Peer Reading of Employment Documents
The purpose of today's activity is give you an opportunity to get feedack from your peers about about the best strategies for revising your resume and cover letter.
Before Class
- Bring two hard copies of a resume with an accompanying cover letter (one draft is for the instructor and the other draft is for your peer)
During Class
- Exchange copies of your cover letter and resume with one person in the class.
- Read over these documents paying close attention to how well the writer presents her/himself as a qualified applicant? how well the writer uses these documents to convey these qualifications to this specific employer? how well the writer considers her/his specific audience? how well the writer considers the specific position being applied for? (for further details see assignment criteria).
- Write a memo addressed to the writer (and cc: the instructor) in which you provide feedback on the writer's resume and cover letter. Remember to write a detailed memo that refers to specific text in the writer's documents. You will need to choose how you want to organize this memo with headings.
- By the end of class, print two copies of this memo and give both copies to the writer.
- As the writer, staple the following documents together in the following order (your resume, your cover letter, the memo about your documents) and submit them to the instructor.