Assigned: Wednesday, January 23
Due: Monday, January 28
Option 1: Letterhead Design Create a letterhead for yourself that you can use for the employment project and/or for your class projects in 421.
Option 2: Resume Evaluation Imagine your boss has authorized you to hire a summer intern. Create an applicant pool by collecting at least two resumes from new graduates in your field (you can use friends' resumes if you want, or look on the web).
Then write an email (one page, max) to your boss recommending which candidate to interview. Your memo should provide a justification based on the "applicants" resumes and show some thought about the degree of formality to use in your emai.
Also, remember that hiring decisions are subject to EEOC oversight, so you'll want to think carefully about what NOT to put in writing.
Be sure to turn in the resumes with your email.
Variant: Those of you interested in graduate school or assistant professor jobs may substitute graduate school applications or cvs.
(this assignment was proposed by Joey S, a student in Fall 2005).
Option 3: Career Website Evaluation
This option is not especially sexy, but you may find it helpful in doing the project assessment for the Employment Project.
Search at least three career websites you haven't used before. Identify at least one that is useful to someone in your situation (education or MET major, relocating to Chicago, etc.) and one that is not.
In a brief memo to me, identify the useful site(s) and the less useful site(s) and explain your thinking. You may find it easiest to explain how you searched and what your search results were.