BUS $303$

Assignment $2$: Employment Package

Resume, Cover Letter, and Job Posting with Analysis

This assignment is worth $20\%$ of your final grade

Deliverables

Resume $(2\mathrm{.}5\%)$

Cover letter $(10\%)$

Peer Reviews $(2\mathrm{.}5\%)$

Job Posting with Analysis $(5\%)$

Linkedin profile $($participation points$)$

Learning Goals

Learn to critically read job$/$internship descriptions and demonstrate a fit with a particular position.

Learn to create an effective resume that is tailored to your career field and industry.

Learn to create an effective cover letter that is tailored to a specific position.

Use Linkedin as a digital tool to establish a professional online presence and connect to opportunities

Job Posting

Find an internship or job posting that is appropriate for your background and that would be of interest to you now or when you graduate. $($Select only positions that require $0-3$ years of experience unless you have additional experience.$)$ The posting should be current, not something you applied for previously, and related to your major. Search online career sites such as Mason's Handshake, CareerBuilder, LinkedIn, and Indeed; attend a career event on or off$-$campus; or use your own network. Save the job posting in a Word document or as PDF for eventual submission. $($Do not simply rely on the URL, as positions are taken down from the Internet regularly.$)$

Resume Using the guidelines discussed in class and the materials posted on Blackboard, create$/$update your resume and tailor it to your target career field and industry.

Cover Letter

Write a cover letter targeted specifically for the job posting. Be sure to follow the guidelines discussed in class and in the materials posted on Blackboard.

Peer Reviews

Guidelines for the peer reviews will be provided during class $($see Course Schedule for timing$)($Peer Review Class Sessions $\frac{2}{17}$ and $\frac{2}{19}-$ Deliverables DUE by the start of class on Monday $2/17).$ You are expected to bring two hard copies of the job posting, and your resume and cover letter, to class the days of the peer review. Your peers will write their suggestions on these hard copies, and the marked$-$up hard copies will be submitted as part of the final employment package.

BUS $303$

Assignment $2$

Employment Package

Analysis

The analysis should be one$-$page in length $($single$-$spaced$)$ and it should include both: