Resumes, Cover Letters and Personal Statements
Overview
In the previous assignment, you selected a job or graduate program to research. Now, you'll produce a resume or revise a current one, along with a cover letter. If you chose to research a graduate program, you will still produce a resume, but you'll work on a personal statement instead of a cover letter. We'll pay particular interest to the challenges that face college graduates who need to prepare a resume. Please read the resources carefully and look over the templates. I'll assess your work based on readability, design and content, as well as how you observe the guidelines below.
In the previous assignment, you selected a job or graduate program to research. Now, you'll produce a resume or revise a current one, along with a cover letter. If you chose to research a graduate program, you will still produce a resume, but you'll work on a personal statement instead of a cover letter. We'll pay particular interest to the challenges that face college graduates who need to prepare a resume. Please read the resources carefully and look over the templates. I'll assess your work based on readability, design and content, as well as how you observe the guidelines below.
Deliverables
Resume
You'll have an opportunity to read about and research resume writing, with particular attention to design, style and the way the document suits your goals. We will look closely at what employers expect and how to deal with the challenges that you might face when you make your first resume after college. Personal Statement
Some students plan on going to graduate school. Instead of a cover letter, you can write a personal statement for a graduate program that interests you. You have to select a specific program and find the personal statement directions, which you'll share with me. You'll also approach the Employment Research Project as a Graduate Program Research Project. |
Cover letter
The cover letter is what most employers read first. Job search experts say that employer spend only about thirty seconds looking at your cover letter before deciding whether to put yours in the "review" pile or the "no go" pile. We'll look at what employers expect, what the genre requires and how to present your experience. |