Hand-addressing an envelope is fine, but if your handwriting is illegible, have someone else do it for you or print it on a computer.

If you are emailing your cover letter and resume, copy and paste the content into the body of the email and attach them as Word or RichText documents. Have a cutesy email address like adorablegal@gomail.com? Use a more sedate email address instead.

Stamp it, send it and keep the job search going!

Jackie Larson is a Texas-based writer, business and career consultant and the author of The FabJob Guide to Become a Party Planner. Photo © Lukasz Janicki/Fotolia