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Demonstrate college-level communication through the oral delivery of original materials in Standard English.
Video resume: Throughout your professional career, you may be called upon to submit a video resume for a new job. For this assignment, you are required to produce a video resume to persuade a potential employer that you are the best candidate for the position. This assignment is good preparation for answering the common interview question, "Tell Me about Yourself". It is important to establish your viewpoint and purpose for the video and rationalize why you are the best candidate throughout the video.
You will create and submit 1) a 2-to-4-minute video (MP4) resume which highlights your professional skills and experience and 2) a word-for-word transcript of the video resume (both are required for grading). The video needs to be done in professional attire with a professional background (no background noise/interference, a stable/steady recording, effective lighting) and strong communication skills (language, appearance, eye contact, body language, posture). This assignment requires one continuous video submission (not be multiple video clips submitted, or a video that starts/stops) and you need to be on camera when presenting (avatars, still images, cartoons, voice-overs, and filters are not accepted).
Think about who you are as a professional, and answer all questions below in your video and transcript submissions. Utilize the various tips for effective video resumes found in the readings as you create the video. The questions should not be read aloud during the video resume, and the information shared should flow from start to finish. Remember that the audience is a potential employer, and it is important to direct the content to the right audience
- What is your name
- What is the job you are seeking?
- What are three reasons why you are seeking this job, and what are three reasons why you are the best candidate for the job?
- What is your work history and volunteer experience? (Discuss specifics such as: job responsibilities, positions held, skills learned).
- What experience do you have working in teams?
- What was the most successful project you tackled as a member of a team?
- What are 2 professional or educational goals you have achieved as an individual?
- What are 2 professional or educational goals you plan to achieve in the future as an individual?
- What are your future plans? (i.e. What will you complete your degree in? What career do you plan to pursue? What are your career ambitions?)
- Overall, why should you be hired for the job?
Reminder: For this assignment, you will submit BOTH a video resume (MP4) and a written transcript (Microsoft Word) that is word-for-word of what is said in the video. Both components are required to have the assignment graded.