resume analysis

LING 305 RESUME ANALYSIS Project #2 Assignment: For this assignment, you will analyze two resumes for Content, Organization,

Language, Format, and Community Values (COLFV).

You will need to bring a resume of an individual who is currently working in a field related to your major. Use the tools in class and on Blackboard to find appropriate resumes.

You will need to bring two (2) copies of the resume you choose.

Next, you will analyze the resume that you provided, and you will analyze a resume you receive from a classmate. Discuss these resumes using COLFV.

Written Analysis:

1. Introduce your topic in a way that provides a bridge between your audience and yourself. Your audience is your instructor and classmates. You need to state the reason for the assignment, introduce authors of both resumes, determine their audiences, and describe the community values that their audiences might have.

2. Select one resume and analyze it in detail with respect to COLFV. Then, look at the second resume and discuss its COLFV by comparing/contrasting it with the first resume. When you compare both resumes, you need to provide explanations why they would differ or be similar (based on audience expectations and community values). Attach copies of both resumes to the back of your analysis.

3. Summarize your findings and make general statements about resume as a genre.

Two copies of a resume is due in class An outline of your Resume Analysis is due on Blackboard The Resume Analysis (including the two resumes for the analysis) is due in class

Monday Wednesday Friday

Week 7 Feb 29 - 4

Job Ad Resume Analysis Prompt

Proof of Interview Due Thank You Note Due

Week 8 Mar 7 - 11

Bring two copies of a Sample Resume to Class (use the link on Blackboard to find your sample)

RESUME ANALYSIS DUE before class

Profile Due

Week 9 Mar 14 - 18

RESUME EXPERT bring your personal resume & cover letter to class (tailored for the job advertisement you selected)

Resume & Cover Letter Due

Week 10 Mar 21 - 25

Start Unit 3 Project #2 Due!! ( Final Drafts of Profile, Resume, & Cover Letter)

Break X X X

LING 305 RESUME ANALYSIS Project #2 Resume Analysis Grading Rubric

Sample resumes attached ___ 5 POINTS

CONTENT (10 POINTS):

1. Authors of both resumes identified and audiences of both resumes discussed in detail and their expectations (community values) explained.

2. Differences/similarities between the resumes described, explained, and analyzed with respect to the concept of audience.

3. COLFV discussed in both resumes with relevant examples presented. 4. Relevant use of quoting. 5. Concluding remarks refer to findings made in the body of the paper and comment on the

usefulness of genre analysis and the COLFV model.

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ORGANIZATION ( 5 POINTS): 1. Analysis organized with an effective introduction, body, and conclusion. 2. Appropriate transitions are made between ideas, paragraphs, and amongst sentences. 3. Comparison/contrast is clearly structured so that reader may easily follow the discussion.

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LANGUAGE ( 5 POINTS):

1. Appropriate sentence structure used (no run-ons or fragments, appropriate use of coordination, subordination, and transitional phrases). 2. Appropriate use of parts of speech (verbs, nouns, adjective, adverbs). 3. Quoting correctly identified and punctuated. 4. Parallel structures maintained. 0__1__2__3___4___5___

Total points earned:________________ / 25 points