Write a cover letter that explains your qualifications for a job or graduate school admission with an emphasis on the scientific and technical communication skills you have worked on in WR 320. Be sure to include a description of how they relate to the career competencies employers desire in new hires.

Tasks

1. Read Chapter 12 (Links to an external site.) in the Technical Writing textbook about employment materials. Pay close attention to the cover letter https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/technicalwriting/chapter/y-3-cover-letters/ section as this is one of the required genres for the portfolio.

2. Review the career competencies described by https://www.naceweb.org/career-readiness/competencies/career-readiness-defined/ Identify at least three that you have worked in WR 320 and are relevant to either a job or a graduate program in which you are interested.

3. Imagine a potential employer or find a job in which you are interested in applying. Or identify a graduate program that you would like to apply to. Read up on the employer/graduate school and conduct an audience analysis on your own to guide the decisions you make in your cover letter and which projects to include in your portfolio.

4. Select two writing projects to include in your portfolio. The projects can be any that you have completed for WR 320 — including your Origin Story, Progress Reports and Memos, Instructions, Group Process Description, Proposal, Technical Report, Presentation (outline and slides). NOTE: The best portfolios will include your Technical Report. You will need to get permission from me if you plan not to include your Technical Report.

5. Revise and polish the two projects using feedback from me, your team, and any other resource available to you (friends, family, tutors in your unit).

6. Write a cover letter that explains your qualifications for a job or graduate school admission with an emphasis on the scientific and technical communication skills you have worked on in WR 320. Be sure to include a description of how they relate to the career competencies employers desire in new hires.

7. Submit to this assignment at the end of Week 10. The assignment will remain open for submission without penalty through Dec. 8.

Formatting / Presentation

Cover letters should follow the general format for a cover letter in Chapter 12.

Individual projects included in the portfolio should follow relevant genre conventions. Revisions should demonstrate what you have learned about clarity and design.

 

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