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Week 12 Remote Job Practice

  REMOTE WORK SKILLS TRAINING MONTH 3 — GETTING REMOTE-WORK READY WEEK 12 — REMOTE WORK PRACTICAL PROJECT DAY 56: COMPLETE REMOTE JOB SEARCH PROJECT Objectives By the end of this practical lesson, students should be able to: Identify a realistic remote career target. Search for relevant remote opportunities. Analyze remote job descriptions. Verify job opportunities before applying. Match personal skills to job requirements. Identify suitable employment and freelance opportunities. Record opportunities in an application tracker. Select appropriate jobs to apply for. Explain why an opportunity is suitable. Build a complete personal remote-job search system. SOFTWARE/TOOLS LinkedIn, Indeed, Upwork, Fiverr, Google Search, Chrome, Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Gmail, ChatGPT PRACTICAL PROJECT OVERVIEW Today, you will move from learning how to search for remote jobs to actually building a working remote-job search system. You have already learned: What rem...

Week 11 job application

  REMOTE WORK SKILLS TRAINING MONTH 3 — GETTING REMOTE-WORK READY WEEK 11 — JOB APPLICATION & INTERVIEW DAY 51: WRITING COVER LETTERS Objectives By the end of this lesson, students should be able to: Explain what a cover letter is. Understand when a cover letter is necessary. Identify the difference between a CV and a cover letter. Structure a professional cover letter. Customize a cover letter for a specific job. Connect skills to employer requirements. Demonstrate value without exaggerating experience. Use AI to improve a cover letter responsibly. Avoid common cover-letter mistakes. Write a professional remote-job cover letter. SOFTWARE/TOOLS Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Gmail, LinkedIn, ChatGPT, Grammarly These tools can help you write, customize, review and submit professional cover letters. 1. WHAT IS A COVER LETTER? A cover letter is a short professional document that introduces you to an employer and explains why you are interested in a specific position and why your ba...