Assignment Overview
Compose and complete an effective cover letter and résumé for a position in which you are currently qualified for or will be qualified for once you graduate. You may visit one of the following websites, and identify a position that interests you. Indeed.com, Linkedin.com, and Careerbuilder.com are excellent employment resources that include job listings that can be filtered by type, location, and qualifications.
The position you select will serve as the focus of your cover letter and résumé.
Assignment Guidelines
For the Cover Letter:
Use Chapter 15 and the resources located in the module to complete this assignment. The video titled 5 Steps to an Incredible Cover Letter (Links to an external site.)should be your primary guide for writing your cover letter; you will be graded on whether your letter meets these five steps.
Use a simple business letter template from either Word, Pages, or GoogleDocs. This will help ensure that your cover letter is formatted professionally (i.e. uses appropriate address formatting, spacing, etc.).
Ensure that you use appropriate spelling, grammar, and capitalization in your writing and that you follow the writing guidelines learned in the course: clear, concise, correct writing that is audience-centered, and has a conversational tone.
For the résumé:
Use the UC Berkeley PDF (Links to an external site.) in the Module for guidelines on how to organize and format your résumé. It’s best to select a simple layout. The use of text boxes and colors often results in a résumé not making it past the resume scanning process (Links to an external site.) that most organizations use.
Select a résumé layout that is best for your level of skills, knowledge, and experience (i.e. functional, skill-based, or combination).
Adapt your résumé so that it focuses on the position you’ve researched and selected.
Submission Guidelines
Please submit the cover letter and résumé as one document uploaded to Canvas. There is no requirement that you submit your writing to Smarthinking for this assignment unless you are interested in their feedback. As long as you use the Berkeley PDF and the 5 Steps Video, you’ll experience success in this assignment.
Rubric: 40 Points
Exemplary (36 to 40 Points): The cover letter clearly follows the 5 Steps to a Great Cover Letter guidelines, is formatted professionally, and is free of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. The resume clearly follows the guidelines outlined in the Berkeley PDF, is formatted professionally, and is free of is free of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.
Good (30 to 36 Points): The cover letter follows most, but not all of the 5 Steps to a Great Cover Letter guidelines, is formatted professionally, and may have one or two errors related to spelling, grammar, or punctuation. The resume follows the guidelines outlined in the Berkeley PDF for the most part, is formatted professionally, and may have one or two errors in spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
Developing (<30 Points): The student has not reviewed and implemented guidelines from the 5 Steps Video and/or the Berkeley PDF. There may more than a few errors related to spelling, grammar, or punctuation. The cover letter and/or resume may not be formatted professionally
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