Monday 1/21

  • No class - Official University Holiday

Wednesday 1/23

  • Review Information on Resumes.
  • Read discussion of resumes on PWOnline
  • Read "Skeptical Resume Reader Tells How He Really Thinks"
  • Read this resume advice to students
  • Read about resume design on Purdue's Online Writing Lab
  • Work on tailoring your resume to the job you're applying to. *You will need to bring a copy of your resume to class next week for peer workshops.
  • Resume Extravaganza (in-class) :
    • Open the file below, and read through all the resumes in no more than 10 minutes.
    • As you read, pay attention to where you are looking on the resumes and how you are evaluating them.
    • Choose 5 people you would call for an interview at a hypothetical company.
    • In a blog entry tagged with the "Blog 3" tag, list those five (by page number) and discuss the activity.
      • What aspects of the resumes stood out? Why did you choose the 5 you did?
      • How will this activity inform your own resume revision?
      • As you post, see which resumes are chosen repeatedly. Do the same ones emerge as favorites? Why or why not?

Friday 1/25

  • Post a Reading Response
  • Review The Rhetoric of the Job Application Letter in PWOnline
  • Read all sections on the Application Letter in PWOnline
  • Look at sample Application Letters in PWOnline
  • Boise State Cover Letter advice
  • Review the Cover Letter PowerPoint (attached below)
  • In-Class Group Exercise:
    • In groups of three to four students review the six resumes below according to:
      • Design Principles
      • Column and Quadrant Test
      • Rhetorical Features
    • Then rank the resumes 1 through 6 (with 1 being the highest/best)
    • Articulate your criteria and why the resumes (referencing specific form and
      content) were ranked the way they were. Keep in mind that these resumes
      are not all applying for the same position nor do they share the same
      qualifications or experiences. Address them primarily with regard to
      how they are composed and designed. Do so in a Word document that you
      hand in to me.

  • Work on your cover letter - you will need a finished draft next week.
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