Assignment #5: Professional Cover Letter

Due Week 10 and worth 180 points

Completing this assignment will help you name and identify the skills and abilities that will move your career forward.

Find a specific job opening posted online within the last 9 months. You will develop a Job Application Cover Letter (as though you were applying to that position) that highlights and emphasizes why you are the most suitable candidate for this position. For the purposes of this assignment, you can present yourself as a recent graduate if needed.

Complete the cover letter on page 1 of the submission and then include a link to the job posting on page 2 (a copy and paste of the link is acceptable and the link must work). To compose the letter, use the general writing guidelines on pp. 266-267 in the text for structural and content guidance. Note: An example can be found on p. 263, Figure 13.8.

The message should take the form of a business letter; however, you will submit your assignment to the online course shell.

The job letter / application message must adhere to the following requirements:

1. Content
   1. Highlight relevant background and job history information specific to the opening.
   2. Emphasize significant qualifications and exclude nonessential ideas.
2. Format
   1. Follow proper letter formatting techniques per business letter format.
   2. Use an appropriate and professional greeting and closing.
3. Style
   1. Use professional language.
   2. Paragraphs effectively developed and efficient. Note: Six (6) or seven (7) lines when possible.
4. Mechanics
   1. Make sure there are no grammar or spelling errors.
   2. Eliminate wordiness and unclear sentence construction.

This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

1. Plan, create, and evaluate professional documents.
2. Write clearly, coherently, and persuasively using proper grammar, mechanics, and formatting appropriate to the situation.
3. Deliver professional information to various audiences using appropriate tone, style, and format.
4. Develop presentation skills for use in the professional environment.

I am acquiring a Bachelors in Business Administration with a concentration in contract acquisition and management

PRIMARY REFERENCE FOR ASSIGNMENT:

Corporate Computer Security (Online Courses ONLY )

Author: Randall J. Boyle

Publisher: Pearson

ISBN: 978-0133545197

• Please number your answers so they correspond to the questions listed below.
• After each answer (or clearly state within the answer) the source(s) used. Although form and style is not considered in grading of this assignment, it may be a good opportunity to practice APA form and style rules for citing sources.

1. WEP
   1. How secure is WEP?
   2. What should be used in place of WEP?
   3. Is there a real need to secure your private wireless network?
2. Compare the Microsoft Operating system to LINUX.
   1. Are there major security feature differences
   2. Which Operating System would you choose as being most secure?
   3. What security features most influenced your decision.
3. Spyware
   1. What is spyware?
   2. How do you defend against spyware?
   3. How can you remove spyware from your computer?

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One of the most important skills you will use throughout your career and personal life is analytical thinking. Analytical thinking requires you to identify the purpose or intent of a document, and determine whether the assertions or claims are valid and reasonable.

This assignment will help you to develop the skills necessary to determine the meaning found within a text. You will find an op/ed piece from an online newspaper, then write an essay in which you analyze the article. The intent of this essay is not to argue for or against the content; instead, you are analyzing what the article does in terms of purpose, approach, and effectiveness.

*Note that no one writes a polished essay in a single sitting. Start early and give yourself time for multiple revisions.

Step 1:

Go to an online newspaper website such as:

Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/

The Kansas City Star http://www.kansascity.com/

The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/

Find an article in the Op/ED (Opinion/Editorial) section that is argumentative in nature.

Step 2:

Analyze the article using the following questions as a guide.

1. What is the purpose of the text? In other words, what does the author want his or her readers to believe and/or do after reading the article?

2. What strategies does the author use to achieve his/her purpose? Does the author use facts, examples, experiences, logic, assumptions, data, sources, expert opinion, and so on to prove his or her position? Be sure to give examples. You could also try to determine if the position is presented as more of a Classical argument or a Rogerian argument.

3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the approach the author used? Do you detect bias that is unreasonable? Does the author use unreasonable assertions, stereotypes, or faulty information to make his or her points? Does the author place the opposition in an unfair light? Does the author distort the arguments of those who disagree? Does the author fail to recognize the weaknesses in his or her own position? Does the author leave out important information? Does the author back up his or her assertions with evidence, or does he or she simply make assumptions? What would most improve the argument? Explain your answers.

Remember, you are not arguing for or against the content of the article you choose; you are analyzing how the author supports the claims that are made. Your analysis consists of identifying the author’s purpose, and determining whether the strategies used by the author are reasonable. Be objective.

1. To be clear: Your readers should not know what your position is about the subject.

2. Do not include personal opinion or personal judgments about the subject matter.

3. Do not include personal narrative.

Step 3:

Analysis Checklist – Use these questions to evaluate your essay against the assignment requirements

1. Does the source article discuss a current controversial topic?

2. Does you analysis identify the argument (point of view)?

3. Does your analysis use effective transitions as it progresses from paragraph to paragraph?

4. Does your analysis avoid personal opinion, casual language, or first or second person language (I or You)?

5. Is the analysis complete? Does information need to be added or deleted to complete the assignment?

6. Does this analysis meet the assignment criteria?

Use APA Format for this assignment: This analysis should be presented in the form of a single essay, complete with a title page, an introduction, three body paragraphs (purpose, approach, and effectiveness), a conclusion, and a full References page.

Your analysis should meet the following criteria:

1. Is based on a current topic and/or event;

2. Is between 300-500 words in length, not including the title page, abstract (if used), and References page;

3. Includes direct quotations and paraphrased passages from the text;

4. Uses attributive tags that not only work to convey the mood of the writer, but establish him or her as an authority in the field of study;

5. Avoids personal opinion;

6. Is written clearly, concisely, and accurately;

7. Is written solely in third-person;

8. Includes a References page;

9. Has been closely edited so that it contains few or no mechanical errors;

10. Is ordered with a title page, an introduction, three body paragraphs (purpose, approach, and effectiveness), a conclusion, and a full References page.