How can I improve my resume and cover letters?

Learn the skills

• Job seeker seminars – Practical advice for improving your resume and cover letter writing skills
  
  
• Postgraduate careers seminars – MPA and MRGS exPERT series.

Use our resources

Cover letters

• What do you put in a cover letter? (transcript)
  • flash video 37mb
  • quicktime .mp4 39mb
    
    
• How to write a cover letter (.doc, 687kb) (.pdf, 262kb)
  
  
• Samples
• Graduate (.doc, 665kb) (.pdf, 189kb)
  
  
• Medicine (.doc, 29kb) (.pdf, 9.37kb)
  
  
• Pharmacy Intern (.doc, 29.5kb) (.pdf, 37.4kb)
  
  
• Pharmaceutical Science (.doc, 28.5kb) (.pdf, 66.9kb)
  
  
• Social Work (.doc, 29kb) (.pdf, 9.91kb)
  
  
• Volunteering [job advert and cover letter] (.doc, 33.0kb) (.pdf,14.6kb)
  
  
• Checklist (.doc, 699kb) (.pdf, 814kb)

Resumes

• Your resume... will it open doors for you? (transcript)
  • flash video 57mb
  • quicktime 59mb
    
    
• How to write your resume (.doc, 696kb) (.pdf, 210kb)
  
  
• Build your resume in Career Gateway
  
  
• Samples
  • Academic (.doc, 677kb) (.pdf, 442kb)
    
    
  • Biology (.doc, 53.5kb) (.pdf, 20.8kb)
    
    
  • Casual (.doc, 676kb) (.pdf, 424kb)
    
    
  • Engineering (.doc, 48kb) (.pdf, 21.2kb)
    
    
  • Graduate (.doc, 676kb) (.pdf, 437kb)
    
    
  • Information Technology (.doc, 69.0kb) (.pdf, 23.8kb)
    
    
  • Law (.doc, 55kb) (.pdf, 25.4kb)
    
    
  • Medicine (.doc, 72.4kb) (.pdf, 29.2kb)
    
    
  • Music (.doc, 77kb) (.pdf, 114kb)
    
    
  • Nursing (.doc, 75.5kb) (.pdf, 27.3kb)
    
    
  • Performing Arts (.doc, 646kb) (.pdf, 108kb)
    
    
  • Pharmacy Intern (.doc, 62.0kb) (.pdf, 21.5kb)
    
    
  • Pharmaceutical Science (.doc, 65.5kb) (.pdf, 22.9kb)
    
    
  • Postgraduate (.doc, 688kb) (.pdf, 388kb)
    
    
  • Professional (.doc, 694kb) (.pdf, 399kb)
    
    
  • Volunteering (.doc, 43kb) (.pdf, 33kb)
  
  
• Checklist (.doc, 707kb) (.pdf, 837kb)
  

Career Libraries

• Books and videos on resume and cover letter writing available from our campus offices.

Get feedback from a careers consultant

Drop-in service

• Visit according to the schedule below, no appointment needed
• Any changes will be highlighted in red

• Bring a printed copy of your resume or cover letter with you
• During busy periods only one document per student, per visit will be checked

E-mail

You must:

• Use your Monash University student e-mail address
• Type in the body of your e-mail the following details:
  • First name and family name
  • Monash student ID number
  • Details of the job you are applying for (E.g. Key selection criteria, position type, organisation, full or part-time work...)
• Attach your resume or cover letter as a word file
• Send to resumes@careers.monash.edu.au.

We will:

• Compare your resume or cover letter against a multi-point checklist
• Send you the completed checklist via email
• Try to send you feedback within three Monash working days
• Check two documents per student per semester.

Contact us

Tel: + 61 3 9905 3151
Email: Marie.Sutton@adm.monash.edu.au