QR Challenge: Targeting CVs and Cover letters

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. What is a CV for?	To sell myself, show my skills and experience relvant to the job being advertised
2. What does CV stand for and what language is it?	Curriculum Vitae and it is Latin
3. What does Curriculum Vitae mean?	Circle of life
4. What is a cover letter used for?	To market myself, explain the skills and qualities I have relevant for the job and why I want to work for the company
5. What should a cover letter make an employer want to do?	Make them want to read my CV and ask me in for an interview
6. How many CVs get rejected due to bad grammar and spelling?	40%
7. What two areas need to be changed to target my CV?	Personal profile and key skills
8. List CV dos and donts

 

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