Shoreline Community College annual outcomes assessment report—2002-03
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- VERB + PREDICATE Build a new company from ground up Design a Web site as part of a team Create branded graphics for a site
- Full Name of Job-Seeker Street Address City, State Zip Code Telephone and E-mail Address Career Objective
- Higher Education Degree (G.P.A.--Grade Point Average), School, Dates of Attendance. Community Service--Volunteer Contributions
- Professional (and personal) references for Full Name of Job-Seeker
- A TARGETED RÉSUMÉ A targeted résumé
- Education, Capabilities, Achievements or Work Experience.
- Keep your targeted résumé to a page.
- Be specific.
- The One Minute Résumé Test
- C-9 Communication Assignment Cover Sheet Discipline
- Student Population: Assignment Timeframe
Other Outcomes AddressedEnglish 272-273: (TRADITIONAL) PRINT RÉSUMÉ, SCANNABLE RÉSUMÉ AND WEB RÉSUMÉ WRITING: • WHAT IS A RÉSUMÉ? A résumé is a concise representation (summary) of an individual as an educated and employable entity. It doesn’t deal with personal issues; it’s a professional utilitarian piece of writing. • WHAT IS A TRADITIONAL RÉSUMÉ SUPPOSED TO DO? A résumé is supposed to express the job-seeker's professional/work-based competence and education in a concise and easy-to-read and accurate form.  Tips on Résumé Writing:
Employment History or Higher Education First?: The employment history should be listed first if it is more extensive and recent than the higher education. However, if the higher education tends to be more extensive than the work history, then the higher education should be listed first. How up-to-date should a résumé be?: A résumé should always be kept up-to-date and complete. Its value lies in its accurately representing the job seeker. No huge gaps in time or work history should be observable from a résumé (at least not without a valid reason). Huge gaps in work and education history may indicate a lack of seriousness towards work on the part of the job applicant. Length: Most résumés should not be more than 1-2 pages long for ease of the prospective employer's reading. Paper & Font Choices: Also, most employers suggest that résumés should NOT be printed on bright colors (as that seems too frivolous) but on muted professional paper. In the same way, fonts should be easy-to-read--between a size 10 - 12 (or elite and pica type--on typewriters). Stay away from curlicue writing as well as italics. Don't vary your fonts much, as that tends to be distracting and unprofessional. Photographs: Print résumés should not include photographs of the job applicant. Letters of Recommendation: These letters of recommendation from bosses and colleagues may be sent in with a job application. Make sure that these are on letter head and that they reflect the nature of the letter-writer's relationship to you, his/her observations of your work abilities and character and personality (and even how you work with other people), and other information relevant to the job for which you are applying. Keep a master copy of such letters in case you need them for future reference or other job applications. For the transferable skills section and the verb phrases, choose powerful words. Write the transferable skills using the infinite verb form. For past jobs, the verb phrases may be in the past tense. A verb phrase is formed as follows: VERB + PREDICATE Build a new company from ground up Design a Web site as part of a team Create branded graphics for a site POWER WORDS FOR RÉSUMÉS (ALPHABETICAL) ACCOMPANY CONTROL FILL MANUFACTURE REBUILD ACCUMULATE CONVERT FINANCE MARK RECALL ACHIEVE CONVINCE FINISH MARKET RECEIVE ACQUIRE COORDINATE FIRE MEASURE RECOMMEND ADMINISTER COPY FIT MEET RECONCILE ADMIT CORRECT FIX MODIFY RECORD ADVISE CORRESPOND FORMULATE MONITOR REDUCE AID COUNSEL FOUND MOTIVATE REFER ALLOW COUNT GOVERN NEGOTIATE REGISTER ANALYZE CREATE GRADE NOMINATE REGULATE ANSWER CREDIT GRAPH NOTE RELATE APPLY DEBATE GREET NOTIFY RELAY APPOINT DECIDE HANDLE NUMBER RENEW APPRAISE DELIVER HEAD OBSERVE REORGANIZE ARRANGE DEMONSTRATE