[ATTW-L] Teaching the resume

Wed Nov 7 15:48:54 UTC 2018

I think Sara Doan, finishing her PhD at Milwaukee, is also doing resume-related research.
Greg

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From: ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> on behalf of Chalice Randazzo <crandaz1 at emich.edu>
Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 9:42 AM
To: Ray Boxman <boxman at eng.tau.ac.il>
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Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] Teaching the resume

Hi, all--

Rebecca, thanks for the shout-out! Mark, I'm happy to chat with you if you want. I've been researching the conventional resume for a few years now, including interviews with students, professors, career counselors, and employers. I've learned that even though social networking sites like LinkedIn are increasingly used, the conventional resume is typically required alongside those newer resources (the cover letter's importance depends on the industry). So, I still teach my introductory students the conventional resume and cover letter, and I use my research to inform my teaching.

I have a few publications out and a couple more in the pipeline, and I'm happy to share what I've learned with anyone who is curious. I've researched evaluative criteria that employers use, strategies that writers use, and what those things say about potential hiring discrimination. I don't want to inundate the entire ATTW list, though, so feel free to email me off-list: crandaz1 at emich.edu<mailto:crandaz1 at emich.edu>.

All best,
--Chalice

Chalice Randazzo, PhD
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Eastern Michigan University
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On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 10:18 AM, Ray Boxman <boxman at eng.tau.ac.il<mailto:boxman at eng.tau.ac.il>> wrote:
Hi Mark,

We teach CV and resume preparation in our Communicating Science short course (directed at STEM grad students) – see http://communicating-science.com<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunicating-science.com&data=02%7C01%7Cgreg.wilson%40ttu.edu%7Cab9b0534ca2849c724e308d644c78eed%7C178a51bf8b2049ffb65556245d5c173c%7C0%7C0%7C636772021227016983&sdata=2w1q6VRSawo04541q%2BLI7ebG2NJ%2BPc0K15Y9bWWSQzw%3D&reserved=0>. Our approach is conventional, however, based on common practice and not supported by any current research effort. Most of Chapter 9 of our text book (https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/10145<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldscientific.com%2Fworldscibooks%2F10.1142%2F10145&data=02%7C01%7Cgreg.wilson%40ttu.edu%7Cab9b0534ca2849c724e308d644c78eed%7C178a51bf8b2049ffb65556245d5c173c%7C0%7C0%7C636772021227016983&sdata=8dAagBkWON%2BqSbzpMw1GNoOtA0AIri9sqK5QrxZ6BeQ%3D&reserved=0>) is directed at CV’s, resumes, and other job-hunting documents.

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Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] Teaching the resume

Hi Mark,

You might check out Chalice Randazzo's work. She has done important and interesting research on reflexivity in the process of resume design, gaps and silences in resumes and cover letters, and other considerations-- almost all of which is positioned in the context of teaching students this genre.

rww

Rebecca Walton
Editor, Technical Communication Quarterly
Associate Professor, Technical Communication & Rhetoric
Department of English, Utah State University
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On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 7:43 AM Mark Crane <craniac at gmail.com<mailto:craniac at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi,
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.

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.

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