Résumé Stuff

Syllabus Quiz

Syllabus quiz will be on Wednesday.

Résumé Essay Requirements (DUE Feb. 7tht)

• Four full pages (word processed, 1-inch margins, 12pt font)

• Briefly state what you want from a hypothetical or real job

• Explain your background--educational and professional--to your audience (me)

• Extremely Important:  Convince the audience that you're the ideal candidate for the position.

By "convince" I mean make an argument for your being hired.

With a partner, please look at the following résumé examples and critique them based on your readings for today:

Résumé Examples

Bad, Better, Alternative (remember, the alternative is to be used if you need more space).

Here’s a link to Peter Profit’s cover letter.

Some Questions

• What's the purpose of a cover letter?
• What's the purpose of a résumé?
• How does one show he or she is the ideal candidate?

In case I haven't said it enough, you should aim to show, not tell in your cover letters and, where possible, in your résumés.

Career-Related Study

Technology Journal

Don't forget about the "Technology Journal." I have five prompts for you to write about this term. This week's prompt is up (as are all the others), so please take a look.

Don't Forget--Your Cover Letters and Résumés are now due on Tuesday (2/14).