Resume and Job Letter

The first major assignment you would have to do is the resume and job letter.  For those who have been keeping up with a resume, you have a good advantage.  This is because you will not have to put all your work experiences together at this time, it’s already done.  It is also a big advantage because you have the experience of writing a resume already.  This assignment will help you tremendously in seeking a job after college.    

First, you have to decide on what profession you will be applying for.  It could be one you plan to actually work in one day. It could also just be a career you pick for this assignment.  This is because you may not have decided on what profession you truly want to be in yet.  You should then collect information about the company or position you are seeking for this assignment.  You also need to specifically find a person or department that will be handling your resume.    You also need to find an example of a resume in your profession.  After you have completed all of these tasks, you will be able to write your resume, job letter, and thank you letter.

The resume you create will be based off your example resume you found in the profession you chose.  You are using this as a guide because it is a resume that is appropriate for your profession.  The resume should first contain some basic personal information as in your name, address, university you attended, etc.  You then need to put your work experience in the order of the most present to the oldest one.  If you do not have a lot of work experience or even none, use some related coursework.  My resume is based on a retail buyer’s resume.  It contains specific job descriptions that relates to this profession.  I have also made use of the entire page.  You should not leave so much white space on your resume.  I also kept it organized by using a consistent format and font.  I did not want to clutter the page up.  The employer that reads your resume wants to have something easy look at.  They will have plenty of resumes to go through so your resume should not be something hard to read.  It could easily be thrown aside. 

The job letter is a professional letter to the specific employer that will be reading your resume.  It should contain research about the company.  You want to let the employer know what position you are applying for.  The job letter should also highlight some of your qualifications that will help you excel in this position.  It should also have a little bit of weakness that you can explain on how it will work towards this position.  The weakness could be something that will be improved by getting that particular position.  The end of the letter should also contain a “call to action.”  This is just a few statements containing when you be in contact with them again and make sure your information is correct.

The last part of this assignment is a thank you letter.  This is simply to be professional and show that you are truly interested in the job.  You should remind them who you are. It should have anything in the interview that you feel that will make you stand out or need to be clarified.

I want to strongly advise you to use all the resources given to you and make sure you have a good editing strategy.

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Resume

Job Letter

Thank You Letter

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