The job I have found is a summer internship at Coke Cola in either Atlanta, Georgia or Louisville, KT. The job posting can be found at
https://purdue-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php?s=jobs&ss=jobs&mode...
I selected this for a few reasons. One of the most important things I looked for when searching for jobs was how they would handle housing for the summer. I was searching for ones that either offered a stipend for housing or ones that provided their own housing. This past summer I was responsible for my own housing, which was a nightmare. Aside from trying to find an apartment to lease for only 3 months, during those 3 months I was paying rent on my apartment where I was working and on my apartment I am living at while at school. So the location of the job is very important and it has to be either near West Lafayette or my home town, or else I wanted a job where the company provides housing in some way.
The second reason I selected this job is because I will be graduating next year, and this internship could potentially become a full time position for me after I graduate. It is also a company that I would like to work for. My first internship was with Delphi Electronics, which is a branch of Delphi Automotive and at the time it was struggling to come out of bankruptcy. It was not a company I wanted to work for after I graduated.
If it does become a full time job, it also offers a lot of room to advance. I am a CS major, so my starting job will probably be writing/developing software for a company, but I would like to have the opportunity to advance to a management level after a few years developing software. After some research on their website, I found that they provide tools to learn new skills online, on the job, and in the classroom. All three of which are made to increase your skills, abilities, and experience and help you move up and advance in the company as well.
So the two main reasons I picked this job was they provide housing for the summer internship and it was a company I think I would want to work for full time after I graduate next year, and it seems to have a lot of room and options to advance in the company to help further my career in the future.
After reading the job requirements, I believe I am a very good candidate for this job. I am enrolled in a college program seeking a computer related degree, and have almost one year of relevant work experience, plus many more years of general work experience. I would also say that I have intermediate computer skills at the very least.
The job description in the posting is basically "to work on assigned projects and support the Business Information Services Division." This is a little vague on details and sparse on key words, however as stated above, I do possess the relevant skills and experience that are necessary for the job and am a very good candidate for this position.
Supporting the Business Information Services Division
Supporting the "Business Information Services Division" sounds like it's dealing with company-wide database software. That's what we have for quantities and cost code information and such (I work for a construction company). It's Microsoft Access type stuff, where you have databases of information that need to be shared, and you need to give other employees the ability to view and enter information. That would be my guess. I was actually looking at our software packages last week. I'd really like to learn how to do some of that stuff. For a Purdue CS major, it should be a piece of cake!
What kind of programming have you studied in CS, and what kind did you do with Delphi? Have you done any of the kind of programming I'm talking about, or am I just way off base?
Instructor commentary
This analysis shows careful consideration of how this position fits into your career arc, which is good. However, it would benefit from more discussion of how you would benefit the company, which will serve you well when you are constructing your cover letter and resume. The job ad may be a little light on key words, but you still want to consider how you can connect specific tasks/projects that you have completed with what the job ad requests. Indeed, really the central improvement to this analysis would be an explicit discussion of how it shapes your cover letter (and resume, if applicable). Recall that the assignment description states: "Think of the Job Ad Analysis as a prelude to the Cover Letter." You should make tentative determinations about what the central theme or argument of your cover letter will be and how you will use the material in your analysis correspondingly. You want to treat this analysis as groundwork for the documents ahead of you, which means attention to both content and structure.
Overall, however, you've got an solid start, and there is much to build upon in your forthcoming employment documents.