LibGuides: Career Skills: Resumes & Cover Letters

Worksheets

How to Write a Resume
Best practices in resume writing for VCC students in today's hiring world.
How to Write a Cover Letter
Best practices in cover letter writing for today's hiring world.
Cover Letter Phrases
Useful phrases to use in your cover letter.

Featured Websites

Getting Started

Resume & Cover Letter Builder
Build your resumé aor cover letter in a step by step process using Career Development Manitoba's helpful forms.

Resumes

Resume Writing Tutorial
Free, interactive tutorial that walks you through the resume writing process
Univ of Calgary's Resume Resources
Great graduate sample resumes from various programs.
Damn Good Resume Guide
Strong resume examples (both chronological and functional format) for customer service, office work, hospitality, and trades.

Cover Letters

7 Powerful Ways to Start a Cover Letter
Cover Letter Examples
Cover letter samples and templates for recent graduates.

Featured Videos

Resumes and Cover letters video playlist

VCC Resume & Cover Letter Writing Course

Free, self-paced online resume and cover letter writing course designed for VCC students.

Log into Moodle and check your dashboard for "Resume & Cover Letter Writing"
Pick and choose from the modules and activities to build the skills you need
Course takes about 3 hours to complete. Login to Moodle to begin.

LinkedIn Learning

Free Online University Course

How to Write a Resume
This ia a project-centered course from Coursera where you’ll review resume best practices and explore current trends with guidance from a professional career counselor and recruiter, and you’ll exchange structured feedback with your peers as you work to polish your own resume.

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Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Approx. 3 hours to complete

Suggested: 4 hours/week

Career Skills: Resumes & Cover Letters

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