Free Job Application Course: Resumes and Cover Letters

About this course

Improve the clarity of your job applications with this free collection of recruiter-led Google lessons. Learn how cover letters, resume summaries, relevant keywords and references help explain your qualifications. The course also considers career changes, employment gaps and interview preparation, with an emphasis on presenting accurate evidence rather than copying a generic application.

What you can learn

• Resume summaries
• Cover letters
• Relevant keywords
• References
• Career-change applications
• Resume formatting
• Interview preparation

Course at a glance

Inside the course

Start with cover-letter strategy and the purpose of references, then look at how recruiters encounter and assess a resume. The middle lessons develop summaries and relevant language. The final section addresses career transitions, interview skills and constructive ways to present gaps in experience. Short lesson lengths make the course suitable for reviewing one application at a time.

Try this learning exercise

Compare a sample vacancy with your current resume. Highlight genuine evidence for three requirements, rewrite your summary and draft a short cover-letter paragraph that explains the connection. Make a separate reference checklist and check that dates and qualifications are consistent.

How to follow the course

Choose a lesson from the list or search for a specific topic. Use Previous and Next to continue, and mark lessons complete as you go. Progress is saved in this browser without a WikiFree account.

Unavailable recordings are listed in Course content. Known lesson titles are retained; when the source hides a title or position, this is stated explicitly. Unavailable videos are not included in the video duration.

Free access, requirements and certificates

The selected public YouTube videos are free to watch. No paid subscription, payment card or examination is required for this video learning path. WikiFree organizes the public lessons for self-paced viewing; this listing does not include a Google certificate, graded assignment or instructor feedback.

Bring a draft resume or use a fictional example. No paid resume service is needed. The advice provides general application guidance and does not promise that a particular format will pass every employer's screening process.

Official Grow with Google playlist source ↗

Provider: Google. Videos play from the Grow with Google channel on YouTube.