Before you can start putting together your job application, you need to understand your own skills and needs, identify a job that you want and matches your needs. Then, you should analyze the profession and/or specific job you seek. Only then can you create documents that will give you an edge over others seeking the same job. As always, audience & purpose are everything.

This module, as noted, walks you through the whole process:

Preparing for Employment

• Self-analysis
  • Take two temperament sorter tests to learn your personality traits.
  • Learn what skills are important to employers by visiting a site listing employability criteria.
  • Complete a self-inventory, and list your accomplishments, positive personal qualities, specialized skills, mastery of technology, and applicable education/instruction.
• Online Search for a Job
  • Find jobs that interest you via the web.
• Analyzing Job Ads
  • Create a list of the qualifications and attributes/skills that the jobs you want require.

Learning about Résumés

• The rhetorical situation
• Types of résumés (organizing information)
• Writing strategies
• Formats (Scannable, Print, and On-line)

Learning about Cover Letters

• The rhetorical situation
• Writing strategies

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