Exercise 3
Employment Opportunities
| Office Clerk Required. Retail. Must be willing to work Thursday nights and
Saturdays. Must be polite, neat, and clean. Must be able to work with the
public. Previous office experience an asset. Apply in person with resume. NO
PHONE CALLS. Apply to Art's Furniture, 1000 Jones Rd, Ottawa. |
- Choose an ad for a job you might like to have. Write a list of all the
skills and qualities you think would be necessary for this job.
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Write an Employment ad to hire someone to do attendant care or to tutor
you in reading and writing.
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Write a list of all the qualities you think you have that an employer
would be looking for.
Find a job you think you could do. Write a cover letter to the employer
describing why you think you could do the job.
Write a resume. Your tutor or instructor can help you with the words
and format of a resume.
Exercise 4
Garage Sales
| Elm View Yard Sale. Many antiques and Coke collectibles. Sat. noon - 4 and
Sun. noon - 5pm. 2202 Robinson Street. |
Using a map of your community, look through the list of garage sales,
decide which you would like to attend, write each address on the WRITE program,
then plot your course on the map (writing directions from place to place on the
WRITE program).
Think of some things you have at home that you would like to sell.
Write an ad for your garage sale.
Write down all the garage sales in your area. Then write down what
kinds of things they're selling at these sales.
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