Resume and Cover Letter Templates

Sample Resume Template

My Name

100 My Address Street
City, State 4000
Phone 07 1234 XYZX
Mobile 4211 XXX YYYYY
Email Address


Career Objective

Your career objective should identify your goals relative to the advertised job as well as indirectly describing recent experiences or training. Don't make it sound too cliche and keep it relevant to the advertised job.


Certifications, Training and Memberships

Use this section to show the employer that you have reached a base skill level relative to the training that you listed. I also keep this section in chronological order.

7 December 2010Professional Certification #1

16 October 2010  Certificate #X
Core Subject #1 - Subject Title and a short description
Core Subject #2 - Subject Title and a short description

1 December 2010High School Certificate
Subject: Information Technology (High Achievement)
Subject: Mathematics I (High Achievement)
Subject: Mathematics II (High Achievement)


Employment History

List any experience that is relevant to the advertised job and that is consistent with his training and career objectives.

1 June 2010 to 10 August 2010Job #1 Title - Organization

Job description highlighting all the duties relevant to the advertised job. Try to keep this description concise, a few paragraphs at most.

Key Achievements
What were your major accomplishments?
How did they benefit the business?


Technical Skills

List any technical skills including acronyms. This section helps the reader to quickly summarize your areas of knowledge and experience.


Referees

Referee Name
Title
Relationship to you
Contact email
Contact phone



Sample Cover Letter Template


His Name
IT Pathways Communications
120 His Address
New York, NY 132132



Dear Mr Name,



I was pleased to find the position of Position#X advertised in Newspaper or WebsiteX on Date. The position as described is well suited to my skills and experience because... I wish to apply for the vacancy and submit my details for your consideration.

My recent success as a Position#Y delivering .... draws many parallels to the offered position. Spend the remainder of the paragraph siting clear parallels between your experience and the advertised job.

Other past relevant projects or education or experience involving similar technologies include... once again spend the remainder of the paragraph reinforcing all your relevant skills.

I consider selection criteria #1 to be ... and have applied this knowledge during ....


Also working with selection criteria #2 for over X years, I have...


Thank you for considering this application. I look forward to presenting myself for an interview.



Sincerely,

Job Candidate

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