The purpose of this assignment is to present yourself professionally for employment in the field of special education through the development of a resume and cover letter. A cover letter serves as the specific introduction to a resume for each separate recipient, while the resume contains consistent, professional information regarding your professional background, education, and experience, no matter the recipient. A resume should be updated often as information changes or is added.

Instructions:

Using these sources as a guide:

Create your own cover letter.

Create your current resume.

You will not need a title page for this assignment, as your one-page cover letter will function as your title page.

The Developing a Strong Resume and Cover Letter

Must be one page in length (not including cover letter and references page) It must include the following:

Personal information

Career title and objective

Experience

Education

Community involvement

Skills

In the place of a separate title page, this assignment requires a professional cover letter with the following:

List your contact information

List the information for the employer you are contacting

Address a person by name whenever possible

Tell them why you are writing and demonstrate some knowledge of their company

Using your three skills and examples, tell them why you are qualified for the position

Thank them for their time and tell them what you want to happen next

Consider using additional scholarly sources in addition to citing the two required provided sources (must cite Career Services at the University of Arizona Global Campus sources).

The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types.

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