career prep

Q5 Applying for a Job: Application Mix-Up Mystery

16. Career Prep

There’s a mystery to solve! A job opening for an event planner has been posted, and applications are coming in. But there’s a big problem—everything is mixed up! The names, cover letters, and resumes are all scrambled. Your job is to determine which materials belong to each applicant so the right people can get called for an interview.

Carefully review each applicant's information on the Google site to match each cover letter and resume accurately with the correct person.

Application Mix-Up

Select the image or link below to access the Application Mix-Up Google Site to begin your sleuthing. 

This image is the top page of the Google Site.  It is linked to the Google Site.  You may also access the Google site by selecting the direct link below.

16.Q5 Application Mix-Up Solve an Applicant Mystery Certificate.

Be aware: You cannot submit the embedded Google Form with your responses unless all of the responses are correct.

Once you have solved the Application Mystery, add the screenshot with your name and the certificate to your Career Prep Portfolio.

Here is an example of an Applicant Mystery Certificate. 


MITECS  Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and

ISTE Standards for Students

1. Empowered Learner
a. Connect their learning needs, strengths and interests to their goals and use technology to help achieve them and reflect on their progress.
d. Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use, and troubleshoot current technologies, and transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.

2. Digital Citizen
a. Manage their digital identity and understand the lasting impact of their online behaviors on themselves and others and make safe, legal and ethical decisions in the digital world.
b. Demonstrate empathetic, inclusive interactions online and use technology to responsibly contribute to their communities.

3. Knowledge Constructor
a. Use effective research strategies to find resources that support their learning needs, personal interests and creative pursuits.
c. Curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections or artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions
d. Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions

6. Creative Communicator
a. Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication
c. Use digital tools to visually communicate complex ideas to others.
d. Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.