Blog Assignment 5 & Website

Good morning everyone!! Welcome to Week 5 of ENG333.
I just sent out an e-mail to all of your Blackboard accounts explaining your assignments for this week. Please let me know if you are having any issues or confusion regarding any assignments or projects. Listed below is the blog assignment, and I sent out the material for Project 2, in which you will design and build a web site for your field. I can't wait to see how your projects turn out!

Courtney 

Blog Assignment 5: Beginning the Job Search
To help you get started with your next major Course Project, we would like you to locate four or more openings that you could realistically hope to apply for in the next few months, and to begin to analyze the needs and skills required for these various positions. To do this well, you should follow these steps:
First, you’ll want to consult a range of online and print sources for information regarding job openings, internships, graduate school programs, or other professional opportunities. For example, one place you might start is checking out resources available through USM Career Services at http://www.usm.edu/cs/students/students.html.
Depending on your major or area of interest, you might also want to check out various professional organizations affiliated with your discipline or field, many of which will probably post job and training opportunities. One place you might start looking for professional associations affiliated with your field or discipline online is: http://www.google.com/Top/Society/Organizations/Professional/.
You might also just try doing an online search with a combination of “[YOUR FIELD OR INDUSTRY] + Professional + organization”.
Finally, you might consider looking at your own department’s website for information about career opportunities, graduate programs, or professional associations that might be of help.
Second, once you have found at least four openings/opportunities that look like they might be potentially interesting, spend some time compiling a master list of the types of qualifications, skills and experiences they all seem to be looking for in a potential candidate. Do this in your blog post itself, and provide any links to the actual job ads and/or websites of the organizations that are hiring.
Next, in a new paragraph, spend some time identifying your major skills, training, accomplishments and experiences that would match up well to each item you identified in the previous list, making notes about how you might demonstrate that you possess these skills on your resume and cover letter.
Finally, select one of these positions in particular you feel like you might be well suited for (or that you’d be very interested in pursuing further), and write a paragraph or two explaining why you would want the position, and how you might go about writing a resume and cover letter to maximize your chances at obtaining it.
This blog entry should be approximately 750 words in length and contain multiple links to the various job ads you've located.