Résumé: First Draft

This is the first assignment in the Résumé and Cover Letter sequence. Make sure that you read the overview description for the full details about the sequence.

For this first draft assignment, you will:

1. Find a job posting of your choosing. The job posting can be for an internship, campus job, or other job that you want to apply for now -- or for the type of job that you would like to apply for when you graduate. You can search for job postings on the UW instance of Handshake (Links to an external site.) or other popular job sites like Indeed, LinkedIn, Monster, CareerBuilder, etc.
   
   
2. Analyze the audience that the job posting indicates. What vocabulary do they use? What do they value? What do they want to see in a job candidate? What aspects of your skills and experience might require extra explanation for this audience? Annotate the job posting as you do your analysis.
   
   
3. Write a rough draft of your résumé. Customize your vocabulary and messaging for your audience and emphasize your skills and experience that match the job posting. You can use a template or format it yourself. At this stage we'll emphasize the words and headings more than the formatting.
   
   
4. Turn in your rough draft résumé and an annotated copy of the job posting on this Canvas assignment page. Submit a downloaded copy of the job posting, not a link, because links can expire or require a log-in, and because links are much more difficult to annotate.