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Welcome to the Purdue OWL News! This is an online newsletter that will keep you informed about happenings in the Purdue University Writing Lab and the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). While we recognize that most of you can't visit our lab in person, we'd still like to tell everyone about what's going on in our physical writing lab and our online writing lab, because we see them as a team effort for helping people with writing. (If you ever are in the West Lafayette, Indiana area, please stop by and visit us!) We welcome your suggestions and feedback at owlnews@owl.english.purdue.edu.
Looking for a job? an internship? Stop by and work with one of our business writing (bw) consultants. Besides the graduate tutors, the writing lab has a staff of undergraduate bw specialists who are able and willing to assist you with resumes, cover letters, scannable resumes, etc. Whether you're starting from scratch or just need to fine tune your resume content, you'll find all the resources you need.
Watch out for upcoming In-Lab Workshops on objective statements and skill statments (March 5th) and traditional and scannable resumes (April 2nd).
Stop by Heavilon Hall 226 and discover what we have to offer!
We continue to offer In-Lab Workshops for interested Purdue students, faculty, and staff. In-Lab workshops for the next two weeks are:
For more information about our In-Lab workshops, visit http://owl.english.purdue.edu/lab/labwrkshps.html. Teachers of any class at Purdue can also invite a travelling tutor to visit their classes and give workshops as well. For more information about that, please visit our page on in-class workshops at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/lab/workshops.html.
With hypertext workshops, PowerPoint presentations, and handouts, the business writing section of OWL offers help for people in every stage of the job search and for those looking for basic help with writing in a business context. We are working hard to update these business writing resources. In fact, we have recently added a new handout on objective statements and a new sample resume. You can find links to these new handouts at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/index.html.
The undergraduate tutors are also in the process of developing a PowerPoint presentation on scannable resumes and a new handout on developing the education section of your resume. Watch for them soon!
PowerPoint Presentations
Here are some PowerPoints related to job searches and business writing. You'll find presentations on resumes and cover letters at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/index.html#business.
Resumes
This 40 to 45-minute presentation is designed to help students develop their
resumes and attract the attention of prospective employers. This presentation
covers methods for developing each section of the resume and is well-suited
to any person preparing documents for the job search process.
Cover Letters
This presentation is designed to help students more fully understand the expectations
readers have when reading a cover letter. This presentation is ideal for any
student, especially those students who are nearing the time when they will be
ready to apply for jobs or internships.
Developing Your Resume
This sixty-one slide presentation takes students through a comprehensive interactive
workshop about the drafting and desigining of their resume sections, including
the contact information, the objective statement, the education section, the
experience section, and the honors and activities section.
We've added a new handout on objective statements http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_objective.html
and a new resume sample
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_ressample.html
Thanks for reading our newsletter. As always, we welcome your suggestions and feedback at owlnews@owl.english.purdue.edu. You can also email the OWL coordinator, Geoff Stacks, at coordinator@owl.english.purdue.edu and the webmaster, Erin Karper, at webmaster@owl.english.purdue.edu. (Erin and Geoff take turns writing the newsletter.)
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