Thursday, February 3, 2011

February 3

JOURNAL TOPIC:
[No journal today]

AGENDA:
Meet in Career Center for presentation on college/career research.

HW (DUE MONDAY 2/7):
1. Time Investment Portfolio write-up
2. Youtube.com assignment
3. 10 resources for SMART goal research
4. Literature Analysis #2

(Have a nice weekend!)

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Research assignments

1. Please complete the youtube.com assignment for Monday.
2. Please review the Career Pathways research assignment and collect ten (10) resources that help you answer these questions. Bring them-- along with your textbook-- to class on Monday.


research handouts 1 and 2 -

Analyzing your Time Investment Portfolio

HOW TO ANALYZE YOUR TIME INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (use this for your 1-2 pp. write-up and turn in with your actual TIP in the final portfolio)

1. Imagine your IDEAL week. How many hours would you sell, give, spend, and pass?
2. Total your ACTUAL weekly time investment totals; how many hours did you sell,give, spend and pass?
3. Did any of the totals from #2 surprise you? Explain.
4. Was there a significant difference between weekdays and the weekend? Explain.
5. Was there a significant “one-time” event that changed your time investment
patterns? Explain.
6. Does your time investment support the SMART goal you have in mind? How? Can
you tweak either your time investment or your goal to lessen your stress and
increase your effectiveness? How?
7. Describe how understanding your use of time helped you think about your goal(s)
in a different way.

February 2

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Out of all the vocabulary words you've learned so far this year, choose three that you've adopted/used in your own thinking/speaking/writing. Describe a time that having these words enabled you to express something you might not have otherwise.

AGENDA:
1. Journal/turn in
2. Collect resumes
3. Check formatting on cover letters/discuss content
4. T.I.P. analysis

HW:
1. C.O.P.S. survey
2. Cover letter
3. Remember that we meet in the Career Center tomorrow (Thursday 2/3)

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

notes on cover letters

As seen in today's class:

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/coverlettersamples/a/covertemplate.htm

Sample Resume


sample resume -

February 1

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Describe your favorite color-- to a blind person.

AGENDA:
1. Journal/check HW
2. Resumes
3. Cover letters

HW:
1. Make sure your T.I.P. is current; bring to class tomorrow