Assignment:

This assignment will help you develop your resume and cover letter to use when applying for an internship, part-time, or full-time positions.

1. Locate a position you would apply for in the next six months or an internship that is related to your current work experience, major, and career interests. You can use Career Coach to find a position. Copy and paste the job posting to a Word document and attach it to the submission link.
2. Create a resume and cover letter tailored to the position mentioned above.

Note: A resume builder is provided in Career Coach as a template (you can also search for other templates online or create your own), and a Career Advisor is available on campus.

Discussion:

Write a brief description of an experience when someone shared negative news with you in person or in writing. How was it presented? How was it delivered? How did it make you feel? After all this time, how do you still feel about it?

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Write a brief description of an experience when you shared negative news with someone in person or in writing. How did you present it? How did you deliver it? How did you feel, and what was your perception of how it was received? How do you feel about it now? How do you perceive the recipient of the negative news may feel about it today?

Initial posts are to be 3-4 paragraphs in length. Responses to students should be 1-2 paragraphs in length. Support your responses with resources (i.e., the OER textbook, articles, videos, etc.). Initial posts are due by Friday, December 2 at 11:59 pm.

Assignment:

The next section of your Career Development Portfolio involves creating four professional letters:

• Letter accepting a job offer
• Letter declining a job offer
• Letter requesting a time extension.
• Letter of resignation (from your current employer)

For this assignment:

• Advanced Draft Project #2 for Peer Review (Graded Activity) Return to This Location to Provide Detailed Peer Review Feedback to Your Assigned Projects by Thursday, Dec. 1
• Advanced Draft Project #2 for Peer Review (Graded Activity) Return to This Location to Provide Detailed Peer Review Feedback to Your Assigned Projects by Thursday, Dec. 1
• Advanced Draft Project #2 for Peer Review (Graded Activity) Return to This Location to Provide Detailed Peer Review Feedback to Your Assigned Projects by Thursday, Dec. 1
• Advanced Draft Project #2 for Peer Review (Graded Activity) Return to This Location to Provide Detailed Peer Review Feedback to Your Assigned Projects by Thursday, Dec. 1
• • You will need to refer to the job posting shared in an earlier module.
  • You can choose between an email format (with a professional subject line) or the proper business format (with headings included).
  • Research the name of the Hiring Manager/HR Manager. If that information is not provided, please provide a fictional name. If you choose the proper business format option, please include the actual address of the company.
  Assignment:

  This week, you will participate in a mandatory (and graded) peer review session for essay Project #2. Thank you to everyone who uploaded an advanced draft of the project!Prior to 11:59 p.m. ET, Thursday, Dec. 1, you will have the opportunity to read, review and respond to two essays provided by other students in the class. Here is the list of assigned names/projects for this activity:

  • Layne reads and reviews the advanced drafts of Stephanie and Paris.
  • Stephanie reads and reviews the advanced drafts of Paris and Denise.
  • Paris reads and reviews the advanced drafts of Denise and Layne.
  • Denise reads and reviews the advanced drafts of Layne and Stephanie.

  Please offer detailed paragraph-by-paragraph feedback to each part of each advanced draft assigned to you, describing what the writer is doing well (and why) and what might benefit from another round of revision (and why). The “and why” is especially important to the writer! All peer review work needs to be completed and uploaded to this location by Thursday, Dec. 1. Thank you for the guidance and input you’ll offer others in this activity! Grade points are for on-time postings of required documents and required feedback. Late or partial postings and/or participation will not qualify for the points connected to peer review (up to 5 points).