Susan Brashear
January 30, 2008
In response to the sample #1, I would suggest not using a question in the job letter. Make bold statements. The way that this person could still use that sentence but turn it around would do so by saying, “I would like to be considered for the position in substitute teaching.” Also, in the education paragraph of the letter, there needs to be some type of example or reference to how her studies have given her experience. The final paragraph is strong but it does not need to have any type of questions to it either. This could say, “At your convenience, please contact me to further go over my qualifications for the position.”
In response to sample #4, the first paragraph is weak and should have more appeal to it. Tell where the job you are responding to is located or how you came about finding the ad for the job. The rest of the letter looks good. They have added in some examples on what their education has taught them and some detailed experience outside the classroom as well. It is also good that she mentions in her final paragraph that her resume is enclosed. Instead of saying, “additional information” she could have said, “At your convenience, please contact me to further go over my qualifications for the position.” I think that stating it this way would make considerations for a job interview for likely.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Class Activity 2
Susan Brashear
January 23, 2008
1. Randy Schroeder will be the reader of my resume and job letter. Mr. Schroeder is the managing director for Ronald Blue & Co.
2. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree, preferably related to financial services; and the designation of Certified Financial Planner or CPA is desired. The company is expecting me to have the ability to make independent judgments, strong organization skills, strong business mathematical skills, ability to handle confidential data, proven ability to work as a team member and proficiency in Microsoft Office. Ronald Blue & Co is based on biblical principals of financial management.
3. I will have received my Bachelor’s degree in Personal Financial Planning and I am planning on sitting for the CPA for my credential certificate. I am currently working as a secretary for a small business and I handle all the money the business possesses. I meet with the business’s accountant at least once a week to go over taxes of each individual employee and the business’s taxes as well. I am a member of the Personal Financial Planning Association and Cactus Drive Church of Christ.
Callie Bichsel revised my assignment for me.
January 23, 2008
1. Randy Schroeder will be the reader of my resume and job letter. Mr. Schroeder is the managing director for Ronald Blue & Co.
2. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree, preferably related to financial services; and the designation of Certified Financial Planner or CPA is desired. The company is expecting me to have the ability to make independent judgments, strong organization skills, strong business mathematical skills, ability to handle confidential data, proven ability to work as a team member and proficiency in Microsoft Office. Ronald Blue & Co is based on biblical principals of financial management.
3. I will have received my Bachelor’s degree in Personal Financial Planning and I am planning on sitting for the CPA for my credential certificate. I am currently working as a secretary for a small business and I handle all the money the business possesses. I meet with the business’s accountant at least once a week to go over taxes of each individual employee and the business’s taxes as well. I am a member of the Personal Financial Planning Association and Cactus Drive Church of Christ.
Callie Bichsel revised my assignment for me.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
In Class Reading Response to Online Portfolio
Susan Brashear
January 16, 2008
Online Portfolio
An online portfolio is an electronic collection of your best pieces of work, used to demonstrate your skills. An online portfolio can be sent electronically to your peers and it can be read without your assistance to explaining some of the things in it. A paper portfolio is a hard copy of your work that can be handed directly to your employer. Two advantages of an online portfolio are that it demonstrates the technical ability of its creator and it allows that web sites or computer art being presented in the portfolio. Two disadvantages of an online portfolio are that it does not provide much security to be stolen or altered by someone else and accumulating an online portfolio takes certain software and online skills that not every professional possesses. To make a good visual impression on your employer with your online portfolio, you need to use the least amount of plug-ins necessary and informs the evaluators of the needed extras as soon as they access the site. Also, a well designed visual interface is either intuitive or instructive; the interface is designed so that users will already know how to navigate it or provides users with ways of learning or adapting to the new interface. When dealing with the language presented on the portfolio, it is best to use first person to describe the pieces. Also, it is advised that you define your efforts in a team piece. By doing this, you will be able to show your abilities of being productive in a team environment.
January 16, 2008
Online Portfolio
An online portfolio is an electronic collection of your best pieces of work, used to demonstrate your skills. An online portfolio can be sent electronically to your peers and it can be read without your assistance to explaining some of the things in it. A paper portfolio is a hard copy of your work that can be handed directly to your employer. Two advantages of an online portfolio are that it demonstrates the technical ability of its creator and it allows that web sites or computer art being presented in the portfolio. Two disadvantages of an online portfolio are that it does not provide much security to be stolen or altered by someone else and accumulating an online portfolio takes certain software and online skills that not every professional possesses. To make a good visual impression on your employer with your online portfolio, you need to use the least amount of plug-ins necessary and informs the evaluators of the needed extras as soon as they access the site. Also, a well designed visual interface is either intuitive or instructive; the interface is designed so that users will already know how to navigate it or provides users with ways of learning or adapting to the new interface. When dealing with the language presented on the portfolio, it is best to use first person to describe the pieces. Also, it is advised that you define your efforts in a team piece. By doing this, you will be able to show your abilities of being productive in a team environment.
