Name: Writing Winning Resumes and Cover Letters
Brand: University of Maryland, College Park
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.6 (102 reviews)

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About the Course

How can you bring your resume to the top of the pile? How can you present yourself to prospective employers using the language they already speak inside their organization? This course will give you answers to those questions. You will learn how to convert a boring resume into a dynamic asset statement that conveys your talents in the language that an employer understands. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Identify the real purpose of a resume. 2. Identify relevant competencies for a position. 3. Adapt your resumes to Applicant Tracking Systems (resume screening software). 4. Write powerful and convincing accomplishment statements using your accomplishments inventory to strategically assemble the most relevant evidence of competency for a specific position. 5. Use the resume skills tier method to strengthen your resume. 6. Write summary sections and objective statements aligned to a job position. 7. Take advantage of web resources to find power language for your resume. 8. Produce a strong resume in a format that is suitable both to your background and the position you're interested in. 9. Produce strong cover letters that use A.I.D.A. to help you achieve your career goals. 10. Produce effective follow-up letters that help you stand out from the competition....

Top reviews

Jul 15, 2020

Very beneficial for professionals into career coaching, training, and teaching professional course students

May 20, 2016

I really liked this course because it is very specific, shows very good examples and provides practical resources.

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By Sajjad I

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May 13, 2023

great experience! thank you.

By fatima

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Apr 12, 2021

had an amazing experience

By 229X1A33B7 M M U

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Dec 21, 2023

good explanations

By Leena B

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Oct 12, 2020

good course

By 221814101040 V B

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Oct 7, 2020

Very good

By Patcharin L

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Oct 10, 2020

Have fun

By Nada S

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Apr 11, 2021

thanks

By 229X1A3232 C R V M R

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Dec 17, 2023

nice

By Dibyasree B

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May 24, 2022

good

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May 18, 2022

good

By AHMADRAZA S

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Mar 28, 2022

good

By NISHA U

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Feb 5, 2022

best

By Asbuna

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Oct 14, 2020

good

By Rusyda M

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Oct 6, 2020

Good

By Nirav N

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Mar 10, 2023

By Javier M R

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Oct 22, 2021

It provides great ideas and lots of examples and good material to make good Resumes and CVs, but it is very oriented to the U.S.A. market and it is difficult to complete the tasks on time due to lack of peer material to review.

By Maria M A

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Oct 24, 2022

Peer review doesn't really work. Most students don't submit real assignments.

By Angelo C D

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Aug 2, 2023

Challenging yet rewarding. Grading system errors

By HUZAIF U R

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Sep 8, 2025

Great course

By May

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Aug 17, 2021

Useful but the way the instructor presents the lectures can be more creative.

By Hasnain

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Jun 21, 2022

It was comprehensive learned key markers of resume designing

By Maria S

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Feb 24, 2021

I am not planning on completing this course. I went through the material for the first week and did not find it useful at all. In fact, I found it quite demoralizing. I also found the required exercises absolutely too invasive and personal to submit and share with complete strangers, so that is why I do not plan to continue.