A1. Job Application Portfolio Quiz

What is the weightage of the Asm 1 Job Application Portfolio in the final course grade?

• 25%

• 15%

• 20%

• 10%

What is the due date for the Job Application Portfolio assignment?

• Mar 10

• Mar 17

• Mar 24

• Mar 31

What are the components in this Job Application Portfolio?

• p. 1 - cover message

  p. 2 - résumé

  p. 3 - job ad

• p. 1 - résumé

  p. 2 - cover message

• p. 1 - screenshot of job ad

  p. 2 - résumé

  p. 3 - cover message

• p. 1 - screenshot of job ad

  p. 2 - résumé

  p. 3 - cover message

  p. 4 - reflective analysis

What is the purpose of the Reflective Analysis?

• To analyze the job market

• To critique the job advertisement

• To evaluate the employer's profile

• To reflect on your language use and this job-hunting experience

What is the penalty for late submission of the targeted resume?

• 15% per late day

• 5% per late day

• 10% per late day

• 20% per late day

What is the penalty for copying per consecutive 5 words (as one instance)?

• 5%

• 10%

• 15%

• 20%

How do you score A range in targeted resume?

• highlight the right strengths (required by the company and the position)

• include a clear and convincing career objective inside your personal statement

• maintain parallelism throughout

• very colorful design that can cause eye strain

• structured design with consistent font and reasonable use of color for emphasis

How do you score A range for cover message?

• Write a 1000-word cover message

• highly convincing cover message using audience-oriented language

• use of formal language showing respect and correct power relation

• contains a clear opening, sales pitch, evidence, closing

• reference "writing style guide", include header (email) or address (letter)

What comprises your Reflective Analysis?

• a short analysis of company's objective & background, and how you match your value in the cover message

• how you highlight your strengths to match with the ideal candidate's profile

• the communication goal(s) and purposes of the cover message & résumé

• the analysis of your language used in résumé and cover message using the 3 metafunctions

• what you have learned from the process of preparing this Asm as a closing

Do you write the Reflective Analysis in the form of Q&A using the prompts (guiding questions) on p. 2 of Asm 1 Task Sheet?

• Yes! You have to write one sentence for each question and answer all questions!

• Not really. You must maintain natural paragraphing, coherence and cohesion.

• No. You follow the main structure: 1. company background & job ad analysis, 2. communication goals + language analysis, 3. conclusion, lesson learnt

• No. You only choose whichever question you want to answer.