Careerbuilder’s MSN site has several resources available to utilize for your resume and job search including:

Résumé Samples

Cover Letter Templates (Careerbuilder’s link goes directly to Office Templates)

Cover Letter Q & A

Q. How long should my cover letter be?
A. Generally, cover letters should be one page in length. This is true for approximately 90 percent of all cover letters.

There may be instances, however, when one page is not enough. If you believe that the information you are including in your letter is essential information that is not communicated in your résumé, go ahead and prepare a two-page letter. But be sure that everything you’ve included is vital to favorably presenting yourself to a company or recruiter.

Two-page letters are most frequently used by the following types of job seekers: career changers, industry changers, senior executives, scientists andtechnologists, people seeking government jobs and people seeking university and academic appointments.

6 Serious Résumé Blunders

1. Forgetting the Employer

2. Not using keywords

3. Using an objective instead of a career summary

4. Not proofreading

5. Lying

6. Not keeping up appearances

HOW TO: Find a Job on Twitter by Mashable

11 Twitter Tips – Job Search in 140 characters by ZDNet

50+ Employers that are recruiting on Twitter by Job-Hunt.org

TwitterJobSearch.com

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Everyone knows Monster and CareerBuilder, but there are some other job search engines that are flying under the radar for most job seekers. Here’s a list to explore.

Monster – Most popular job search engine in the world.

CareerBuilder – One of the most well known job sites started in 1995. Sends you job recommendations based on your resume and your previous job searches. Job recommendations listed on their site show how many applicants and rate how good a fit the job listed is for you.

Indeed – Job listing aggregator that searches through job boards, classifieds, company job sites. You do not apply directly through Indeed, instead it gets you the link to the job posting.

Craigslist – More and more employers are using craigslist to reach out to applicants, but there still are scammers using the site to advertise strange “job offers.” This page lists some signs to spot a scam on craigslist. The article is a bit lengthy, but contains a lot of useful information.

Also, if you are willing to relocate or want to search across multiple craigslist locations, use CraigZoom

LinkedIn – Create a LinkedIn Profile including your job history, contacts/former colleagues who can recommend you and a search engine for jobs put up by other LinkedIn members.

LinkUp – Searches through over 20,000 company job websites.

SimplyHired – Job listing aggregator. Searches job postings throughout the web including those on social networking sites.

Beyond – You can search by network or locate.

JobFox – Fill out a questionnaire and they will match job in their database with your experience.

Idealist – Job site for non-profit organizations.

Search.io – Searches and organizes across multiple job sites through tabs. Including: Monster, Hotjobs, Jobs.com, Indeed, CareerBuilder, SimplyHired, Smashing Jobs, FreshWeb Jobs, Slashdot Jobs and Myspace Jobs.

Harness the power of Firefox add-ons to search for jobs.

TwitterJobSearch.com – a job search engine for Twitter by Marcin Rosinski

The world’s first job search engine to harness the power of Twitter.

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Indeed Job Search by Indeed.com

Experimental Add-On

Add Indeed Job Search to the Search Engine menu of your Firefox browser. After installing it, just select “Indeed Job Search” from the Search Engine menu in your Firefox browser. Type any keywords and a location and press Enter.

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