Today’s Plan:
- Community Engagement Project Timeline
- Job Search Project Overview
- A Tentative Schedule
Community Engagement Project Timeline
I have updated the Canvas assignment for the Community Engagement work. My plan is to provide feedback on all of that work before Monday’s class.
Job Search Project Overview
Between now and the end of the semester, I want to focus our attention on applying for jobs. Of course this means we will generate/revise resumes and cover letters. But, additionally, I want to help you locate, read, and analyze job advertisements. We’ll whip out the Brumberger and Lauer coding scheme one more time to both rhetorically analyze job advertisements and generate language for your resumes and cover letters.
For instance, think through the community engagement projects you are doing right now. How many codes can you ascribe to the work you are doing?
Let’s look a bit at job/internship searching.
A Tentative Schedule
Monday, Nov 15th: Final work day with Community Engagement Teams. Homework: Revise your Community Engagement Project. Polish up and submit a resume draft to Canvas.
Wednesday, Nov 17th: Revising Resumes–focus on content (note: I am assuming you can come to this class session with a resume. If you don’t have one already, then it is time to make one; the project is designed to address how to *revise* resumes). Why you need two different versions of your resume (plain text and polished design). Why polished design does not mean wacky Microsoft template. Homework: finish up revising your Community Engagement Project.
Friday, Nov 19th: Cover letter crash course. Homework over Thanksgiving break: find two job advertisements OR internship opportunities. Use B&L’s coding scheme on those advertisements to identify as many codes your job materials need to address as possible. Over break, draft a cover letter for one of these positions.
Monday, Dec 2nd: Peer-review cover letters. Homework: revise cover letters based on peer feedback.
Wednesday, Dec 4th: Shall we wrestle with Linkedin? Revising resumes-focus on design.
Friday, Dec 6th: Peer review resumes.
During exam week: you will submit your resume and cover letter to me. I will also distribute a short course reflection survey.
