Improving Your Career Readiness & Application Materials

A well-crafted resume and cover letter are essential for any successful job or internship application. To assist students in creating professional and polished documents, the Center for Professional Success has developed a comprehensive list of resources to empower students’ career readiness. This webpage provides users access to resources and examples to help students increase their career readiness.

Increase Your Employability:

Please explore the resources below to strengthen your application materials and make a lasting impression:

Resume Development & Refinement Resources:

• Resume Best Practices & Resources Toolkit
• Resume Template
• Social Work Resume Examples

Interview Preparation Resources:

• Interviewing Best Practices & Resources Toolkit - Social Work Edition

Cover Letter Resources:

• Cover Letter Best Practices & Resources Toolkit

Finalize Your Resume:

Recognizing that students often have limited time to schedule resume critique appointments, the center created a new asynchronous resume critique service. Through the College of Humanities & Social Sciences (CHSS) Resume Ready Service, students can submit a copy of their resume and receive feedback through their Rowan University email address.

Complete the steps listed below to submit your resume for the CHSS Resume Ready Service:

1. Resume Preparation: Students must proactively review the following resources to update their resume as best they can before submitting it for approval. Specific resources students must review include the following:
   1. Resume Best Practices & Resources Toolkit: This file explains each section of a student’s resume and includes examples and resources for how students can improve upon this document. Examine the examples located on pages 5 and 6 of this document and use these resumes as a benchmark to update your own document.
   2. Resume Template: Students who are unsatisfied with their current resume or who have used templates from Microsoft Word, Google Sheets, or Canva can utilize the listed template to create a new resume.
2.  Resume Submission: After completing the actions from step 1 listed above, students will submit their updated resume as a Microsoft Word or PDF document to be critiqued by completing the following Google Form.
3. Resume Feedback: Within 7 business days of submission, students will receive an email to their Rowan University account containing feedback on how to enhance their resume. Students are then responsible for updating their resumes based on this feedback.

Scheduling an Appointment:

To schedule an appointment with the Center for Professional Success through the Rowan Success Network (RSN), please follow the steps listed below:

1. Login into your RSN account through the following website.
2. After logging in, please type “CHSS Center for Professional Success” in the search bar, and arrive at the “CHSS Center for Professional Success” homepage. 
3. Review the list of center team members and select a team member to schedule an appointment with by reviewing their biography, office hours, and availability. 
4. On the team members’ homepage, click “Schedule Appointment,” where you can select a specific time and date for your desired appointment. 
5. After you select the best time for your schedule, please read and verify all of the information on the screen and add whatever information you would like the team member to know before your visit into the text box on the right side of the screen.