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2. Emphasize major responsibilities and indicate increases in responsibility. Include all relevant employment experiences: summer, part-time, internships, cooperative education, or self-employment. 3. Emphasize skills, especially those that transfer from one situation to another. The fact that you coordinated a student organization, chaired meetings, supervised others, and managed a budget leads one to suspect that you could coordinate other things as well. 4. Use descriptive job titles that provide information about what you did.

Avoid trite language and have someone read the letter over to react to its tone, content, and mechanics. 9. For your own information, record the date you send out each letter and resume. 6 COVER LETTER FORMAT Your Street Address Your Town, State, Zip Phone Number Fax Number E-mail Date Name Title Organization Address Dear : First Paragraph. In this paragraph state the reason for the letter, name the specific position or type of work you are applying for, and indicate from which resource (career services office, website, newspaper, contact, employment service) you learned of this opening.

Your margin should be left-justified. ■ Do not exceed sixty-five characters per line because the word-wrap function doesn’t operate in ASCII. S. 0 RELATED COURSES Criminal Investigation and Evidence Courts and Criminal Procedure Criminology Corrections SKILL TRAINING Certified EMT, Lifesaving, First Aid, CPR, Self-Defense, Triathlete EXPERIENCE Pinkerton Security Services, 2001–2002 * Numerous assignments over two years * Licensed by the state as security guard * Promoted and increase in salary * Staff training in investigations Put your name at the top on its own line.