Resume and Cover Letter

           The resume and cover letter assignment was a very good exercise for me to complete.  I had made a resume and cover letter for a previous class but not in as much detail as we completed in this class. I learned multiple things from this assignment but a few stuck out to me the most.  For the resume under work experience I learned that the responsibilities for the job a person is currently working at should be written in present tense and the jobs the person is no longer working at should be written in past tense.  The resume should be drafted using short, crisp phrases built around strong verbs and nouns. After I published my final resume, I noticed the responsibility statements became a lot stronger throughout my drafts. I need to master how to alter my resume to a specific job that I will be applying for.

I thought that the cover letter assignment was more difficult because I had less knowledge on how to publish one.  My first draft of a cover letter consisted of three paragraphs and did not have the best information included in it. I like the idea of having bullet points in the cover letter. I think that it is more organized and eye appealing.  My cover letter has improved tremendously through the process of this assignment. Along with my cover letter, I need to improve on mastering how to alter it according to the job I am applying for. I also learned that the header on the resume and cover letter needs to match.