PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

Course content
• Project proposals
• CV or résumé
• Project reports
• letter of recommendation
• Active listening
• job application
• Public speaking and
• cover letter
business presentations
• interview
• Meeting notices
• appointment letter
• Meeting reports
• joining letter
• Memos
• resignation letter
• Miscellaneous
• emails correspondence
• business letters • Press releases
Project-based learning
⚫ Your first project (before midterm) is to get ready to apply
for a specific job.
⚫ We will create professional communication related to
these jobs, such as a CV/résumé, reference letter, letter of
recommendation, job application, cover letter, mock
interview, appointment letter, joining letter, resignation
letter, and emails.
⚫ We will try to write with clarity, cohesiveness,
completeness, conciseness, and concreteness (the five
C's).
Curriculum vitae (CV) or résumé
Your CV is a full history
of your academic
credentials, so the
length will vary.

Your resume is a
concise picture of your
skills and qualifications
for a specific position,
so it is shorter (usually
just 1 page).
Resume-related vocabulary
Resume/CV: contact information
The first section will be Key words
your contact information:
•Your full name
•Your address (or at least
your city)
•Your phone number
•Your email address
Resume objective or career summary
Professional Communication
Department of English, Varendra University

Spring 2024

Questions? susan@vu.edu.bd
+880 17 9929 5147
Types of resumes
Sections of a resume:
In addition to your name, contact information,
objective/summary, education, and work
experience, you can list your relevant activities
and skills.
⚫ Name, address, phone, email
⚫ Objective or summary

⚫ Education

⚫ Work and other related experience

⚫ Activities

⚫ Skills
Creating your résumé
• Indeed.com > '"upload your resume" > choose "build a new resume" > enter email
address > click "next" > Enter your degree information, work experience, skills, etc.
Then download your resume.

• https://resumebuild.ai > Resume > from scratch > general purpose > choose a
field (e.g. education, information services, government, marketing, newspapers, online
media, writing & editing) > Type your contact info, experience, education,
coursework (with skills that you learned), involvement (organizations or volunteer
work), skills, etc.

More tips:
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/resumes-cover-letters/building-a-resume
- or use Google to search for examples of resumes
- or watch Youtube videos about how to write a resume