Resumes Quick & Easy 5.0

Installation was quick and easy (no pun intended). Setup took less than five minutes, although you do have to register upon installation; you cannot opt to do it later. However, the only required fields on the registration form are first and last name.

Resumes Quick & Easy opens to a main menu with four primary features. The first section is Resumes, where you can choose from over a dozen different templates to build the right résumé for your personal goals. Whether you want to emphasize your education, your skills, or your professional experience, there is a template here that should work. Next, go to Cover Letters, where format choices include advertisement reply, broadcast letter, networking letter, offer acceptance, resignation letter, and more. The Contact Manager section is a central place to store the names and contact information of people who are helping you with your job search, or to whom you plan to reach out in the future. Contact Manager will also merge this information directly into your cover letters. Finally, use the Salary Finder section to enter your current position (or any job that you are considering) and your desired geographical area to get a sense of the pay scale involved.

These four areas comprise the main features of Resumes Quick & Easy. This program also offers an action word and prewritten-phrase database to assist with writer's block, or to avoid multiple word use.

Overall, we found Resumes Quick & Easy to be a helpful program for someone who needs a little extra assistance to create a polished and presentable résumé, and to get that résumé out there efficiently and professionally. Resumes Quick & Easy won't do all the work for you, but it certainly will save you some time. --Kendra Hayden

Amazon.com Product Description
Automatically create résumés and cover letters designed to help you get the job you want. Simply enter your experience, education, and job history through step-by-step guides. Choose from special layouts designed for different career fields including administrative, management, marketing, sales, and more. Your information is instantly inserted into professional layouts.

Add impact to your résumé with bullets, borders, and 12 different type fonts. Choose from thousands of action words and prewritten phrases. Select from 25 professionally designed résumé styles or create your own. Included are 100 sample résumés, covering most professions.

Get help with writing the perfect cover letter as well. Choose from hundreds of paragraphs written by experts for perfect letters or use one of the 100 sample letters included. Write high-impact cover letters, broadcast letters, thank you, or follow-up letters that get results. A full-featured word processor is included with spell checker, print preview, and thesaurus. It also works with your favorite word processor. Other features include a salary-range finder, contact manager, and fax and e-mail integration to make sending your résumé easier.