Using the tools you will have learned throughout this course, you will construct an Employment Portfolio which will include five items: an application letter, a recommendation request letter, a thank you letter, a job offer acceptance letter, and a current job-interview-ready résumé. You should only include your best work, so before you begin, please make sure you read and re-read the material related to these five items. Click here for additional instructions and grading criteria. Also, be certain to review these questions before you begin creating your résumé.

The Employment Portfolio is the core value assignment for this course, in that it is the goal to strive for excellence when creating the best, most effective portfolio that will reflect who you are as a candidate to potential employers.

• Have I included all standard information that is expected in the résumé?
• Have I categorized information logically, named the categories clearly, and made those category headings grammatically and stylistically parallel?
• Have I used action words whenever possible, and are all the action words within a group parallel?
• Have I used reverse chronological order as appropriate?
• Have I used just one or two margins so that the information has a clear, easy-to-follow design?
• How do I apply the three-step process? For a chart on how to apply it to résumés, see Figure 15.2 in your textbook.