- The cover letter assignment is tied to
the mock interview. Your cover letter must target the same job that you
will also have in mind when you are interviewed in your mock interview.
You must also submit with your cover letter an Internet job-posting (or
print want-ad from newspaper or magazine) typifying the kind of job you
expect to seek after graduation (or an or
internship). This ad or description
accounts for 10 points your grade. You
must also keep this same job in mind when you are interviewed for your
mock interview.
- Save a copy of the ad/job posting for
the class mock interviews that commence on Monday, April 2.
- The ad must identify the employer, and
it should be an employer you can research since you will be asked at
least one question that requires you to know something about the
employer.
- You can find a job posting or ad on the Internet or in a
newspaper, magazine, or trade publication.
- If you absolutely cannot find an ad
that describes your ideal job, you may simply write your own ad/job (or
internship) description, BUT you must identify a real employer you can
research and pretend that this real employer is advertising the
position you made up.
- Be cautious about "fictional"
situations. Some students interested in law careers, for example,
choose want ads for attorneys. It's perfectly OK to do that, but
remember that you will be interviewing for this position in your class
mock interview. You may find it uncomfortable to interview for a
position that requires graduate education that you don't yet have. You
may instead wish to interview for an internship in the professional
field of your choice.
- Whatever you hand in should be in
roughly 8 1/2 x 11 form, so if you cut out a tiny newspaper ad, please
paste, tape or staple it to an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper.
- BE SURE TO WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE AD
YOU HAND IN.
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