Week 2: Communicating You!

January 19-25, 2026

📖 Reading

• Read OTC Chapter 2

📐 Prepare for class

• Reading Quiz Week 2
• Bring 2 PRINTED copies of your CV and Cover Letter for peer review

🥱 Monday 🌛

• MLK Day - No class

🐪️ Wednesday 🐦‍⬛

• CV/cover letter important components
• Discuss how to give good feedback (based on ETC)
• Peer Review CV/cover letter
• YouTube Recording of Lecture portion of class

🏋 Practice Your Skills

• Add CV/cover letter to portfolio
• Choose an Annual Review article from those offered – no duplicates

Extra Resources/Reading

• An excellent blog post with interview questions you can ask to determine whether a job is a good fit for you (or, in the parlance of the author, if a job will crush your soul). (Dash 2026)

References

Dash, Anil. 2026. “How to Know If That Job Will Crush Your Soul - Anil Dash. Anil Dash.” January 12, 2026. https://anildash.com/2026/01/12/will-that-job-crush-your-soul/.