Writing Assignment-DC Comics

• DC Comics is one of the first major comics company dating back to 1934. DC means Detective Comics. There has been many changes to their logo since then. The original first traces back to 1935. It was a simple circle with text around the inside. It read "A DC publication". 

• In 1941, Superman had become phenomenally successful which cause DC to rename their logo to "Super Mans National Comics" with DC in the middle of the circle. 

• Throughout 1940-1970, DC mainly kept the Logo the same with slight color variations. There no significant change until 1970. In 1970, they tried to capitalize further on sales popularity of Superman. They put a picture of Superman flying as their logo with a caption under that read DC  Superman.

 

• In 1976, they changed their Logo again similar to the original designs. It was just Blue circle with the DC reading in the middle. There were also white stars on the sides of the circle. This was designed by Milton Glaser/ The logo was referred to as "The Bullet". It was the longest lasting logo in the companies history lasting from 1976-2005.

• The latest DC logo was in 2005. It is a star rotating around the DC lettering. It echoes the companies new momentum. It was created by Josh Beatmen of Brainchild Studios. And acknowledges that they are still moving forward. It marks the visual legacy of the companies logo. It is called the DC spin.

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ROP Career Skills: How to write a good resume.

ROP Career Skills: How to write a good resume
Your portfolio:

• A portfolio containing three or more work samples
• Letter of Introduction
• Resume
• List of references
• Letter of recommendation

Job Seekers Trifecta

• A solid well written and well designed resume
• An equally well crafted list of positive references
• A flawless handwritten job application.

Your resume should have:

• Who you are and how you can be contacted
• your job objective
• level of education
• your work history of experience
• your special skills and abilities

Edit and Refine your Resume

• Take time to write your resume
• No typo's, use spellchecker
• No mistakes, look for double words, grammar errors
• No misleading information
• Format your text for easy reading and searching.

Resume Writing Tips

• List most recent job experience first
• list most important skills first
• leave out the obvious
• avoid negativity

Resume Writing Tips

• Go with what you got: Summer jobs. volunteer experience, clubs, relevant hobbies
• Sate estimated date of diploma
• Proof read at least 3 times.

• Style Can Vary: Just keep it professional, well organized and easy to read.

Rop Portfolio Handbook

• Contains tip and guides for all aspects of your portfolio
• Has 2 sample resumes 

How to get started

• Find a program to write your resume with, such as word
• Think of what ideal job might be this summer or in the future
• Use the resume template in the ROP portfolio Handbook and list all your important details.

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