SENIORS: SCHEDULE FOR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS 

FORM FOR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS

Sample College Application Essays That Work!

Your assignment (Friday, August 31)

COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE

This is a unit which deals with you as a member of the world of work, rather than of the academic environment. Most of you have had jobs or are currently employed and may have gotten those jobs in a much more casual manner than this process involves. However, recent projections by economists indicate that in your future, you will change jobs at least seven times! This unit is designed to prepare you for those changes which will involve applying for jobs and undergoing interviews.

Resume Writing

Step One: Fill out the worksheet at home where you have access to the necessary phone numbers and addresses. Use this link for school phone numbers and addresses.

Step Two: Choose an objective that matches a job you might actually apply for one day, one that matches your job or volunteer experience. Note that every time an applicant applies for a different type of job, he or she will revise his resume to showcase different talents!

Step Three: Choose a resume format and follow it, creating your own resume.

Resume sample

Writing the Cover Letter of Application

Read the article about Jobs of the Future. In your notebook, list the skills he believes employers of the present and future will look for.

Look closely for the skills that employers are currently looking for. As you write your resume and letter of application, try to highlight your own experiences that show these skills.

Step One: Choose a job listed on the following link.

Step Two : Fill out the form in which you brainstorm what skills you have that would qualify you for the job. This was handed out in class)

Step Three: Read over the instructions for a cover letter of application: what to include. Look at the sample of a cover letter here.

Step Four:  A second sample letter with specific directions of what to include can be found here.

Step Five: Write a cover letter of application for the job you've chosen. Make sure the format is that of the example in Step Three  or Step Four above.

Step Six. Turn in:

1) your brainstorm form

2) the cover letter