{"id":128,"date":"2019-08-13T17:02:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T17:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/tech-comm\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2023-09-29T18:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T18:25:47","slug":"resume-and-cover-letter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/writeprofessionally.org\/tech-comm\/assignments\/resume-and-cover-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Resumes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the most common assignments across the US involves teaching students to write resumes for future employment. Often these assignments include lessons on cover letters, interviews, elevator pitches, and\/or digital portfolios.\u00a0The project linked here<\/a>\u00a0focuses primarily on understanding the resume as a rhetorical document, one that can be crafted for a particular audience by first performing research on the potential employer, the industry, and the field at large.<\/p>\r\n

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Supplemental Exercises and Activities for the Resume Project<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

These three exercises help students develop a better understanding of how to research the job market, a particular industry, and a specific ad they think they\u2019d like to apply for. Many of these can also be used to help students think through purpose and audience, design, writing and editing, research, or genre learning objectives.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n