Task $1$: Write your resum$$Find an electronic job posting for an entry$-$level position in the retail or service industry and copy and paste the job description into a word document. Imagine you are pursuing the job and prepare a cover letter and a resum$$ to apply for this position. You can include a fake address and phone number, if you prefer to protect your privacy.Follow the Resum$$ success criteria $($Opens in new window$)$ when completing this task.

Task $2$: Explain your choice of resum$$ formatDid you opt to prepare a chronological resum$$ or a functional resum$$ and why? In a separate document, briefly explain your choice of resum$$ format, describing how you feel it highlights your suitability.

Task $3$: Write your cover letter

Reflect on the "Personal Skills Summary" you

created in the previous learning activity, looking for

the best way to showcase your Employability Skills.

Then, using the "Cover letter success criteria,"

prepare a cover letter that directly responds to the

job you have selected to apply to$.$

Task $4$: Create a retail display area

Imagine that you have applied for a job in a retail

store. During your first interview, the potential

employer has asked you to participate in a short

assignment that they will use to determine if you

are the right candidate for the store. Your project is

to create a visual display for their store. They would

like you to prepare a document including some

visual ideas of what your proposed display will look

like and your explanation of how it will attract

customers and keep them in the store. To complete

this project, you will need to:

Search the Internet for some visual displays

that are similar to the one you have in mind

for the store and$/$or use a sketching program

to create your own display area. Or$,$ you can

take some pictures of a similar location that

you will use as a model for your own display.

Decide what type of visual display you are

going to create, explaining your choice.

Brainstorm and create a few different

sketches of what your display will look like.

Identify where the display will be located

within the store, explaining your choice.

Identify the items you want to use in your

display and provide the merchandise

classification for these items.

Explain how the display will attract and keep

customers in the store.