T3 Individual Assignment!

Going back to my opening class with you and the homepage for this unit –

Find a real job offer (preferably – rather than internship) in the English-speaking market that you really could see yourself doing just after graduation. It MUST contain significant elements of Job Description [JD – sometimes called ‘responsibilities‘] and Person Specification[PS] : a few lines of an advert is not acceptable.
In the light of my instructions on covering letters, prepare one which is carefully tailored for this particular job responding directly to what you see as the most important aspects of the JD and PS.
In the light of my instructions on CVs, prepare one specifically for this particular job which clearly highlights the essentials cited in the JD and PS. This MUST be of two FULL pages with normal-sized script and not unreasonable spacing.
Prepare to be interviewed for this post.

Submit for assessment:

The covering letter and the CV should be saved as WORD documents (not PDF please) and sent to my email address.

Some important final thoughts before you start:

I know you have done CVs and Covering letters before…. BUT … you are no longer what you were – you are now at Masters level and looking for a career not just ‘a job’. Most of what you have heard before about covering letters and CV/résumés for the French market at Diploma / Degree level just won’t work anymore!
I am looking especially for the ‘fit’ / the ‘match’ between you and the requirements of the post and the person as specified by the employer.
BEWARE of good looking templates that impose constraints that do NOT enable you to really say what you need to say how and where and with the level detail you need to say it – often they constrain and restrict far more than they help. Be very careful about this.
Think about organising your approach around what the employer says he/she wants rather than a standard view of what a CV / covering letter is: doing so enables the information the employer requires to ‘leap off the page’. Make it easy for the reader and he/she is likely to feel positive about you!