essay
white _1990
Guise_1190_51.docx1190 Assignment Specifications
1190.51 50 Points Possible
Content Criteria
COVER LETTER FOR A POSITION IN A FIELD I AM PURSUING
1) Apply directly to an organization of your choice for a position.
2) Find a position suitable to your professional training.
3) Using the job posting as a template, indicate that you have the training and experience to qualify for the position.
4) Lead off with a reference that knows your qualifications if at all possible.
5) Write the letter focusing on the company’s point of view and needs.
6) Identification information must be prominently displayed. Make certain that the cover letter and resume information are identical.
7) Conclude your letter with specific information about how to contact you and when you would be available for an interview of follow up.
8) Search for information about the profession’s current practices in our library’s databases.
9) Use a Word Template for your format.
10) Submit your research in business letter format as 1190.51.
Editing Criteria
1. Identify an academic degree or job title in your letter, correctly punctuate it, and highlite it.
2. Identify two acronyms or abbreviations in your letter and highlite them.
3. Fragments, run-ons, and comma splices are edited into submission.
4. The writer has eliminated the use of the second person “you” in the writing of your essay and written up the research using third person.
5. Overall, there are fewer than five editing errors.
Submission Criteria
1. The length of the letter is a minimum or maximum of 1 page, single-spaced when printed in 12 point New Times Roman Font. No spaces between the paragraphs or unnecessary spacing around the title. I may scan and reprint the essays if there is any doubt about the length of the essay. If an essay is less than the prescribed length, the grade will be shortened. Short essays lead to short grades..
2. The completed essay should have less than five editing errors.
3. The editing features are identified with underline and bold as requested.
4. The references for information which you took from web sources and hard copy has been identified both in the body of your essay and in the Work Cited
5. At the end of the essay, after the page minimum, the following questions are to be answered:
a) What influenced you to select this topic?
b) What assistance did you have in creating the essay?
c) What assistance did you have in editing the essay?
d) Do you state that the above answers are true?
e) Are you aware that the consequence for dishonesty is a failing grade?
