Offers ways to amplify current instruction on the all-important job interview. Discusses resumes, job application letters, oral reports, preparing for the interview, mock interview checklist, doing the interview, sample interview questions, and leaving the interview. (SR)

Responds to Jacqueline Trace's article in the June, l985 "ABC Bulletin" about teaching the functional skills resume in the business communication class. Argues that employers reviewing applications for entry-level positions tend to favor more customary styles of resumes. (EL)

Explains how findings from L. Flower and J.A. Hayes's research into experienced writers' composing processes can be used to teach writing in general and the resume in particular by helping students focus on the audience, their own persona or voice, the content or meaning they wish to convey, and the format for conveying it. (EL)