letter....Read More

Marketing Cover Letters That Kick Butt and Take Names

Marketer, market thyself! View your cover letter as the one opportunity to sell yourself to a potential employer. Many consultants and bankers will tell you that cover letters don't matter -- but in marketing, they mean a lot!...Read More

Common Mistakes In Law Cover Letters

If you're applying for a law job, the cover letter can't help you, but it can hurt you. Learn more about how to make sure the cover letter doesn't sink your resume....Read More