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Resume - (70 points.)
Create a resume. You may include all work you will complete through
graduation and skills you will obtain by that future date. Address
specific skills you possess within your discipline. Effectively address
the employer's need for an employee with computer and communication
skills to include skills you will learn in this class.
Resume must be one to two pages in length.
Use 1.5" top, and 1" side and bottom margins.
Create a header that contains your full name in a 14pt font, bold, and
centered. Also include your contact information in a 12pt font,
centererd.
Create a footer that contains your email address in a 10 point font,
centered. Also in the footer include the following text with inserted
page numbering, centered, below your email address -- Page # of #s --
where # is the current page number and #s is the total number of pages.
Spelling, punctuation, and grammar count.
Save as a MS Word document with the name being "<your initials -
first, middle & last>_resume", all lower case (e.g., mjm_resume.doc
-- as shown).
Email, as an attachment, the assignment to the instructor
(mmartin@cs.csustan.edu). CC yourself or save a copy of your sent mail.
Email "Subject" must be "ClassID Resume" (e.g., CS4000-1Resume
-- as shown but using your ClassID).
Online Resources:
http://www.csustan.edu/career/index.htm
http://www.csustan.edu/career/Pages/Resume.htm
http://www.eresumes.com/
http://www.jobweb.com/Resumes_Interviews/default.htm
... and literally thousands
of others.
CSUS Library:
http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/
And books on the shelf.
Cover Letter -
(70 points.)
Create a cover letter to go with the resume.
Include the following:
Create a person and company to
contact within your area of interest.
Address an opening at this
company that you believe you are qualified to fill.
Tell how you learned of the
opening.
Provide the reasons the
employer should grant you an interview.
Explain briefly why you should
be hired for this position.
Suggest a follow-up time to
contact the company.
Include contact information.
Cover letter must be only one page. Use 1.5" top, and 1" side and
bottom margins.
Create a header that contains your full name in a 14pt font, bold, and
centered. Also include your contact information in a 12pt font,
centererd.
Create a footer that contains your email address in a 10 point font,
centered. Do not include page numbering.
Spelling, punctuation, and grammar count.
Save as a MS Word document with the name being "<your initials -
first, middle & last>_coverletter", all lower case (e.g., mjm_coverletter.doc
-- as shown).
Email, as an attachment, the assignment to the instructor
(mmartin@cs.csustan.edu). CC yourself or save a copy of your sent mail.
Email "Subject" must be "ClassID Cover Letter" (e.g., CS4000-1 Cover
Letter -- as shown but using your ClassID).
Online Resources:
http://www.csustan.edu/career/Pages/Cover.htm
Grading Form used for each assignment will be:
Resume or Cover Letter
Assignment (70 possible each)--
Total Deductions:
Subject (5-10)-
Saved Name (5)-
Late - per class period (7)-
Margins (10)
Header (2-10)
Footer (2-10)
Missing Computer Skills on Resume (5)
Spelling (1-10)-
Grammar (1-10)-
Other (?)-
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