Resume & Cover Letters 2015

ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE

Students will learn to use Google Drive Documents for Personal Business by creating Letters of Recommendation, Letters to the Editor, and a Cover Letter and Resume.  Other worksheets and documents will be used to scaffold the assignments, and some basic research skills, and problem-solving skills will also be utilized.

STUDENTS MUST START BY READING ALL DIRECTIONS ON CLASS WEBSITE!

Students will participate in the discussion about the importance of a Resume and Cover Letter.  Students will create an individual Resume following the instructions on the class website.  Students will search for a job they are interested in and tailor a Cover Letter to the specific job posting.  They must copy and paste the job listing online into the Google Document for credit.  They may be called upon to “interview” for the position with a member of the staff at school.

 

RESUME & COVER LETTER PROJECT

Finally, we are at one of the most important lesson topics of the year.  Your resume and cover letter will be a living document.  That means that it will evolve and change over the course of your life depending on your experience, education, interests and job history.  All of these experiences will be added in a one-page summary of what you will bring to the table for a future employer.  Other organizations will also need to see a resume.

1. Resume (DEFINITION): 

Dictionary.com

re·su·me

² [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] Show IPA

noun

résumé.

ré·su·mé

[rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] Show IPA

noun

1.  a summing up; summary.

 

2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

Also, resume, re·su·mé.

Origin:
1795–1805;  < French,  noun use of past participle of résumer  to resume, sum up 

VISUAL THESARUS

2. Why Do You Need One?

 STYLE / CONTENT / SIZE

3. Resume Breakdown:

VIDEO 1 - Basic Resume

VIDEO 2 - "The Quick Resume & Cover Letter Video"
  

4. Resume Builder 

WEBSITE - READWRITETHINK.ORG Resume Builder

5. Cover Letter

Tailor IT!

6.  JOB SEARCH

Monster.com / Philly.com / Careerbuilder.com 

PRACTICAL EXERCISE:
1.  Using one of the websites above (Or any other website you like), find a job you are interested in.
     Email the link for the job to the instructor. (Copy& Paste Link into body of email). 




YOU MUST COPY THE ENTIRE JOB POSTING AND PASTE IT ONTO THE LAST FULL PAGE OF YOUR COVER LETTER.  YOU MUST FIND AND INCLUDE THE MAILING ADDRESS OF THE JOB PRIOR TO WRITING THE LETTER.
 
2.  You may create a resume for yourself using the Resume Builder on ReadWriteThink.org
3.  Re-Type or Cut&Paste your resume into a Google Drive Document.  You may use any template you like as a guide.
4.  Create a Cover Letter (Use the Letter of Recommendation format) for your RESUME for the job
     you have chosen.
5.  Save your Resume & Cover Letter as SINGLE file on Google DRIVE and email the link to your instructor.
6.  Cover Letter and Resume must be Single Spaced, Formatted to match examples below, and Times New Roman (11 or 12 font size only!)

YOU MUST SUBMIT ALL DOCUMENTS AS A GOOGLE DRIVE DOCUMENT.  

Grading Rubric:
20 pts - Emailed Link To Job to Instructor
120 pts - Resume (GOOGLE DOCUMENT) 
     10 pts - Title Block
     10 pts - Objective
     20 pts - Experience/Work History
     20 pts - Education
     20 pts - Other Skills / Additional Information
     20 pts - Grammar, Spelling, Layout
60pts - Cover Letter (Proper Format, Layout, Grammar, Spelling)

6.  EXAMPLES:

  
This is one of the most important assignments you can learn to create.  Good Luck!!

- Mr. S