Homework 1

Skills from College
College graduates my not think that they have skills that an employer will want to hire them for but they do. Getting through college gives a person everyday life lessons and skills that they will need for their future lives. As long as you can think and write a paper the employers will train you in the way that you are suppose to be for the particular job. The most popular skills employers look for are teamwork, globally minded, proficient with information, visual qualities, self motivated, critical thinking, and communication skills.


Cover Letter Mistakes
You can have a great resume but if your cover letter is unprofessional or just not appealing the employer might disregard you completely from being a possible employee.
The things that you should always have in your cover letter are to use Standard Business-Letter Format, the date, the recipient's mailing address and your address. It should be no longer than one page and entail three to four paragraphs that are easily readable.
Your cover letter should also be about the employer too. You could make the style of the letter to the employer’s specific job requirements and needs. Seeing that you have made careless mistakes with spelling and grammar in your résumé and letter shows that you are a careless and did not put forth much effort in preparing the document. If you write that you have strong verbal, written, and communication skills you need to give evidence of this so the employers can see this is true.
You should also consider addressing each company's specific concerns in the different companies that you write to so they know you care about their information. It takes time but worth it. They know what the typical cookie cutter job letter looks like. Some people don’t write cover letters and those who don’t are not considered for the job.


Resume Concerns
The education section usually goes at the beginning of the resume but if you have more job experience out that first. The one page resume rule does not apply any more. If you have all this experience doesn’t leave it off you resume.
Include your GPA in its above a 3.0, and include both, your home and your school address. If you don’t have much experience you can put your constant computer and internet usage and your extracurricular activities. Include pain and non paid experiences in your resume. And no precollege information unless it was a national award or something.

Why your resume annoys employers
The things that annoy employers are excessive bragging, irrelevant information on interests and hobbies, details of every job you have done, and spelling and grammar mistakes.