Karie’s English 207 Blog

Blogs

4/24

Spend some time reflecting on the blogs throughout the semester.  Do you think they were a useful writing space? Would you like to use them in other classes in the future? Would you like to use them more personally? How have they helped you see writing differently?

Sometimes they were  useful, like when we used them for communication or to ask questions about something.  I did have to blog weekly for another class, and it wasn’t very effective at all.  I don’t know if it was just the blog promts we have or what but I just didn’t find them all that effective.  I don’t think I will use them personally because I just dislike blogging, nothing against this class for having to blog, I just don’t enjoy it.

homework for 4/22

1.  Is it ok that everything in all on the same main page?  Because originally I thought you said you wanted us to make it more “advaced” than that but when you click to add other things it just adds it to the bottom of the page.

2.  How do I make the other things be on separate pages if it even is possible?

3.  How do I get my objective to be at the top?

4.  Should I add ALL of my work experience or does it not matteR?

5.  I most likely should add things to my portfolio items side page column thing, but what sort of things to I put there?

4/20

When I do my revisions for my resume, I need to better explain my past experiences for my jobs.  What I already have is pretty broad and I need to use more action words and detail so the reader knows exactly what I did and am capable of.  This will ensure that I am telling all I can about myself.

4/17

Option 3 Focus:
1.  My resume will be a slightly modified version than the one I used in class simply because that one looks like I am applying for that 1 specific job I feel like. 

2.  I will re-present my resume as a Web Site because I feel like a power point or anything else would be the most boring thing ever.  No one is going to want to watch me present a video or audio clip of myself showing off the skills I have for potential jobs unless you are the employer.  I think a Web Site would deffinitly be a better way to present my resume.

3.  I will deffinitely include my skills that make me right for the job that I want to persue a career in because that is basically the point of resumes. I will include my communication abilities with others since that is my major and area of studies.  Also, my experieve I have had that will make me more applicable for a job in the event coordinating field.  All of these things are only going to help me get a job and look better to an employer rather than putting pointless jobs that will not help me in the career I want.

4.  I guess it depends what Web Site creator I use to create my page.  Therefore I cannot sketch out what I want it to look like because I do not know what features the site creator has that I will be using.

5.  This will represent exactly what I am capable of doing and what skills I can bring to this job.  If an employer were to come accross my page, I want them to read it thinkin that this person is someone I want working for me.

6.  What Web Site(s) to use to create my own?

7.  -Figure out how I am going to create the site.
-Actaully make it
-add color, text features, pictures maybe. etc.
-If there is a way to create my site than not actaully post it to the internet…I kind of would rather do that and just show it to you.  For some reason I feel like it is weird that ANYONE can find my resume on the internet.  I mean it has some perks being  up there that potential employers can see it and like what I can do, but I mean how many employers are really searching the web for new employees hoping to find a great resume?  I dont know I just am skeptic about it.

4/15

***We have spent a lot of time this semester talking about literacy and learning how this concept is much more complicated than we may have initially thought.  Spend some time today reflecting about how your view of literacy is and has changed in this class. 

–>I guess I am now more aware of the literacy I use in my everyday activities and routines more so than I was before.  But other than that, my view on it really hasn’t changed so much.  My view is still that literacy helps me get through a lot of everyday tasks but it’s nothing that I didn’t or couldn’t do before that made this possible.

Portfolio

1.  In my introduction I want to let the readers know what is in my porfolio and maybe explain or give a little preview of what to expect so they understand each of my projects. 

2.  I want my readers to first see my best project, because if they start off reading one that I do not like or don’t think I did well on, they probably won’t want to continue reading.

3.  I want them to have a title so they reader knows what they are about to read.  Maybe have an intro. so they know what to expect, but I want it to be easy to follow so just putting these things at the top of the page before the actaul project will be fine.

4.  I just want a basic introduction because I don’t have any videos or anything to introduce it and I don’t really want to make one.

4/8

I got all positive feedback except for I forgot to sign my cover letter.  That is probably an important part so the employer knows I wrote it myself.  I only recieved back 2 different review sheets and they were both station 2 so I basically got the same feedback back.  I think overall, I did a good job and I am happy with what I did.

4/6 Blog 2

I havn’t gotten that far along so I don’t really have any questions as of now.  I might though before I finish completely.

4/6

Look at your job ad.  What seems important to the ad? Why is it important? How do you meet or how will you address those important issues?  
–The qualifications are what seem to be the most important in this job ad because they use caps to emphasize and pay attention to detail.  I will demonstrate what I have done, what I can do, and what I will do to be the best candidate for this job. 

 Then, spend a few minutes on the company’s website and answer these questions:
What does the company do?
-This company is a group of restaurants located on the east and west coasts.  They have very high class menus, cater events, hold events at their many locations, and do weddings also. 

• What are the desired qualifications and skills?
  -Need to be able to muli-task, very detailed oriented, excellent phone skills and communcation skills
• What does the company seem to value?
  -Presence, quality, time
• What are key words that are included on their website (or in their ad) that you should include?
  -Pay Very close attention to detail