Originally posted by micromacro She does have portfolio on her site. That's not a problem. The issue is how to contact agencies abroad in English. I can write cover letter as well, however, cover letter is not for education, skills, publications, awards list. There are tons of resumes with all that list, are they useless really?
Resume writing is an art in itself. I own a small engineering consulting form, so I spend a LOT of time reading and writing resumes.
The best thing to do, is figure out what she wants to accomplish with a resume. What kind of job is she looking for? Then, find common job postings, or other people that are doing the job, and look for the keywords that are associated with the job. So much recruiting is done through resume databases these days, in ALL industries. You want a resume to be simple and straightforward. Expect that these days, every job will have at least 50 competitors. When starting through resumes, recruiters and people in charge of hiring will search through databases with keywords and phrases. If you don't optimize your keywords like you would on a webpage, they will have to hunt for them, and chances are they won't take the time.
'General' reusmes are about useless these days, except for keeping on a webpage in your 'about me' section, and keep those informal.
If you want any more tips, you can PM me. I've written/tweaked about 100 resumes since the new year, if you're wondering.