Task 3: CV, bio and cover letter (20%) | Due Week 12 | Sunday 15 October
Due end Week 12 (date to be specified by your lab tutor) – submission via blog
For this task you are to put together an up-to-date professional CV, 100-word bio and 500-word cover letter that demonstrates who you are at this point as an emerging writer with your new-found skills. You will need to research a real, potential role (job, publication submission, placement, project brief, or a well-researched ‘start-up’ proposition) and angle the task components to this: cover what is required; what would make you stand out in the selection process; and why you think you would be a good fit.
The cover letter should clearly identify what the role is that you are applying for, and the role needs to be advertised unless it is a start-up proposition. Your tutor will provide guidance as to how to construct and distinguish the three components.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
- You will make a new post. Give the post this title (or subtitle): ASSESSMENT TASK 3: CV, BIO and COVER LETTER. Depending on the design, format and platforms of your CV, bio and cover letter, you will publish links or upload media (e.g. PDFs) to this post.
- You will supply brief instructions or short contextual statements as needed to make sense of the post as a portal to your CV, bio and cover letter – including, for example, a link to (or copy of) the advertised position or brief explanation of the start-up you propose.
- Important – copy/paste to the end of the post the following electronic declaration: I declare that in submitting all work for this assessment I have read, understood and agree to the content and expectations of the assessment declaration.
- Publish the final post before midnight Sunday 15 October (Week 12).
Assessment criteria
Professionalism: completeness of documents, degree of professionalism in presentation, mechanics including copyediting and proofreading, ability to follow instructions
Creative thinking: ability to be resourceful and self reflective, ability to be an independent thinker, demonstration of initiative
Critical skills: degree of self-assessment, demonstration of good communication skills, degree of understanding of field of practice