National Education Association
Racial Justice in Education Resource Guide
Strive for racial justice within your classroom community with help from an 80-page resource guide. Five modules move scholars through thoughtful, and reflective grand conversations to making a plan, then taking action. Learners write...
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: 15 Tips for Writing Winning Resumes
The thought of writing a resume intimidates almost anyone. It's difficult to know where to start or what to include. It can seem like an insurmountable task. Here are 15 tips to help you not only tackle the task, but also write a winning...
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Introduction to Resume Writing
An introductory guide to creating, drafting, and revising a resume. Also includes several nodes for further information, such as writing purpose, audience, organization, and even a checklist.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Introduction and Expectations for Resumes
Learn how to write a resume that will appropriately showcase your skills and experience.
Grammar Check
Grammar Check: Effective Resume Writing Tips (Infographic)
An infographic is provided to help students with writing resumes. Students will learn common resume mistakes, different types of resumes, and the importance of resumes.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Resumes 4: Scannable Resumes
Gives definition, descriptions, guidelines, and a sample scannable resume that you can compare to a traditional resume.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Resume Design
This guide outlines critical issues in designing your resume, including "the quadrant test" and information on layout, serif fonts, and sans-serif fonts. Also includes a PDF file as a sample.
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Perfect Your Resume
The resume is an essential part of the job search process. Once you find the perfect employer, you must send them a resume that makes you look like the perfect employee. Online resources can help, whether you have 20 years of experience...
Other
Career One Stop: Get My Future
Great site to explore different careers, learn about the skills and education you need for specific careers, get information about growing industries, find out about job training programs, learn how to write a resume, and lots more.
Other
Blue Sky Search: Resume Writing Tips
Creating a resume can be hard work. Luckily, you can come here to find lots of tips for creating the perfect resume.
Amby Duncan-Carr
Amby: Basic Principles of Resume Writing
Are you looking for the resume basics? Explore resume tips to help you create a resume to get a job.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: A Dickens of a Resume
While studying Charles Dickens' novel, "A Christmas Carol," students can work on their writing skills by creating a resume of the characters in the book.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Career Discovery: Preparing a Resume
As part of a career discovery unit, middle school students examine the need to prepare a resume and the potential consequences of giving false information in a resume. Using an online resume wizard designed for middle schoolers, students...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
Amby Duncan-Carr
Amby: Resume Writing
Are you preparing to write your resume? Explore helpful tips to assist you in creating a powerful resume to get the job you are looking for.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Tips for Writing Resumes
Are you ready to apply for the job of your dreams? Explore tips for creating a great resume to help you get the job.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Job Search Writing: Job Skills Checklist
A handout listing an inventory of skills that may be included in a resume or cover letter.
Other
Writing Scientific Reports
This tutorial site provides links to articles about writing a scientific report or essay as well as to sample essays.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Model for Writing a Rejection of a Job Offer
A brief guide to writing a polite business letter in which one rejects a job offer.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: Rather Unlikely Employment Resumes
After studying the structure and writing style of resumes, create an unlikely resume for a specific thing in your life. What in your life might need to apply for another job some day, maybe when you are done with it? Your car? Your bed?...
Letter Writing Guide
How to Write a Letter of Interest
This student and teacher-friendly site discusses the importance of writing a letter of interest during a job search. In addition, the article discusses the how to make a letter of interest "stand out" from other candidates who are...
TES Global
Blendspace: E2: Performance Task Resume
A nine-part learning module with links to images, websites, videos, and texts to use while learning how to write a resume.
Amby Duncan-Carr
Amby: Resume Formats
Explore the various styles of resumes! Using the three types of resumes as resources you can create a great resume to showcase your strengths.
Letter Writing Guide
How to Write a Cover Letter
This student and teacher-friendly site contains the purpose of writing a cover letter. In addition, the article discusses the format of a good cover letter and elements to include in a good cover letter.