HELP OBTAIN REPAIR ASSEMBLE DEPOSIT HIRE OPEN REPLACE ASSESS DESCRIBE IDENTIFY OPERATE REPORT ASSIGN DESIGN IMPLEMENT ORDER REQUEST ASSIST DETAIL IMPROVE ORGANIZE RESEARCH ATTACH DETERMINE IMPROVISE OUTLINE RESERVE ATTEND DEVELOP INCREASE OVERCOME RESPONSIBLE AUTHORIZE DEVISE INDEX PACKAGE RETRIEVE BALANCE DIAGNOSE INDICATE PACK REVISE BILL DISCOVER INFORM PAY ROUTE BUY DISMANTLE INITIATE PARTICIPATE SCHEDULE BUDGET DISPATCH INSPECT PATROL SECURE BUILD DISPENSE INSTALL PERFECT SEND CALCULATE DISPLAY INSTRUCT PERFORM SEPARATE CASH DIRECT INSURE PILOT SERVE CATALOGUE DISTRIBUTE INTEGRATE PLACE SERVICE CHANGE DOCUMENT INTERPRET PLAN SET UP CHARGE DRAW INTERVIEW POST SHOW CHART DRIVE INTRODUCE PREPARE SELL CHECK EARN INVENTORY PRESCRIBE SOLICIT CLASSIFY EDUCATE INVESTIGATE PRESENT SORT CLEAN EMPLOY INVOICE PRICE STOCK CLEAR ENCOURAGE ISSUE PRINT STORE CLOSE ENGINEER JUDGE PROCESS STRAIGHTEN CODE ENTERTAIN JUSTIFY PRODUCE SUMMARIZE COLLECT ESTABLISH KEEP PROGRAM SUPERVISE COMMAND ESTIMATE LEARN PROMOTE SUPPLY COMMUNICATE EVALUATE LECTURE PROMPT TALLY COMPILE EXAMINE LEAD PROOFREAD TEACH COMPLETE EXCHANGE LICENSE PROPOSE TELEPHONE COMPOSE EXHIBIT LIST PROVE TEST COMPUTE EXPAND LISTEN PROVIDE TRANSFER CONDUCT EXPERIENCE LOAD PUBLISH TRANSPORT CONFER FABRICATE LOCATE PURCHASE TUTOR CONSTRUCT FACILITATE LOG RUN TYPE CONSULT FEED MAIL RATE VERIFY CONTACT FIGURE MAINTAIN READ WORD-PROCESS CONTRAST FILED MANAGE REARRANGE WORK
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Typing: Word-Processing: Computer Experience: Professional (and personal) references for Full Name of Job-Seeker: 1. Name and Position or Relation of that Person to the Job Applicant Name of Company Address City, State, Zip Code Telephone Number 2. Name and Position or Relation of that Person to the Job Applicant Name of Company Address City, State, Zip Code Telephone Number Please feel free to contact any of the above professional references. Thanks for your consideration. Sincerely yours, (4 lines) Full Name of Job-Seeker
What follows next should be the job seeker's best strength--be it Education, Capabilities, Achievements or Work Experience. Put these in descending order (reverse chronological), with your best strengths first. Only bring in what is relevant to the position. Even if you've had incredible achievements in unrelated fields, you should not play those up (except as general achievements) in a targeted résumé. Keep your targeted résumé to a page. (You may include your many skills and talents and entire job history in a curriculum vitae or "CV.") Many employers will not look at a résumé past the first page. Keep your information convincing and succinct. Do revise and edit. Be specific. Add the years of your education, your school, your employers and dates of employment. Remember to support every assertion you make about your abilities. What is relevant is what you can objectively do, not what you think or speculate that you can do. Your self-evaluation is not relevant in this type of document, which "measures" a person based on a track record of past performance and proven marketable skills. Omit all mistakes in grammar, syntax, spelling, mechanics, and so on. Capitalize and punctuate correct. There should not be any mistakes in a résumé. Make sure you have included a dateline (month and the year you made the résumé) as a targeted résumé is infinitely dated. The moment you get the job, the targeted résumé is no longer applicable. For each new job you apply for, you may have to make minute changes and adjustments. In addition, the moment you add a new skill, you need to revise your résumé to better reflect your skills and marketability. Therefore, keep a copy on disk, and keep it fine-tuned and updated. (You may also wish to make back-up résumés for e-mail, scannable résumés, and so on.) A SCANNABLE RÉSUMÉ Scannable résumés are ASCII-versions of print résumés. Scannable résumés may be placed on flatbed scanners and turned into digitized files (.rtf or “rich text format” files or .txt (ASCII or text-files or even MS Word files). These files can then be accessed as part