World-of-Work
Due: June 13, 2014
Part One — Update Your Resume
The requirement for Part One is
to update your resume to include your co-op placement and to add any skills you
may have developed from your experience. Feel free to add anything else you
have done over the course of the semester to update your resume. Your resume will be evaluated using the Exit Resume rubric.
Some things to consider when
updating your resume
- Add new skills you feel you have
developed
- Add new work and volunteer
experiences
- Describe your work duties
- Update your reference sheet to
include your present Co-op supervisor. Ensure that you ask your cooperative
education employer — prior to putting his or her information in your resume —
if they would consider being a reference for you.
- Ask your cooperative education
employer for a letter of reference.
Part Two — Exit Interview
Students will sit down with Mr.
Ferguson (or another teacher, if this can arranged) and provide verbal answers
to the Interview Questions. Students are expected to dress and prepare as they
would for a formal business interview.
Students will be evaluated using the Exit Interview rubric.
Interview Questions
- Outline one of the best
experiences you had at your placement and one of the least satisfying.
- Did your job duties align with
your expectations?
- Discuss the importance of doing
quality work.
- Why do businesses expect you to
be at work on time, complete work when expected, and use initiative on the job?
- How has your time management
improved as a result of your experience?
Provide a specific example.
- Describe a problem you had at
your placement and explain how you solved it.
- Outline an area you can improve
on and explain how you would realize these improvements.
- Did this placement have an impact
on your future career plans? Explain.
- What was the biggest surprise for
you?
- How has your co-op placement
affected you and what did you learn from it?
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