Lab Exercise on Job-Hunting and Resumes on the Internet

Part 1: Preliminary Screening

You are a member of a screening panel for Megabucks Corporation’s new propulsion research division. Your supervisor has assigned you to investigate qualifications of students in a UAH senior engineering design class, which are available online at this website:

http://www.eb.uah.edu/ipt/resume.htm

Use the job description below to guide you in picking your top two choices. Make a note of the names of your top two, and justify your choices in a memo to me. In the memo, emphasize the aspects of the resumés that led you to choose these two. See the resumé checklist in POTW chapter 12 for guidance on evaluating resumés. Specifically state why the two resumés stood out above the others. Print and sign this memo. The grade for this lab will be the grade for the memo.

Part 2: Results Reports

During the last 15 minutes of lab, we will discuss your choices and your responses to the online resumés.


Job Description: General Description

Duties Include:

Software/Programming Experience Preferred