The program helps them write crisp resumes, offers them interviewing tips and makes sure they know how to knot their ties properly.

Its 75 current active members work at computers writing resumes (one page only) and cover letters.

It provides job-hunting assistance, with help in conducting interviews, filling out applications, writing resumes and negotiating on the telephone.

The programs maintain contacts with possible employers, and trainees learn to write effective resumes and to conduct job searches.

Nowhere perhaps is there a more accurate barometer of the economy than in the offices of those who write resumes for a living.

In chapters across the country, the league is training single mothers how to use office equipment and how to write resumes.

On a recent morning in Miss Costa's English class, students were busy helping each other write resumes.

They are recycling briefs, memorandums, writing samples and resumes of rejected applicants.

But he also gets job training, coaching on how to write resumes and interview for jobs and information about job openings.

Participants write resumes, practice interview techniques and search for work.