Final meetings

[Lori]

Hi everyone,

Congrats to all for the portfolio presentations! I can't believe
we're completely finished in less than one month!

For those of you who have Dr. Larrivee as an advisor - do we need to
meet with her as well as Ann (for final hours) and Dr. Power (for
records check)? Thanks. I've heard two different things so far.

Lori

[Nicole Couture]

Yes, I concur- muchos congrats to all!! We're soooooo almost speech-language pathologists!! Woohoo!!

 

Lori, in response to your question, I had emailed Dr. Power- saying that I wasn't sure if it was her or Dr. Larrivee I should be addressing questions to and setting up an appt. for my final records check, and she responded with a date and time for my records check following my final meeting with Ann... and yep, Dr. Larrivee's my advisor as well, so as far I can see we only need to meet with Ann and Dr. Power. (I'm assuming Dr. P would have told me otherwise, as I blatantly stated my confusion!!) If you should hear otherwise, please let me know... though I don't foresee that happening. 

 

Now I have a question for you (or anyone else who may be reading!), regarding cover letters... first of all, has anyone found a stellar letter?! Secondly, if you apply for a job online and upload your resume, etc., should we also be attaching a cover letter? Or is that wierd? And lastly, are people including references if asked for on an application, or rather providing them during the interview? Perhaps I'm just trying to buy myself some time, seeing as how I haven't really asked anyone's permission to use them as a reference! Oops!

 

All my best to everyone,

-nicole 

[Anna Mazaheri]

Hi Nicole,

 

Thanks for the info about meeting w/ Dr. Power!  I thought we just needed to meet with Ann!

 

It's not exactly "stellar", but I have attached what I am using as a starting point for cover letters I sent out.  You would need to customize the info about experiences etc. 

 

When contacting via e-mail, I have just been pasting this cover letter into the e-mail. (without the address and date info).  I have not provided a reference list until the interview unless they specifically ask for it.

Anna

[Nicole Couture]

Thanks so much, Anna!

-nicole

[Aimee St. Hilaire]

Nicole and everyone else,
I too got an email from Dr. Power.  She said she would meet with me directly after my meeting with Ann.  Haven't heard from Ann yet... but I am hoping this week she will get back to me.

on the cover letter....I posted a template, and that's what I used.  What I am finding, is that the content really depends on the setting to which you are applying, as you will want to highlight the clinical experiences which matter most.  So I wrote one for school and another for medical.  I only attach it to a website if there is a separate area to do so. 

I have not been including my references on my resume.  However, I did have them ready for my interview and I was asked for them.  Take the steps to ask people now, and remember to ask them if they would prefer you use their business or personal contact info... and ask them to send it (i.e. address, phone, email).  Let me know if you want an example to see how it was formatted.

OK take care and good luck to everyone!  See you next month!
Aimee

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Nicole Couture <ncou...@worcester.edu> wrote:

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Aimee

[Lori]

As far as references, I brought a printed list to my interview and one
actual written reference. They didn't ask for them, but I gave them
anyway! I would say, if the application says to include the
references, and you want to provide them at the interview, just make
sure you state that in your cover letter. Remember, you can ask people
to give you either a written reference or just a phone reference. For
mine I just brought one written one and three phone references printed
out.

On Nov 16, 1:37 pm, "Nicole Couture" <ncout...@worcester.edu> wrote:
....

> Now I have a question for you (or anyone else who may be reading!),
> regarding cover letters... first of all, has anyone found a stellar letter?!
> Secondly, if you apply for a job online and upload your resume,
> etc., should we also be attaching a cover letter? Or is that wierd? And
> lastly, are people including references if asked for on an application, or
> rather providing them during the interview? Perhaps I'm just trying to
> buy myself some time, seeing as how I haven't really
> asked anyone's permission to use them as a reference! Oops!
>
> All my best to everyone,
> -nicole
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Lori <larn...@worcester.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
>
> > Congrats to all for the portfolio presentations!  I can't believe
> > we're completely finished in less than one month!
>
> > For those of you who have Dr. Larrivee as an advisor - do we need to
> > meet with her as well as Ann (for final hours) and Dr. Power (for
> > records check)?   Thanks. I've heard two different things so far.
>

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