Resume and cover letter

JTC 300 Professional and Technical Communication Resume & Cover letter (50 points)

Address your cover letter to the appropriate person at a company for which you would like to work. Pick a specific job with a company that is available in your area of expertise. This assignment serves your best interests if you perform some research and aim at a real, existing opening. Make your case in your cover letter.

· The cover letter should include professional, complete and clearly stated contact info for you and the company you are applying to

· Identify the specific job title of interest in the first or second paragraph

· Include pertinent information that isn’t expressed in the résumé

· Coordinate your work experience/background with the job description

· Include an expression of thanks in the last paragraph

· Include a call to action or statement that creates expectation of next steps in the last paragraph

For this course assignment, your resume must be limited to one page. You may list references on a second page, or write “references available upon request” centered at the bottom of the first page.

· Contact information should be professional, complete, and clearly presented

· Contains a work experience section where each position has the title, company, dates, functional/task bullet points and results/accomplishment bullet points.

· Contains an education section with degree type, name, anticipated graduation date, and (if necessary), relevant coursework

· Writing throughout remains clear, concise, complete and accurate

· Functional bullet points start with action verbs (past tense for previous jobs, present tense for current jobs)

· Consistent punctuation, font style, sizes and treatment maintained throughout

· Information presented in complete, concrete terms (avoid the verb work … specify)

· Integrate tangible results wherever possible:

Received academic scholarship = Awarded $2,000 scholarship for maintaining 3.6 GPA

Helped customers at restaurant = Assisted an average of 60 customers an hour

Directed others on job = Managed a team of five and reallocated efforts as needed

We are looking for two documents on separate pages – a one-page cover letter and a one-page resume. The total assignment is worth 50 points.