Resumés and cover letters are 2 ways writing is used in the professional world. These documents are often a potential employee’s introduction to a prospective employer and can be key in career advancement.
For this assignment, you will identify an employment opportunity you are interested in. This might be a job you are currently considering or a job you hope to obtain in the future. You will create both a cover letter responding to your desired job opportunity and a reflection about the process you used to gather information about that job and the company.
This assignment shows how effectively you are able to construct a piece of writing appropriate for a career- or discipline-specific situation.
Locate a job opportunity that interests you.
Research key information about your chosen job opportunity and the company (e.g., mission statement, hiring manager, past accomplishments, etc.). You may find this information by visiting the company’s website and searching social networking sites (e.g., LinkedIn®) or job boards.
Before you complete your cover letter, consider these questions:
What duties might this position require?
What education or experience is expected of applicants?
What is the company’s reputation, goal, or mission? How would hiring you help the company achieve that goal or mission?
What salary might you expect? Is it comparable to the same position within other companies?
Is there a possibility to grow or advance within this organization?
Before you complete your letter, consider these questions about your unique qualifications and work history:
What makes you an effective employee and person that others want to work with?
What qualities, habits, and career skills make you a good candidate for this position?
How might your cover letter reflect any of the following traits: curiosity, openness, engagement, creativity, or metacognition (self-awareness)?
Complete a minimum 350-word cover letter for your identified job opportunity that incorporates the suggestions, format, and tone from the Cover Letter Guide you reviewed at the beginning of this assignment.
When your cover letter is complete, use 1 of the following methods to create space at the end of your cover letter:
Insert a page break at the end of your cover letter.
Use the keyboard’s enter/return button to create several spaces at the end of your cover letter.
Complete a reflection addressing the following questions in at least 1 sentence each:
What was your research process? What did you find and how did you find it?
How did you determine the credibility of your sources?
How did your research influence the cover letter?
When you looked at websites, job postings, and other resources related to this career field, what did you notice about how people in this profession communicate? Were any words, ideas, or phrases prominent?
To whom did you address your letter? Why did you select this person?
What are some examples from your letter that demonstrate a respectful and professional tone?
A cover letter is a formal letter that goes with a resume. It’s utilized to persuade the firm that you’re qualified for the job and to introduce yourself. The manager of a firm or corporation is the target audience of a cover letter. The goal is to introduce yourself to a possible employer while also emphasizing any relevant abilities you have. Your address, the date, the recipient’s address, and a salutation are all included in the format of a cover letter. The first paragraph explains why you’re writing, creates a point of contact, and provides a brief biographical sketch. The body paragraphs emphasize some of your resume’s most critical features.
xt literary piece Is a poem called “Titanic” written by poet David R. Slavitt in 1983. The setting of this poem takes place on a ship called the Titanic in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The setting for this is important because this is the spot where the most famous ship will lie on the ocean floor for over a hundred years to come. This setting plays a major role on the tone as well as the theme of this poem. The tone is overall happy and celebratory even though its about the one inescapable fate every living creature will endure, you can see this in the very first line of the poem “Who does not love the Titanic” (page 371) This poems theme is that since death is inevitable it would be better to not face it alone and face it with friends and to go down in history instead of just dying a mundane death alone that no one will hear about. “There will be the books and movies to remind our grandchildren who we were and how we died, and give them a good cry” (page 371). The poet also helps to enforce the poems tone as happy and celebratory as well as enforcing the idea that since everyone needs to die its much better to do it together by saying “To go down … We all go down, mostly alone. But with crowds of people, friends, servants, well fed, with music, with lights! Ah!” (page 371) The poet also believes that knowing you’re not alone in the moment of death would also be a comforting feeling “The cries on all sides must be a comfort” (page 371) Normally when people talk or write about the Titanic it is usually depressing and sad but the way the poet portrayed the Titanic in this poem made it actually seem enticing to board the ship even though you know how it ends. The way the poet describes the atmosphere on board the ship is high spirits surrounded by happy people eating and dancing living life to the fullest.