Lesson 3: Writing for College & Employment

Applications Why do you need to create a Resume?

 become well-organized and prepare for opportunities

Planning Your Career
 determine areas that need to work on
Confucius – “Choose a job you love, and you will
 remember and record experiences
never have to work a day in your life.”
 teach you to present you assets in a persuasive way
STEPS: (Guffey, 2007)
1. Formatting your resume.
1. Determining your interests chronological resume – the most typical format of a
- The first step in the job search is to resume. It is called as such because it describes your
reflect on what you like and dislike. work experience role by role, beginning with the most
2. Assessing your qualifications recent job. This is the most popular type of resume
- Once you have identified your interests because your work and education history are
and weighed your priorities, you need to immediately revealed.
evaluate your skills and experience.  Heading – includes identifying information
- You should be honest and realistic about *full name, address, phone number & email
your abilities, because potential schools  Objective – contains the specific purpose of your
and employers will require evidence of resume.
your qualifications. *job application / degree program
- This will help you determine what you  Education – list of schools attended
include in your resume. *ranks, honors, or advance courses taken
3. Selecting an academic track and searching  Honors/Awards – academic and extracurricular
for a college course or a vocational school recognition
- If you are planning to go on to tertiary *short description and when you won
education, at this point you can start  School Activities – includes experiences in school
considering what course or track you (clubs, class projects, sports)
want to take up. *descriptive to give readers good grasp of
4. Searching for a job experiences
- You may also decide to start working  Work Experiences – relevant experience you may
immediately after high school, or while have had
you are studying. It will be helpful to *job title, name of the org., dates of employment,
start researching on jobs that suit your specific duties and accomplishments
qualifications and interests  Enrichment Activities – any other projects, skills,
- Some ways to perform a job search: programs, relevant hobbies, or experiences
 Use the Internet.
 Apply for a part-time role, 2. Polishing your resume.
summer job, or internship in the  Revising – involves validating all information you
career field you are interested place.
in.  Updating – continuously update your resume.
 Read the classified ads in the  Proofreading – checking the mechanics, grammar,
newspaper or the Internet. spelling, organization, formatting, and appearance.
Writing Your Resume Writing Your Cover Letter
Resume – is a document that contains a brief Cover Letter / Application Letter – a letter that
account of a person’s education, skills, work accompanies your resume and highlights the
experience, and other qualifications. strengths that you have listed.
Resume Curriculum Vitae (CV) Parts of the Application Letter:
- brief & concise - longer document
- job application - academic purposes  Introduction – this part opens the letter and
- professions - credentials specifies the position applying for.
- educational background - certification  Body – this part emphasizes your strongest
- work history - research points and shows how you meet the employer’s
- skills - affiliations needs.
  Conclusion – this part of the letter where you  Sending orders to employees;
request for an interview.  Providing responses to queries;
 Sketching out procedures, rules, and
regulations;
Lesson 4: Writing Office Correspondence  Reporting about finished actions or new
information; and
 Part of developing a professional image is  Finalizing business decisions
developing communication skills in the Memos simply direct attention to problems and help
workplace. resolve them.
 They say in today’s technological age, the art - Informing the reader he need to know
and practice of writing letters are no longer - Moving him to action
fashionable. On the contrary, people still rely
heavily on letters and memos to communicate Memos serve their purposes best when they link the
with one another. intentions of the writer w/ the interests and needs of
 One of the most common forms of business the reader.
correspondence is a business letter. 2 Forms:
Letter – a formal message that is written, typed, or  hand-written form
printed and is typically sent from one organization to  e-mail form
another party outside the organization, such as
customers, clients, or partners. Writing and Organizing Memos

Uses of Letters:  Know your reasons and goals for writing the
memo.
 Compliments  Do proper research on all your facts.
 Complaints
 Choose your audience wisely.
 Questions
 Formally begin the memo by labelling the top of
 Recommendations
the page with “Memorandum”, “Memo”, or
 Requests
other similar labels.
According to Guffey (2007), they are important for  Provide headings of your memo.
the ffg. reasons:
Introduction – start by stating your purpose for
 Permanent records of something are writing, and then follow this up with a shirt abstract
required; of the memo’s body.
 Formality is needed; and
Body – this part develops the main points
 Messages are sensitive and must be
highlighted in your opening.
organized.
Conclusion – this should briefly highlight again your
Classifying Letters:
main points in the introduction.
 Positive and neutral letters – communicate
goodwill, neutral and straightforward requests,
and positive messages. They are used for
everyday business.
 Persuasive letters – try to convince the
reader to perform a particular course of action.
 Negative letters – contain negative messages
such as bad news, poor service,
misunderstandings, complaints, and refusals.

Memo – internal document that is sent to

employees to convey information about the
company.

Uses & Purposes:

 Giving recommendations;
 Requesting for information;