COM101 Creating Resume Template, Cover Letter And Linkedin Profile: Portfolio Assessment Two Answer

Portfolio (Individual) Assessment Task Two Description: Create a Resume Template, Cover Letter and LinkedIn Profile  

Purpose: 

The purpose of this task is to provide you with an opportunity to rehearse preparing a job application.  You will create a professional Resume and Cover Letter in response to a Job advertised on SEEK. You will also create your general Linked-In profile. You will demonstrate your knowledge of formal business communication skills.

1. Search for a relevant Job on-line. 

Search for a job, advertised in the last few weeks. Copy the job description and include in your portfolio as the first page of this assessment task. 

2. Résumé   

a.  Click on FILE > New then select from the Resume Templates offered by Word.

b. Save your chosen template in a folder especially created for items such as this and complete your template after considering the following: What will you include in your Résumé? A Résumé should generally include the following sections-

• Education and qualifications.
• Work and volunteer experience skills and qualities.
• It should also include your full contact details and state that references are available upon request.

c. Writing your Résumé

• Complete your contact information. Provide your full contact information at the top of the first page. Include your name, address, telephone number and email address. For resumes more than one page long, place your name in a header on every page. Your email address should be appropriate for a job application.
• Consider including an objective. You might include a one-line objective that states you career goal. Employers have mixed opinions on this, but if you do so make it short and closely focused to the position you are applying for. 
• Outline your education and qualifications. Detail your education qualifications as appropriate. List the institutions and schools you've attended, in reverse chronological order. Give the date you achieved your results. You might include a bullet point or two to provide further information on your specialisation, if it’s appropriate. This section normally comes after your work history unless you're a recent graduate, in which case it will generally precede it.  Include any honours or awards you achieved as part of your studying or training here.
• Provide details of your work experience. List the positions you have held in reverse chronological order, with the start and end dates (month and year). In a chronological resume, the dates should be listed first, while they can be listed after the position title in a functional resume. Highlight the key tasks and responsibilities you had at each position, your achievements, and what skills you developed there. Use bullet points to make sure it is easy to read or scan through for key words. Include volunteer positions if they relate to the job you are seeking.
• Have an extra skills section. Most of your skills will have been covered in your education and experience sections, but it may be useful to have a separate skills section where you can highlight any skills and knowledge you have that are relevant but does not fit in anywhere else. You can title this section as 'Other Relevant Skills', or just 'Skills'. This could include proficiency in foreign languages, knowledge of computer software and programs, and any other specific skills not previously mentioned.
• Should you provide references? You should only include named references with contact information if they are specifically required for the application process.  Often references will only be taken up later. 
• Formatting:  Once you have listed your information, format it as desired. Choose an easy-to read font. All text should be 10 to 12 point, except for your name in the first-page header, which can be 14 to 18 point. Bold your name, your section headings, and your job titles. Allow reasonable margins around the edges of the page. Word's default settings are usually enough for this. Left-align your section headings. You can use single-spacing after a heading and before the section content and double-spacing before a heading. Reduce your resume to one page if possible. You could adjust your line spacing, but don’t lose your neat formatting trying to get it down to one page. Check your wording and try to be concise. 

3. Cover letter 

Write a short cover letter, to go with your Résumé.  You are asked to relate it to the specific job opportunity you found on Seek.com.au. 

• Briefly, your cover letter should make clear what position you are applying for, and give at least one reason why you believe you are an applicant worth considering.  It should be consistent with what you say about yourself in your Résumé.
• Your Cover letter must be no more than a single page in length. It must follow the conventions of formal letter writing, even though you may intend to send it electronical.
• Refer to numerous examples provided in your textbook, and readily available in many locations online.

4. LinkedIn profile

LinkedIn has become the most popular worldwide site for people to make professional contacts: to seek out potential employees, business partners and professional collaborators of various kinds, and for potential employees to build their social media profile at a professional (not just a personal and social) level.  

You should be guided by what level of content you think will tell your ‘story’ about yourself concisely and appropriately. However, as a minimum you should provide a photograph of yourself, indicate what career area you are interested in and what qualifications you are pursuing. You will be able to add to it over time. 

It is useful to look at what some already-successful people do. Check out some other profiles before doing yours.

Take a screenshot of your newly created LinkedIn page and place it in the document you will be uploading for assessment.

ZUBAER SAYED RESUME

Name: Zubaer Sayed;      Email: [email protected];          Phone: 07670141103

A full time student looking for a job where require a dedicated, young and enthusiastic employee. Very keen to work in an active environment and know how to contribute for the company’s benefits. If you need any evidence of my previous job experience don’t be hesitate to call my referees. Also, I can show my previous jobs payslip as evidence if you need. 

• Excellent client relationship and client focus services 
• Effective communication skills; multilingual ability 
• Flexible - adaptable working in different shifts and work rotation
• Tremendous conflict resolution, negotiation and time management skills 
• Organisational, trustworthy & effective team member 
• Fast learner: can get used to jobs quickly
• Excellent computing skill with MS office

May 2016 – August 2018

Grocery Retailer and Customer Service,

Coles Supermarket, 694 Old South Head Rd, Rose Bay North, NSW 2030

Key Responsibilities:

• Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs
• Filling Shelves
• Open and close cash registers
• Compute sales prices, total purchases and receive and process payment
• Maintain records related to sales
• Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise
• Ticket, arrange and display merchandise to promote sales

August 2018 to Till Continuing

Customer Dealing and Alcohol Retailer

Dan Murphy’s, 767-779 Botany Rd, Rosebery NSW 2018

Key Responsibilities:

• Serving customers
• Convincing the customers 
• Stacking shelves with Alcohol 
• Ticking off sheets to make sure everything has come in on the load. 
• Cleaning up each night and completing paperwork by counting money in the till.

Ahmed Shams           Susan

Team Member, IGA, Summer Hill                 Store Manager, Dan Murphy’s, Rosebery                                                  Phone: 0474707889                                      Phone: 0416364752