English
402: Technical and Professional Writing
Instructor:
Bryan Fry
Office:
Avery 371
Office Hours: By Appointment
Job/School Application Prep
1) Group Activity:
a) Discuss
all three jobs ads and
decide which job is the best to apply for;
b)
With your partner, complete an oral
ad analysis for your chosen job ad; use OWL and
fully discuss the ad.
1) Individual Activity:
a) Research
your company and print off
any useful information (mission statements, employee bios, etc); keep
this info
for your job
application portfolio;
b)
write at least two informal
paragraphs explaining why you are qualified for this job; include
information
from your peer analysis as
well as
the Skills
Checklist you completed or
Friday;
c)
write at least two informal
paragraphs explaining what you have found out about the company you are
applying to and how your
personal
and career goals are
compatible with the
company's outlook; use the OWL Resources
to support your explanation.
For
graduate/professional school
application complete the following (if you are preparing documents for
application to graduate
school, you
will write a personal statement rather than
an application letter):
1) Group Activity:
a) Discuss
all three applications and
decide which school is the best to apply for;
b)
With your partner, analyze your graduate
school application requirements; use owl and fully discuss the
application
information.
2) Individual
Activity:
a) Research
your school and print of any useful information (mission statements,
professor
bios, etc.); keep this info for your grad
application portfolio;
b)
write two
informal paragraphs explaining why you are qualified for this graduate
school;
include information from your peer analysis
as well
as
the Skills
Checklist you
completed for Friday
c) based
on an analysis of the information found online about your
particular grad school, write at least two paragraphs explaining
what
you've
found out about the school and how your personal and career goals
are
compatible with the grad school's offerings.
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