
Writing for Applications
Get to know the CSUSM Career Center who can help you work on your application materials as well as navigating on and off-campus job searches. The Writing Center will also work with you one-on-one as you craft and revise your application materials.
Cover Letter
- CSUSM Writing Center - Cover Letter Sample (pdf)
- CSUSM Career Center - Cover Letter Tips (pdf)
- CSUSM Career Center - Get Your Resume and Cover Letter Noticed (Recording)
- Duke University
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Duke University - Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
- UC Davis - Curriculum Vitae for Humanities (pdf)
- UCSF - Sample Curriculum Vitae with Annotations (pdf)
- UMW - Developing an Academic Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Graduate School Applications
- CSUSM Writing Center - Personal Statement (pdf)
- CSUSM Writing Center - Personal Statements (recording)
- CSUCI Carreer Development - Personal Statement Examples (pdf)
Resume
- CSUSM Writing Center - Resume Example (pdf)
- CSUSM Career Center - Resume Tips (pdf)
- CSUSM Career Center - Resume Example (pdf)
- CSUSM Career Center - Action Verb List for Resumes (pdf)
- The Writing Center - Writing a Resume (pdf)
- Columbia University - Getting Started on a Resume (web)
Scholarship Essays
- CSUSM Writing Center - Personal Statement (pdf)
- CSUSM Writing Center - Personal Statements (recording)