CAREER MANAGEMENT$-$ CDEV$8130/8131/8132$ ASSIGNMENT $2$: MY COVER LETTER AND RESUME PART $1$ Conestoga College $-$ Academic Year $2023-2024$ Assignment $2$ is Worth $25\%$ of the Final Grade and is comprised of two parts. Individual Assignment Due: Part $1$ of this assignment is due by the end of module seven and will be worth $10\%$ Part $2$ of this assignment is due by the end of module $9$ and will be worth $15\%$ See Instructional Plan for exact due dates. Submit to: Assignment $2,$ part $1$ submission folder. Submission folders can be accessed by selecting Course Tools and then Assignments on the course navigation bar. Description This assignment will be divided into two parts. The first part of the assignment asks you to carry out several activities. First, you will be identifying networking contacts who you might conduct an informational interview with. Secondly, you will be looking at ways to determine if a job posting is from a valid source. Thirdly, you will identify a valid employment opportunity from your first$-$choice industry $($used in assignment $1)$ and conduct an analysis of the job posting. You will use the analysis to tailor your cover letter and resume to that job posting in part $2.$ The second part of this assignment asks you to prepare your cover letter and resume using the same job posting and incorporating the key elements for both documents. This assignment is part $1.$ Rationale Your polished cover letter and resume will serve to market your skills to employers. To write a strategic cover letter and resume, you need to have a good understanding of your industry and how to make professional connections through networking. The ability to analyse job postings successfully and identify employment scams, is equally important. This assignment will evaluate the following course learning outcomes: $3.$ Develop networking strategies to meet new contacts, build relationships and uncover the hidden job market. $4.$ Create properly formatted and grammatically correct self$-$marketing documents $($cover letters, resumes, etc.$)$ that can be tailored to specific job opportunities. How Your Assignment Will be Graded A rubric has been created and can be found attached to the submission folder. Submission folders can be accessed by selecting Course Tools and then Assignments on the course navigation bar. Late Policy $-$ The School of Interdisciplinary Studies Late Policy states that you will be deducted $10\%$ per day for each day your assignment is late. After $7$ days, you will be assigned a $0\%$ for the assignment. See the School of Interdisciplinary Studies Late Policy for further guidelines. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Artificial Intelligence $($AI$)$ Assessment Statements for Students Use of any form of generative artificial intelligence $($AI$)$ is strictly forbidden throughout all stages of this assessment, including brainstorming, idea generation, outline formation, etc. This includes your cover letter and resume. Generative AI may include $($but is not limited to$)$ chatbots, coding tools and image$/$art generating tools, or other technologies that produce work for you. Using AI in any capacity throughout the assessment process will be in violation of Conestoga$$s Academic Offences policy under the category of Unauthorized Aids and Assistance $($Cheating$)$ or Copying from Others or Self Copying. The consequence of this violation is that an academic offence will be filed, with the severity of the penalty dependent on previous offences. In cases where you are unsure if something is considered generative AI$,$ always ask your professor before using. List of Activities MODULE $6$: NETWORKING, THE HIDDEN JOB MARKET AND SCAM ADVERTISEMENTS Networking An important aspect of labour market research and networking is identifying persons who have valuable experience in your industry. Talking with these persons can provide insight into what working in that profession truly entails. This aspect of field research is called an informational interview. Complete the table below to identify who you might contact from you direct and indirect network. What would be your strategy to contact these persons to gather labour market information about your industry? What questions might you ask? For this activity, select one individual from your personal network and one individual that you do not know but who you are either referred to or would contact by other methods $($social media, calling the company$).$ Both persons must have experience in your industry of interest. Complete the table below. Direct Contact $($person you know$)$ Name of the contact: Position title of the contact: Company they work with: How do you know, or how did you meet this person? Write $4$ questions that you wish to ask this person, which would provide valuable insight into your understanding of the industry, opportunities for gaining access to the hidden job market, and next steps in pursuing your career. $1.2.3.4.$ Why did you choose these questions? Indi