During the first ten minutes, write a summary memo of Writing That Works, Ch 4, “Revising the Draft,” and post it as a comment to this blog post.
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Project 1, Mock Interview Planning
During class today, you will form into teams of 4 members each (a team of 3 members is permitted depending on the number of students in class today) to plan your mock interviews, which will take place during Monday’s class.
Each member will login to Google Drive. One team member will create a new Document. Then, that team member will click Share and add the Gmail account email addresses for the other team members. After it is shared, the other team members will open the document on their computer so that all team members are looking at the document together.
Begin typing in the document and form it as a memorandum: Title it Memo, add to (Professor Ellis), from (each team member should type his or her name), date (today), and subject (Mock Interview Questions and Rationalization).
Write a brief introduction describing this document (I will talk about this during class).
Talking together and writing together at the same time, find six questions from reading the Job Application chapter and the Monster.com 100 Interview Questions list. Copy-and-paste your questions into a numbered list and give a 2-3 sentence rationalization for each question that looks at both sides of the interview: Explain what that question reveals to the interviewer and why that question might be important to rehearse for the interviewee.
When you are done, each team member should copy-and-paste the memo into a comment on this blog post. Review these questions in preparation for Monday’s mock interviews. These are the questions that you, as a team, will be using. Each team will likely pick slightly different questions and that’s okay.
On Monday, come dressed in business casual for your mock interviews. Part of the interview simulation involves not only how you respond to the questions but how you dress for the part. Interviews are part knowledge, personality, and performance.
Reading: Writing That Works, Ch 3, “Writing the Draft.”
During the first ten minutes of class, write a summary memo of Writing That Works, Chapter 3, “Writing the Draft.” In your response, write about how the strategies described in the textbook and used in class on Project 1 relate to the writing processes that you learned in ENG 1101 and ENG 1121.
Reading: Writing That Works, Ch 2, Organizing Your Information
During the first ten minutes of class, write a summary memo of your reading from Writing That Works, Chapter 2, “Organizing Your Information.” Additionally, briefly discuss how you are using this chapter’s principles to build your job application portfolio.
Reading: Continuing Writing That Works Ch 16, “Interview”
During the first ten minutes of class, write a summary memo based on your reading of Writing That Works, Ch 16, “Finding the Best Job for You,” Doing Well in the Interview, Sending Follow-up Correspondence, and Sending a Resignation Letter or Memo; and Monster.com, “Interview Questions: 100 Potential Interview Questions,” http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview/interview-questions/100-potential-interview-questions/article.aspx. Your focus in the summary memo should be on the reading from Writing That Works, but you can address the Monster.com questions when you discuss interviewing–perhaps identifying questions that you think are important and others that you think are unexpected.
Reading: Continuing Writing That Works Ch 16, “Letters”
For today’s class, you should have read: Writing That Works, Ch 16, “Finding the Best Job for You,” Writing an Effective Letter of Application and Completing a Job or an Internship Application, and Mashable.com, “Looking for a Job? Ditch the Resume Tips and Open a Marketing Book,” http://mashable.com/2015/01/18/career-marketing-yourself/. Spend the first ten minutes of class briefly summarizing these two readings in a summary memo (remember: MEMO/TO/FROM/DATE/SUBJECT/content). Also, explain in a sentence or two how you can leverage some of the advice in the Mashable article in your job search. Post your memo as a comment to this blog post.
Reading: Writing That Works and TC Resumes
During the first ten minutes of class, write your summary memo as a comment to this post. It should focus on the readings about resumes in Writing That Works and Paul Anderson’s Technical Communication. Use the standard memo format for your response and save your work someplace safe in addition to posting your comment.
Project 1, Part 1: Job Ad Research Memo
Before class on Wednesday, post your Project 1, Part 1: Job Ad Research Memo as a comment to this blog post. See the assignment sheet linked above for detailed instructions. During class on Wednesday, we will continue working on Project 1 by building the first of two resumes.
Reading: Writing That Works, Ch 16, “Determining the Best Job for You”
During the first ten minutes of class, write an executive summary memo on your reading from the “Determining the Best Job for You” section of Chapter 16 in Writing That Works, and post it as a comment to this blog post. Also, report on your initial experiments with the job search tools on the Project 1 assignment sheet.
Remember, your memo should follow this format:
MEMO
To:
From:
Date:
Subject:
<content>
Reading: Writing That Works, Ch 1, “Assessing Audience, Purpose, and Medium”
During the first ten minutes of class, write an executive summary memo of your reading from chapter one of Writing That Works. Remember, type up your summary in a word processor, such as Microsoft Word, and save your work someplace safe. Then, copy-and-paste your memo into a comment to this blog post. Your memo should follow this form:
MEMO
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
<Your memo>
