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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Hey Mark –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>We’re in the latter stages of finishing up a data driven piece about the service course (where this assignment is taught more frequently) across the US. The resume remains one of the most common assignments. So what I can tell you is this. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The resume assignment is often approached based on workplace and trade research about how people read and interact with resumes and what they expect. </span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>So things like the following can be helpful<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li style='color:#555555;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>F pattern reading research (<a href="https://www.nngroup.com/articles/f-shaped-pattern-reading-web-content/">https://www.nngroup.com/articles/f-shaped-pattern-reading-web-content/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='color:#555555;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Time spent looking at resumes (<a href="http://business.time.com/2012/04/13/how-to-make-your-resume-last-longer-than-6-seconds/">http://business.time.com/2012/04/13/how-to-make-your-resume-last-longer-than-6-seconds/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='color:#555555;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We also look at a series of trade and workplace “best practices” (e.g. <a href="https://theinterviewguys.com/best-resume-format-guide/">https://theinterviewguys.com/best-resume-format-guide/</a> or <a href="https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/rockstar-resume-tips/">https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/rockstar-resume-tips/</a></span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-resume-writing-tips-2018-hernandez-executive-resume-writer/">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-resume-writing-tips-2018-hernandez-executive-resume-writer/</a> </span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>) and talk about how these practices relate to tech comm and what students want to accomplish with crafting their job persona<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='color:#555555;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Finally we look at a series of things about what employers look for (e.g., <a href="https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/4-employers-resumes/">https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/4-employers-resumes/</a></span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> or <a href="https://www.naceweb.org/talent-acquisition/candidate-selection/what-employers-seek-on-a-resume/">https://www.naceweb.org/talent-acquisition/candidate-selection/what-employers-seek-on-a-resume/</a> </span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>) many of these type of things have workplace just enough research in them, which helps students see the big idea that resumes are indeed rhetorical and they have to think through these issues when crafting who they want to be within this genre<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style='color:#555555;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>While a little dated, this </span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Can't String a Sentence Together’? UK Employers' Views of Graduates' Writing Skills by Kotzee and Johnston still holds true for US contexts as well.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Good luck,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Lisa Melon</span>ç<span style='color:black'>on, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Co-Editor, Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__journals.upress.ufl.edu_rhm&d=DwMFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=pixVoNlEUATCd42x07Q5ArPXRPzmxr7XUhwZ3R0VPL8&m=Shj3vbvM5sT5RXbA2Q4DPfyv9-MYu0r9-86YpB-c3Jo&s=kHZQlabmFC-di_7ldUObKDW_e4L69mcKBtbd9nAiW_U&e="><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://journals.upress.ufl.edu/rhm</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Series Editor: Foundations and Innovations in Technical and Professional Communication (https://wac.colostate.edu/books/tpc/)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Associate Professor, Professional & Technical Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Department of English<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>University of South Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>4202 Fowler Avenue, CPR 311<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Tampa, FL 33620-5550<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>803-370-0008 (mobile)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Email: meloncon [at] tek-ritr dot com OR meloncon [at ]usf dot edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>http://tek-ritr.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Digital office: Skype @lisameloncon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Twitter: @lmeloncon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces@attw.org> on behalf of Mark Crane <craniac@gmail.com><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 9:41 AM<br><b>To: </b>ATTW List serv <attw-l@attw.org><br><b>Subject: </b>[ATTW-L] Teaching the resume<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>I was wondering if you teach resume creation (and by extension, branding one's self and tools like LinkedIn) in your introductory courses, and if so, if you have any suggestions for doing this in a way that is supported by existing research. My own sense is that resumes, although important, seem to be less important than they once were.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>We'll be collecting research about resume writing and the semantics of electronic resume filtering processes in class today, but I thought I would "drink above the horses" as it were and ask the experts as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________ ATTW-L mailing list ATTW-L@attw.org http://attw.org/mailman/listinfo/attw-l_attw.org <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>