Career Management- CDEV8130

Assignment 3: My Resume and Cover Letter

2021-2022 Academic Year

Worth 35% of Final Grade and is comprised of two parts

Due Date

Part 1 of this assignment is due by the end of module nine and will be worth 15%

Part 2 of this assignment is due by the end of module ten and will be worth 20%

Purpose

Your polished resume and cover letter will serve to market your skills to employers.

Explanation of tasks

This assignment will be divided into two parts.

The first part of the assignment asks you conduct an analysis of a job posting, then you will tailor your resume and cover letter to that job posting.

The second part of this assignment asks you to incorporate feedback to finalize your resume and cover letter.

Prior to completing the tasks, be sure to review the attached rubrics.

Student Name: Student Number:

List of Activities

Part One Instructions Submit to Dropbox

Follow these instructions to submit your materials to the Assignment Submission Folder. All of your materials must be submitted in a single word document.

Module 7: My Job Posting and Job Posting Analysis chart

My Job Posting

Copy and paste your selected posting in the space below. Using the highlighter, highlight as many keywords or phrases that indicate what the employer is looking for.

My Skills and Qualifications Matched to the Job Posting

Using the job posting you selected, paste the responsibilities and qualification requirements into this table, then add your own examples to evidence how your skills and abilities against what the employer is seeking in their new hire. To help you identify your own skills and qualifications, go back to your first assignment and review your experiences.

Responsibilities from the posting:	My examples:
Qualifications from the job posting	My examples:

Module 8: My Work/Volunteer Inventory and My Resume

My Inventory

In module 8, the emphasis was on analyzing job postings to tailor your resume. Now that you are writing your resume, it can be helpful to craft an inventory of your history including work and volunteer experience, and education. This inventory allows you to quickly access the information you need to tailor your resume. Each and every resume you write will be tailored to the job! Youve already begun to complete the work! In your first assignment you documented your collection of experiences so, youve already done much of the work to build the content of your resume.

My Work Experiences

Enter each employment and volunteer experience at a time, so that under each position, you can include your accomplishments (accomplishment statements - job duties/actions). Continue to add each experience until you have a full list of all the things you have done - Dont for get to include all of the activities you have done, including work and volunteer. . Add as many as needed.

Job Title	Where I did it (company and location)	What did you do? 3 accomplishment statements (job duties/actions)	When I did it

Module 9: Matching the Job Posting to Your Cover Letter, Writing your Cover Letter Chart

Matching the Job Posting to Your Cover Letter

Using the same job posting you found in module eight, use the table below to pull company information and qualification requirements. Next, fill in the two boxes on the right with specific information to match your cover letter to the job posting.

Company Information	How I connect to them?
Qualifications from the job posting	My examples:

Writing your Cover Letter3 paragraph method

Using the module as an example craft the three distinct paragraphs of your cover letter.

Talk About Them!
Talk About You!
Ask!

My References

Name of Person	Where We Worked /Supervised me	Examples of my work they can speak to (skills/performance)