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Lab: Résumé and E-mail WorkshopWeek 2

University of Alberta

ALES 204

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Housekeeping

Questions about lectures?

Questions about Assignment #1?

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1. Résumés

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Résumés

1.Groups of four

2.Turn your résumés face down

3.Pass your résumé to the person to your left

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20-second test

1.Turn the résumé before you over

2.You have 20 seconds to read

3.Write down the most important thing you saw in the résumé

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Discussion

Discuss what stood out the most on each person’s résumé

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Résumés

1.In pairs

2.Read your partner’s résumé more thoroughly now

3.Focus on elements in the checklist (next slide)

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Résumé Checklist

☑Right type of résumé?

☑Accomplishments, not responsibilities?

☑Quadrants balanced?

☑No big text blocks?

☑Good font choices?

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2. E-mail

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E-mail

1.Groups of four

2.Pass your most formal e-mail message to the person to your left

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Inverted pyramid

1.Cover everything except for the first paragraph of the e-mail and the subject line

2.Read this paragraph and and subject line

3.Write a sentence explaining what you think the e-mail is about

4.Pass the e-mail again to the person to your left

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Highlight

1.Read the e-mail in front of you

2.Highlight or underline the most important sentence of the e-mail

3.Does it match the main point of the e-mail which was identified by the person before you?

4.Discuss in your group of four how this exercise turned out. Did these two elements line up? If not, how could you reorganize the e-mail?

5.Pass the e-mail again to the person to your left

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Elements of e-mail

1.Does the e-mail before have all of the necessary elements?

a.greetingb.opening sentencec.closing sentenced.closing e.signature block?

2.If not, what does the person need to add?

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Compare with informal e-mail

1.As a group

2.Look at the formal and informal e-mails

3.List the differences and similiarities between them

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Brainstorming for e-mail cover letter

1.Work individually

2.Write down anything you know or imagine about the recipient of your letter.

3.What do you want to achieve with this e-mail? How are you going to achieve it? Write down as many ways for you to achieve your purpose as possible.

4.What is your most important message? Write this down in one sentence! A short sentence!

5.What questions might your reader have? Write down as many as you can.