Targeted
Resume Assignment
For
the final portfolio course project assignment you will be submitting an
identified job advertisement, a targeted resume and a targeted cover letter
among other things. The assignment this week will get you started on the resume
and cover letter portions of the Week 8 final project. Keep in mind that
although you will be submitting the resume final draft (100 pts) and cover
letter (50pts) this week for graded homework, these two documents will also
need to be included in the portfolio Week 8.
Find
an advertisement for a position for which you will be qualified upon
graduation. Make sure you find a
position that includes the company name and standard mailing address (not just
a web address) as this information will be key in completing the cover letter
assignment (described in a separate document). Review the feedback you received
from your instructor earlier in the course and integrate comments for
improvements.
Make
sure the career objective and/or personal summary and focus of this revised
resume matches the qualifications in the advertisement you have selected.
Submit this final, targeted resume along with a copy of the advertisement in
one document to this week’s dropbox. See
rubric below.
Grading
Rubric for Targeted Resume
|
Content Item |
Brief Description |
Points Earned |
Point Value |
Contact
Information
|
Demographic information is complete and included |
10 |
|
Student has written a career objective or |
20 |
|
Education section is Graduation month and year |
20 |
|
A skills or |
10 |
||
|
Work Experience |
Company names, cities and states are mentioned The most recent experience is listed first, and Past tense is used for verbs in past positions |
30 |
|
|
General |
The most important information is placed at the The resume is balanced on the page and inviting Mechanical aspects (spelling, grammar) are |
10 |
|
Targeted
Cover Letter Assignment
Although
many jobs are applied for online today, there is still a need for a
professional cover letters in today’s job search. Sometimes for positions that are advertised
online, the employer asks for a cover letter to accompany the resume. Cover
letters are tools to introduce candidates to employers and also to give
additional information about job seekers. The bottom of page 105 in our text provides
ideas of what information needs to be found in each of the paragraphs of a
cover letter. Remember, this letter
should not tell your life’s story, but it should be targeted enough to an open
position that it encourages the reader to take a look at the accompanying
resume.
Write
a targeted cover letter for the position which you used to write your targeted
resume. Use formal business letter writing conventions, and make sure that the
information is balanced on the page and correctly written. See Figure 5-4 on
page 106 of our text for an example. Make sure you are using the name of the
company and the address of that company in this business letter.
Grading
Rubric for Targeted Cover Letter
|
Content Item |
Brief Description |
Points Earned |
Point Value |
|
Letter Focus
|
Letter is in response to advertisement and |
20 |
|
|
Letter Format
|
Letter follow suggested three-part format found |
20 |
|
Letter
|
Letter contains all the |
10 |
