Professional Communication
Professional Communication
Professional Communication:
Unit 1: Professional Communication
Cover Letter Assignment Description
Learning Objectives
This assignment was designed to fulfill the following course learning objectives:
· Write for specialist and non-specialist audiences
· Manage writing processes and projects
· Design usable and rhetorically effective documents
· Respond ethically to writing tasks
Prompt
In this assignment, you will write a cover letter in response to a specific job ad, graduate school program, scholarship The cover letter should be tailored to the specific position and organization. You need to contextualize important qualifications and covey the appropriate persona. Your job is to persuade the hiring manager you are a good fit for the job in terms of both skills and company culture. At the same time, the letter should demonstrate your communication/writing skills and document design skills.
Minimum Requirements
1. Your cover letter should be 1 page and formatted as a formal letter.
2. Your cover letter must be tailored to a specific job/position/organization and not a generic document that could be sent anywhere.
3. Your letter should be well organized and written in a concise, clear manner.
Unit 1: Professional Communication
Resume Assignment Description
A Complete Submission Contains:
· A screenshot of the job ad you are applying for (or graduate school program, scholarship, etc.)
· A resume (saved as .docx)
Learning Objectives
This assignment was designed to fulfill the following course learning objectives:
· Write for specialist and non-specialist audiences
· Manage writing processes and projects
· Design usable and rhetorically effective documents
· Respond ethically to writing tasks
Prompt
In this assignment, you will write and design a resume in response to a specific job ad, graduate school program, scholarship, etc. Your task is to develop a resume that is tailored to a specific position. At the same time, the resume should demonstrate your communication/writing skills and document design skills.
Minimum Requirements
1. Your resume should utilize good design skills, meet the recruiter’s needs, embody the principles of usability we discussed in this unit, and must be accessible for all audiences, including persons with disabilities.
2. Your resume should be 1 page, but 2 is acceptable in certain situations if the content and design meet your user’s needs and seem rhetorically appropriate and usable.
3. Your resume and must be tailored to a specific job/position and not a generic document that could be sent anywhere.
4. I advise against using templates because they sometimes have accessibility issues, but if you address those issues, you may use one. Be warned, however, that templates might “look pretty” but aren’t necessary designed well. I recommend you try to design your own resume and practice essential document design skills. Remember that you can modify templates to make them more usable, accessible, and unique.
