Assignment Worth : 6 points
Grade Received: 60%
Goal:
“Practice creating a resume and job letter tailored to a specific professional field and job position. Practice clearly communicating your qualifications and abilities with concrete details, efficient organization, and effective formatting. Also practice following up on important professional contacts like interviews.” Taken from http://www.faculty.english.ttu.edu/fricke/ASSIGN_resume.htm
Assignment:
The Resume and Job Letter assignment was our first major assignment to complete. I originally thought this assignment would not take too long to complete, so I put the assignment off for the last minute. I thought this because I had already made a resume in my Human Sciences Seminar class (HUSC 3214). The resume was reviewed by the career center and I made all the advised corrections. I assumed I had a solid resume. Dr. Fricke helped me find an example resume to follow. I referenced the resume from http://www.resumesamples.info/i/cv-sample.gif
As for the job letter, this was the first time I have ever had to write one. I was lost. Dr. Fricke’s course web site tells you exactly what he expects but I was lazy when it came to checking his web site. I would take brief notes in class and follow that and if I forgot something I’d check back to his web site. Our job letter was supposed to be addressed to a specific individual that had direct influence over our future job.
My grade suffered because I did not check my job letter or resume thoroughly for grammar errors. For example, I had Tx typed on my resume and Dr. Fricke wanted it to be TX. Somehow my paper got smudges of ink, that I did not notice, this caused a decrease in my grade as well. You have to pay attention to details in this class.
Overall:
This assignment was useful because the corrections Dr. Fricke suggested allowed me to have a very professional resume. I haves used this corrected version for the jobs I have applied to. I would definitely suggest taking advantage of Dr. Fricke’s allowance of early submission. If you take advantage of that you will definitely make a better grade than I did. I am not proud of this assignment grade.
