Resume and Cover Letter
Assignment 1: Seeking a Compatible Position
Your task: Select an advertisement or announcement describing the kind of employment you are
seeking now or plan to seek when you graduate. Take a screenshot of the advertisement and/or
include the website of the listing on a Word document and submit. This is worth 5 points.
Assignment 2: Creating and Polishing Your Resume
Complete Activity 13.9. Use the data you developed in the previous résumé workshops to write
your résumé. Use the textbook as your reference, but feel free to receive guidance from web
research, also. Aim it at the position you located in activity 13.7.
Option: If you don’t know where to begin with our resume, you can complete exercise 13.4 to
examine your credentials.
Revise your résumé until it is perfect.
Assignment 3: Writing a Unique, Personable Cover Message
Complete Activity 13.10. Using the job listing you found for Activity 13.7, write a cover letter
introducing your resume. Use block letter style (page 428). If you want to use bullets to organize
your qualifications, page 429 is an example. The letter should be formatted as a solicited cover
letter.
The cover letter should have the same heading (top information) as the resume for
professionalism and consistency.
Revise until it is perfect.
