Sample Resumes and Cover Letters

Below you will find samples to follow in developing your own resume and job-search correspondence. These are also available in the Career Guide, which you can pick up in any of our offices.

Try to avoid copying the samples word-for-word! You don't want yours to appear too much like others that a single employer might receive.

Resume Samples

Chronological Resume
Functional Resume
Combination Resume
Before and After Resumes:

• Draft Resume for Resume Review
• Same Resume, after Resume Review

Freshman Resumes:

• Government/Health Care
• Labor

Senior Resumes:

• Finance
• Manufacturing
• Human Resources
• Marketing
• General Business
• Research
  

Graduate Student Resume:

• Technical
  

Job-Search Correspondence Samples

Cover Letter Guidelines
Job-Application Letters:

• General Application
• Responding to an Advertised Opening
• For On-Campus Recruiting - Sample 1
• For On-Campus Recruiting - Sample 2
  

Letters of Inquiry:

• General - Sample 1
• General - Sample 2
• When Referred by Another Person
• For a Summer Job

Requesting an Information Interview
Thank-You Letters:

• After a Job Interview
• After an Information Interview

Letters to Accept or Decline a job offer