1. What is a Technical Writing Portfolio?
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... be used for different reasons. The binder you would take to an interview with you, while the web-hosted e-portfolio can be pointed to from your resume and an employer may scan it before you're ever contacted. ...

2. Writing Blog Content as Technical Writing
(Technical Communication/Technical Communication Lessons)

... any good? After all, this site is a blog, and though I'm proud of all the hard work I've put into it, I wouldn't put it on my resume if I was looking for another job (well okay I would if I had a few ...

3. Resume Guide Part 9
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

The Experience-oriented Resume The Experience-oriented Resume is the type with which most of us are probably familiar. What are highlighted in this format are your past employment positions and your past ...

4. Resume Guide Part 8
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

Are There Certain Types of Resumes for Certain Types of Jobs? Another good question from my students—and one I don’t blame them for asking. There are a lot of books out there with titles like, “Resumes ...

5. Resume Guide Part 7
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

... duties and responsibilities, and/or without a list of desired qualifications. What do we do in cases like this? How do we set up a focused resume and cover letter without the thing on which to focus them? ...

6. Resume Guide Part 6
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

... any of the resumes and cover letters you design. This inventory of qualifications can be written down, or can be a mental model of the information. After conducting research on job advertisements, I realized ...

7. Resume Guide Part 5
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

Can’t I Make Just One? So now that we’ve looked at how resumes are looked at, and we’ve discussed a little bit about how they should be written, let’s take care of another issue that my students often ...

8. Resume Guide Part 4
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

Proving Your Qualifications Again, though we will discuss this more, I want to point out the difference in proving your qualifications or skills. In the resume it’s a bit easy to show what you’ve done ...

9. Resume Guide Part 3
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

... same first readers (the HR people) that read the resumes. Instead, cover letters are in fact normally read by the supervisors who will be in charge of the new employee. Hence, we still need to worry about ...

10. Resume Guide Part 2
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

Using the Active Voice I want you to notice something about the responsibilities bulleted under each past job in the resume example. Notice the words that begin each sentence: Assist, mediate, counsel, ...

11. Resume Guide Part 1
(Resume Writing/Resume Writing Lessons)

If Interested, Please Send a Resume and Cover Letter… Ah, the dreaded resume. Isn’t it frustrating that standing between you and the job of your dreams is a ridiculous sheet of paper that barely even hints ...

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13. Resume Writing
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