of a wider database for use by the company. (Most scannable résumés are kept on file for some 6 months after receipt and then are purged.) Scannable résumés … Are left-justified Can be read straight across line by line and still make sense (e.g. don’t have a line that contains both the job applicant’s name and address, for example, because that wouldn’t read well straight across) Includes key words that highlight the applicant’s abilities and skills (e.g. names of advanced software technologies would be useful), and Excludes bullets, underlining, boldface, italics, various fonts, decorative lines, clipart, photographs and such. It may be preferable to send electronic résumés as attachments to an email message as that saves the recipient company from having to scan in your information. The One Minute Résumé Test: If you give your résumé to another, can they ascertain your job goal and your main skills in one minute? If you have a clear and succinctly written résumé, they should be able to figure out who you “are” as a job applicant in that time. AN ONLINE WEB RÉSUMÉ A web résumé differs from the print résumé, the targeted résumé and the scannable résumé in the following ways: A web résumé includes a photo of the job applicant. The home page of a web résumé must invite visitors to go in further into the site; clarifies the way the site is set up; offers downloadable resources (e.g. a downloadable scannable or print résumé); offers contact information, and includes some interesting “personal” (related to the person, not “private”) information. A web résumé may include some color. It may include a link to online portfolios or websites which the job applicant has designed. Archives of past work may be hosted as well. (Distribution and publication costs are not prohibitive with an online résumé vs. for actual print ones—if one is to include color and other details). A web résumé excludes a personal address and phone. It generally uses an email—to add a layer of privacy to the job applicant. A web résumé usually is used in conjunction with a more traditional résumé. It’s used often as an addendum to another type of résumé and adds information. It showcases various types of writing. It may include first-person (“I”) point of view writing (which is never to be used in an official print, targeted or scannable résumé). The online résumé emphasizes creativity, easy navigation, professional layout, judicious use of graphics, and informativeness. C-9 Communication Assignment Cover Sheet Discipline: Integrated Studies Program: History and English Course: Rebellious Americans: Challenging National Narrative in Early America English 102 and History 241 Instructor: Jeannette Idiart and Adam Sowards Course Prerequisites: English 101 Assignment Title: Historical Essay Analysis Paper Assignment Description: Students evaluate several historical articles during the quarter. Student Population: Assignment Timeframe: Students usually have about one week to complete the analysis assignments. Communication Outcomes Addressed: Listen to, understand, evaluate and respond to verbal and non-verbal messages. II. Comprehend, analyze and evaluate information in a given text (such as a story, essay, poem, textbook, etc.) III. Formulate and verbally express focused, coherent, and organized information, ideas, and opinions, with style and content appropriate for the purpose and audience, in a variety of communication contexts, such as one-on-one situations, small groups and classes. Formulate and express information, ideas and opinions in mechanically sound written forms that have a clear purpose, focus, thesis and organization; that are appropriate for their audience in content and style; and that support, clarify, and expand complex ideas with relevant details, examples and arguments. VI. Assess themselves as communicators, based on the standards of clear and effective communication expressed or implied above and make adjustments and improvements in their communication strategies. Download 1.37 Mb. Share with your friends:
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