Instructions
Students will be placed into groups of six. Each student will receive a number by rolling a die. When all students have a number, whichever student has rolled the one will be the first to go. The students will go in numerical order according to what number they rolled on the die. The first student will roll the die. Whatever number comes up, that student will take a note card with their respective number on it. The student will then complete the assignment that is listed on the note card. All students will participate and no two students can complete the same assignment.
At the end of this lesson, all of the members in each group will show the work they did to the class. Some will just be showing resumes, some will be showing worksheets they completed, and other may be doing a presentation.
Each of the respective assignments are as follows below:
1 - Explain
Student is to look over the sample resume below and then type up a Microsoft Word document explaining why it is a bad resume. Student needs to be specific about what exact parts or sections make it a bad resume.
2 - Interpret
For this assignments, students will be reading over a list of nine job descriptions. They are to carefully read over each despcription and then interpret what job title it is referring to. They will have a list of different job titles to choose from, and each job title will match up to a description. All of the job titles are entry level for their respective fields. All job titles and descriptions relate to the real world of business. This assignment can be found in a document link below.
3 - Apply
Students in this assignment will be applying their knowledge of Resumes. They are to look at the sample job posting (the document link is below) and read over it thoroughly. They are then to write a solid resume that would ensure they got an interview with that company. Students are free to make up information on the Resume to make themselves more qualified for the position. The students' resume does have just a few required limitations. The student cannot have a Ph. D., they cannot have previous experience as CEO or President of a company, and they cannot have more than seven years of experience in the field.
4 - Have Perspective
Students will use their whole group for this assignment. Each group will have a discussion about what they feel like are the top five skills in today's job market. They will reflect on this from the following perspectives: potential employee, current employee, manager, and company President or CEO. They will make a list for each perspective, with number one being the most important of their top five. They will then create a PowerPoint presentation to show the class their Top 5 Lists from the different perspectives. The presentations should include pictures, graphics, clip art, images, etc. and the group's reasoning as to why they ranked certain skills in their particular slots. Students need to start with number five, and work their way up to the top of their list.
5 - Empathize
Student is to imagine they are a hiring manager for a marketing company. The position that they are looking to fill is for a Marketing Manager. They have just interviewed two applicants that both did extremely well in their interviews, almost both were perfect. The student has to decide which applicant to hire. The student is to look at both of the applicants' resumes and then make his/her decision. The student needs to type up a Microsoft Word document explaining their decision and their reasoning behind it. The two different resume links are below:
6 - Have Self-Knowledge Student is to follow the link and take the online test to assess their employability skills. Student is to answer each question and then click on the link that says "relate these skills to jobs". The student then needs to choose their four favorite jobs from the list, place them in order of most desired to least desired, and type up an explanation of why they chose those four jobs they did.
Instructions
Students will be placed into groups of six. Each student will receive a number by rolling a die. When all students have a number, whichever student has rolled the one will be the first to go. The students will go in numerical order according to what number they rolled on the die. The first student will roll the die. Whatever number comes up, that student will take a note card with their respective number on it. The student will then complete the assignment that is listed on the note card. All students will participate and no two students can complete the same assignment.
At the end of this lesson, all of the members in each group will show the work they did to the class. Some will just be showing resumes, some will be showing worksheets they completed, and other may be doing a presentation.
Each of the respective assignments are as follows below:
1 - Explain
Student is to look over the sample resume below and then type up a Microsoft Word document explaining why it is a bad resume. Student needs to be specific about what exact parts or sections make it a bad resume.
Bad Resume example.doc
2 - Interpret
For this assignments, students will be reading over a list of nine job descriptions. They are to carefully read over each despcription and then interpret what job title it is referring to. They will have a list of different job titles to choose from, and each job title will match up to a description. All of the job titles are entry level for their respective fields. All job titles and descriptions relate to the real world of business. This assignment can be found in a document link below.
Matching Job Titles by Description.doc
3 - Apply
Students in this assignment will be applying their knowledge of Resumes. They are to look at the sample job posting (the document link is below) and read over it thoroughly. They are then to write a solid resume that would ensure they got an interview with that company. Students are free to make up information on the Resume to make themselves more qualified for the position. The students' resume does have just a few required limitations. The student cannot have a Ph. D., they cannot have previous experience as CEO or President of a company, and they cannot have more than seven years of experience in the field.
Job Posting example.doc
4 - Have Perspective
Students will use their whole group for this assignment. Each group will have a discussion about what they feel like are the top five skills in today's job market. They will reflect on this from the following perspectives: potential employee, current employee, manager, and company President or CEO. They will make a list for each perspective, with number one being the most important of their top five. They will then create a PowerPoint presentation to show the class their Top 5 Lists from the different perspectives. The presentations should include pictures, graphics, clip art, images, etc. and the group's reasoning as to why they ranked certain skills in their particular slots. Students need to start with number five, and work their way up to the top of their list.
5 - Empathize
Student is to imagine they are a hiring manager for a marketing company. The position that they are looking to fill is for a Marketing Manager. They have just interviewed two applicants that both did extremely well in their interviews, almost both were perfect. The student has to decide which applicant to hire. The student is to look at both of the applicants' resumes and then make his/her decision. The student needs to type up a Microsoft Word document explaining their decision and their reasoning behind it. The two different resume links are below:
Sample Resume 1Sample Resume 2
6 - Have Self-Knowledge
Student is to follow the link and take the online test to assess their employability skills. Student is to answer each question and then click on the link that says "relate these skills to jobs". The student then needs to choose their four favorite jobs from the list, place them in order of most desired to least desired, and type up an explanation of why they chose those four jobs they did.