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Your resume is the ticket to a career
It's all about you: How to make your experiences, education, skills, and interests beat out the competition.

Reworking a resume
A before and after view of how to fix a resume from a group of career experts.

Resume should convey strengths
Each of your roles and organizations added unique expertise to your skills and your résumé needs to address not only your areas of responsibility, but what you learned.

Winning resumes
BostonWorks columnist Elaine Varelas chatted with readers about what employers really look for in a resume.

Age bias charges difficult to prove
Since age discrimination is extremely difficult to prove, emphasize only the last 15 years on your resume and exude a youthful energy when necessary. Also: Chasing down job references... Torn between two recruiters.


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	These articles are from BostonWorks in The Boston Sunday Globe and other sources, as noted. For some "Job Doc" and "Out in the Field" articles, scroll down to see the specific item of interest.
	RÉSUMÉS Highlight key areas of expertise Put best spin on resume Include military service on résumé to cover gap Job Doc: Skills offer advantage in looking for a job Back to basics: sharpen job-search tools now Getting prepared for a job search Pulling together a career portfolio Know what facts to include, and exclude, on résumé Résumé writers bring professionalism to field Build support, repackage skills on way to success Accounting for gap on résumé Short work history hurting search? Failed start-up need not negatively affect résumé Crafting résumé for interim job Building a résumé for 50-year career Résumé glut demands guerrilla tactics Career counselor could help explain gap in work history		COVER LETTERS First sentence is key Crafting effective cover letters Try writing fewer, better cover letters