English 420, Business Writing

Monday

• Introduce Employment Project
• Conduct Personal/Professional Interviews
• Introduce Job Skills Checklist

Before Wednesday complete:

• Complete "Job Skills Checklist" and fill out Job Skills Chart(skill/when or where developed/career relevance)
• Read pages 220-221 in The Thomson Handbook

Wednesday

• Discuss Job Skills Chart
• Discuss Reading Job Advertisements Rhetorically
• Introduce Internet Job Search Resources

Before Friday complete:

• Read The Thomson Handbook pages 222-231
• Find and bring printed copies of two job/intern advertisements for which you are qualified

Friday

• Job search discussion
• Discuss selected job ads with peers
• Introduction to resumes

For Wednesday (off Monday for MLK holiday):

• Begin Job Advertisement Analysis (due Wednesday 1/23)
• Complete Reading Response 2 by 5 p.m. on Monday, January 21 and respond to two of your classmates' posts by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, January 22
• Bring a copy of your current resume to class on Wednesday
• Read "The Skeptical Resume Reader"