Session03: Resumes Dr. Mark H. Mortensen Sections 211 and 212 M & W2:00 to 3:15 3:30 to 4:45 Manning School of Business

Mortensen Consulting Group Session 2 Turn in Assignment 2 (Strengths & weaknesses) Class preparation: Bring a resume of yours (if you have one) to class along with a couple of others you have found on the internet. Have Read: HBR Guide to Better Business Writing - Chapters Workshop: Assignment 3 – Read your introduction to the class. Discussion: Chapter 4-7 review. Resumes – the why, the what and the how. Examples of good resumes.

Mortensen Consulting Group Workshop Read to the class the introduction you wrote in Assignment 1 and then updated in the Workshop during Session 2. You can sit at your seat if you want to … or stand up.

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Mortensen Consulting Group Resumes What is the purpose of a resume? How long should it be? What should it contain?

Mortensen Consulting Group Examples of Good Resumes

Mortensen Consulting Group Next Classes Write a resume and a cover letter for a job that you would like to get (or you think you might like to get) upon graduation, or during your time at UML. Share it within your group, discuss and re-write. Assignment 4 No class 16 Sept. No class today – I will be on a business trip. Have Read: HBR Guide to Better Business Writing - Chapters Work on Assignment 4 (resume and cover letter). You may want to look at Also see the sample good resumes on my Wiki. Session 4 18 Sept. Turn in Assignment 4 (resume and cover letter) and bring 4 extra copies for the workshop. Have Read: HBR Guide to Better Business Writing - Chapters Workshop: Forming groups and critiquing each other’s resumes and cover letters within the groups. Discussion: The writing process.

Mortensen Consulting Group ProfComm – Fall 2013