In the latest PLP project, we worked resumes, business cards, emails, and more in order to effectively market ourselves to employers.
The first step in this project was to find out what jobs we might even apply for in the future. One of the crucial steps to marketing yourself, or anything for that matter, is knowing your audience. I completed job surveys to see what I might be suited for, and these suggestions helped shape the way I describe myself on resumes, business cards, etc…
The next step was the resume: a document that usually shows these main things: references, work and volunteer experience, objective, skills and qualities, education, achievements, and contact info. I had started building a resume before this project, but for this assignment I just started over in Canva, which had great looking resume templates that helped make my resume look better. After many roundds of peer critique, here is my finished resume.
The next major step in this project was the business card. Most business cards should have enough information to pique a possible employers interest, then enough contact information for them to get back to you. I created two possible designs I would use for my ideal job, each with a front and back print:
After the business card was done, we worked the job interview. I learned about common job interview question and what kind of answer are better than others, and finally demonstrated this learning with a job interview skit I filmed with my partner Carter Chong (his blog here) so, here is the final video:
And after that we did some learning about the gig economy: the economy of small unique jobs, like Uber, Fiverr, or Skip The Dishes.
Thanks for reading my post. This was an extremely valuable project that I was happy to do, and honestly helped me get some things done that I’d been putting off for a while.