Résumé and Cover Letters

This assignment is in two parts:

• Part I: Find two potential jobs that might interest you.

        1st: Web Designing

        2nd: Internet marketing

• Part II: Write a cover letter for each one of the potential jobs and write a résumé.

Part I

First, using the Internet, find two potential jobs that might interest you. One of the positions must contain a vague job description and the other must contain a very specific job description. Feel free to go to sites such as www.dice.com or www.monster.com. Copy and paste these two different job descriptions into a Microsoft Word Document.

Part II

Next, write a cover letter for each one of the potential jobs. Make sure each is written in a way that best matches the type of job description in the advertisement. Finally, write your résumé.

Post the job descriptions, cover letters, and résumé in a Microsoft Word document to this Discussion Area.

By the end of the week, review at least two other classmates’ documents and discuss the following using this Discussion Area:

• If this résumé were placed on your desk, would you likely invite the person for an interview?
• Do the cover letters adequately address the unique needs of each job description?
• Are all of the materials free from typographical and grammatical errors?

Criteria for grading

Quality of initial posting

Writing mechanics, ( spelling, grammar, APA format) and information literacy