Markel Ch. 15

Instructions:

• Answer the following questions in a memo-format MS Word document.

         Questions:

1. What is the point of a portfolio?
    
2. What are one advantage and one disadvantage of submitting an unsolicited job application?
    
3. Why is it a good idea to write your own résumé instead of going to a résumé service?
    
4. Markel provides three suggestions about how to write a good objective statement. Describe one of the suggestions.
    
5. Markel lists 45 strong action verbs that would be good for résumés. List three.
    
6. Name two pieces of information that employers cannot request, according to federal law.
    
7. Why might Arial be a good font choice for a résumé that will be scanned by a computer?
    
8. In a job letter, what four elements must be in the first paragraph?
    
9. Which should come first in a job letter--the education paragraph or the experience paragraph? Why?
    
10. In a job letter, what three elements must be in the final paragraph?