Week 6: Peer Review

Welcome to COMM 202

T26 & T33Tutorial 6

Week 6: Peer Review Austin Smith Disconnect from technology please

Breathing Exercise

“Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.”

Viktor Frankl

Opening Lesson

Today’s Key Learning's

Agenda

Cover Letter Peer Review

Resume Overview

Action Items

Cover Letter Peer Review!

1. Write your table number on ALL of your documents

2. Put your documents in a pile in the middle of the table

3. Get out your marking utensils

Each new slide section, PASS DOCUMENT TO THE RIGHT

Instructions

Cover Letters!

Formatting

Left Aligned

Font size the same throughout

Consistent margins

No IDENTS on paragraphs

Bullet Points vs. Paragraphs

Addressing the CL

Date

Contact NameTheir TitleCompanyAddressCity, Province Postal Code

Re: Position Title

Dear Mr. / Ms. Their Last Name OR Hiring Manager

These spaces

are importa

nt!

If unknown, this can be

omitted

AVOID: “To Whom it May

Concern”“Dear Sir or Madam”

Country is typically unnecessary unless applying outside of

Canada

To a specific person

To a non-specified committee/manager

Bottom Formatting

Sincerely,

Full NameBCom Candidate 20XXSauder School of Business

Enclosed/Attached: Resume

These spaces are important!

Other Options:Best, Regards

Co-op Students:BCom BTM Co-op Candidate

2016

Written Signature is OPTIONAL

Attached: Resume, Transcript

Use “Enclosed: …” only if sending application by mail

Opening

How do you like the hook? Is there keen, genuine interest and/or passion

for the position? Is there a clear expression of the

skills/experience matching the job posting? Is company research integrated (and indicates

interest)? If name drop is used, was it well-integrated?

Skills Matching

• Are there specific skills matched to the job description?

• Do they reference specific examples that leverage experiences/qualifications?

• Are the highlighted experiences specific and concise?

• Do they indicate transferrable skills?

• Do the results show strength or success?

• Suggested minimum of 2 skills/attributes matched

Conclusion

• Are skills reiterated in a different (not redundant!) way?

• Is sincere interest expressed?

• Is there a gracious thank you and call to action • request for meeting?

Branding

• Is their research insightful? Have they gone the distance to show how they will “fit” into the industry or organization?

• Did they use Industry Terms?

WHO WOULD YOU HIRE?

Of the applications on your table, who has…

• Who had the WOW factor?

• Did they show CAN, WANT, & FIT?

• What was GOOD about their application?

• What do they need to work on?

Resume!

FROM THIS:

TO THIS:

Header

Basic Info Address LinkedIn URL

(Personalized) Phone Number Website URL

The banner at the top of the page that contains

basic information!

Profile

No more then 5 lines for key competencies (4 for profile)

LanguagesSkills/strengths/experiencesBranded to job posting Is the profile linked with proof elsewhere in the

resume

Education

BCom not BCOMM Location of school Start with degree Key courses, but no grocery lists GPA (cumulative or quantitative courses only) Key/relevant projects – accomplishment statement form Awards – accomplishment statement form

Personal Branding

Presenting yourself throughout the document!

Marking!

If you have 2 or more errors, we will deduct 40%!

TYPOS FORMATTINGSPELLING & GRAMMAR

MISSING INFO DASHES VS. HYPHENS CONSISTENCY

Accomplishment Statements

STAR TO RATS

Employers do not want to hear your stories, they want to see your accomplishments!

Result

Action

Task

Situation

Flip It!

Result Verbs!

ATTAINED EXCEEDEDELIMINATEDINCREASED

DECREASED

MAXIMIZEDMINIMIZEDREDUCED

SAVEDSURPASSEDIMPROVEDCREATED

GENERATEDENHANCEDOPTIMIZED

ESTABLISHED

**Try not to repeat words!!

2 Result Types

QUALITATIVE• Positive Feedback • Promotion/Increase in

Responsibilities• Implementation• Awards

• Examples?

QUANTITATIVE• How much?• How many?• Numbers• Percentages

• Examples?

Action

Do your results match up with your actions?

Are those skills relevant to the job?

What skills did you see?

Situation/Task

• What other context are necessary to understand?

DUTY BASED

Developed website to boost traffic.

ACCOMPLISHMENT

VS.

DUTY BASED

Developed website to boost traffic.

ACCOMPLISHMENT

VS.This is a job description!

DUTY BASED

Developed website to boost traffic. VS.

ACCOMPLISHMENTBoosted the website’s average rate of monthly hits by 34% by updating it with new features

and content such as an interactive world map, a student

involvement section, and a homepage newsfeed—all of

which catered to local business students

DUTY BASED

Developed website to boost traffic. VS.

ACCOMPLISHMENTBoosted the website’s average rate of monthly hits by 34% by updating it with new features

and content such as an interactive world map, a student

involvement section, and a homepage newsfeed—all of

which catered to local business students

This is how they know you’re good at it!

ACCOMPLISHMENT

Boosted the website’s average rate of monthly hits by 34%...

…by updating it with new features and content such as an interactive world map, a student involvement section,

and a homepage newsfeed—

…all of which catered to local business students

RESULT

ACTION

SITUATION / TASK

ACTIVITYTake one of your skills-matching paragraphs and rewrite it as an

accomplishment statement!

Key Takeaways

• No Duty Statements!• Be Concise• Format Consistently!• Always Stay Relevant• Small Details Matter!• YOU DO YOU. (aka be yourself!)

BCC News 202 Reminders

Skills Matrix due Friday, Feb.12th @ 2 PM!

Watch the resume e-module and review “Outline to a Chronological Resume”

Complete your resume DRAFT for next class (bring two copies!)

Sign up for Office Hours on COOL

Full list of eligible workshops on COOL!

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