FINDLAY/ENG 105

 Assignment #2: Job/Internship Interview

 This unit assignment sequence is designed to help you develop the skills you’ll need as you enter the

 working world. You are pursuing a summer job or internship after your first year in college. After

having two of the most basic and critical pieces of business writing  — the résumé and the cover

letter — reviewed for the position you desire, you have been invited to an interview with your

prospective employer’s head of Human Resources. During the interview, the HR director would like

for you to show you are knowledgeable about the organization and are qualified for the job.

Role Audience Purpose Genre Rhetorical

Situation

 Job/internship

applicant

Human

Resources

director/potential

employer

 To show that you

are the most

qualified

candidate for a

job or internship

by composing

application

materials that

highlight your

strengths and

competency and

presenting

yourself to

recruiters in a

relevant and

professional

manner

 Job/internship

interview

 You are a UNC

student who is

seeking a job or

internship to gain

 valuable

experience

outside the

classroom.

 You’ve been

asked to interview

 with a prospective

employer or

program.

Rhetorical Situation Chart

 You will identify one summer job or internship that you are interested in applying for and post the

following information to our website:

1.   A formal outline or description for the job/internship you selected. Compose and post a

job description including the job’s title, description, list of skills needed, and department

that will be hiring you. Include a link if there is one available.

2.  Brief description about why you want to pursue this job or internship (less than 150

 words).

3.  Create your own rhetorical chart with the specifics that pertain to the job you’re applying

for. This will show that you have basic knowledge about your position.

   Your rhetorical situation chart should be laid out like the one above for the business unit

 with sections indicating the genre, purpose, audience, role and rhetorical situation.

 

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   You will fill it with the information that is specific  to your job. For example, your role is

generally a “job seeker,” but for your specific job, you might try to project yourself in the

role of a “salesperson” or a “medical assistant.” 

Feeder 1: Professional Resume

Compose a resume that presents relevant experiences and other information that would be

useful to internship/job recruiters and that presents you as an attractive applicant for the position

you have selected. We will discuss in greater detail the discrete sections that your resume should

include and how it should be formatted. We will also consult sample resumes for this feeder, which I

strongly encourage you to examine in your free time as well.

Feeder 2: Cover Letter

 You will be required to write a cover letter for the specific position you have selected. In

class, we will review more specifically the format, sections, purpose, and style of the cover letter. In

general, your letter should be no more than one page in length, easy to read, and free of grammatical

errors.

Unit Assignment: Job/Internship Interview

 The final project for this unit will be an interview for your position. Instead of meeting for

our usual class periods, you will be interviewed for the positions you’ve selected.