Class Activity on Organizing Information
Garett Hopper
Lindsey Davis
Susan Brashear
This report presents observations, findings, and recommendations regarding the performance of buildings affected by the September 11 attacks on the WTC towers in New York City. This report also describes the structural and fire protection features of the affected buildings and their performance in response to the terrorist attacks. Due to the unprecedented nature, magnitude, and visibility of the terrorist attacks, this event is among the most well-documented in the media, particularly in terms of photographic images, lives affected, and the immediate responses and ensuing sequence of events. An understanding of these events must include the performance of the buildings under extreme conditions beyond building code requirements. This includes determining the probable causes of collapse and identifying lessons to be learned. Recommendations are presented for more detailed engineering studies, to complete the assessments and to produce improved guidance for building design and performance evaluation tools. Paragraph 2 from the reading. We believe that this showed the general to specific pattern in organizing information.
The pictures found in the passage shows spatial patterns in organizing your information. The pictures show exact location of the World Trade Towers in New York and the aircraft flight routes to the Towers as well.
Figure 1-8 shows the chronological pattern in organizing information by listing the times these events occurred. Also, table 1.1 shows a chronological pattern as well.
Lindsey Davis
Susan Brashear
This report presents observations, findings, and recommendations regarding the performance of buildings affected by the September 11 attacks on the WTC towers in New York City. This report also describes the structural and fire protection features of the affected buildings and their performance in response to the terrorist attacks. Due to the unprecedented nature, magnitude, and visibility of the terrorist attacks, this event is among the most well-documented in the media, particularly in terms of photographic images, lives affected, and the immediate responses and ensuing sequence of events. An understanding of these events must include the performance of the buildings under extreme conditions beyond building code requirements. This includes determining the probable causes of collapse and identifying lessons to be learned. Recommendations are presented for more detailed engineering studies, to complete the assessments and to produce improved guidance for building design and performance evaluation tools. Paragraph 2 from the reading. We believe that this showed the general to specific pattern in organizing information.
The pictures found in the passage shows spatial patterns in organizing your information. The pictures show exact location of the World Trade Towers in New York and the aircraft flight routes to the Towers as well.
Figure 1-8 shows the chronological pattern in organizing information by listing the times these events occurred. Also, table 1.1 shows a chronological pattern as well.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Group 1-Lockheed Martin
1. The website is about the single largest contractor to the United States Federal Government called Lockheed Martin. It gives the basic information about what is/can be made by this company for the military.
2. This site is meant for someone who knows why they went there to begin with. You aren’t going to go to it unless there is a purpose. We believe that the type of language used with the site is technical. The site was meant for the Government or someone who works for the Government. An example of this would be that is talks about all the capabilities of all the areas in the US, such as Houston.
3. The visual design principals give away that it is something to due with the military right off from the first page because there is a solider on it. There are a lot of other pictures throughout the website that deals with Government and military procedures.
4. The websites intentions seem to be informational. Also, it has technical-meaning explaining technical subjects.
5. We think that the websites goal is to add security, help people, respect others and perform with excellence. They want to show that what they do for the military is ultimately helping us.
2. This site is meant for someone who knows why they went there to begin with. You aren’t going to go to it unless there is a purpose. We believe that the type of language used with the site is technical. The site was meant for the Government or someone who works for the Government. An example of this would be that is talks about all the capabilities of all the areas in the US, such as Houston.
3. The visual design principals give away that it is something to due with the military right off from the first page because there is a solider on it. There are a lot of other pictures throughout the website that deals with Government and military procedures.
4. The websites intentions seem to be informational. Also, it has technical-meaning explaining technical subjects.
5. We think that the websites goal is to add security, help people, respect others and perform with excellence. They want to show that what they do for the military is ultimately helping us.
What is Technical Communication/Writing?
When I initially signed up for Introduction to Technical Writing, I only had a vague idea about what the class would be like. Just looking at the name of the course, I figured that we would be writing but the technical part of the class description threw me off a bit. After reading the short assignment over what technical writing is, it has given me a better understanding to what technical writing means. Before reading the assignment, I thought that technical writing was just something used in the work force such as emails or memos sent back and forth between employees and employers. After going over the list of things that involve technical writing, I now see that technical writing is in much more of our lives than just business emails and memos. I have been reading technical material, such as cook books and magazine articles, everyday without even realizing it. I now have a better understanding to what technical writing is and what it is not.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Initial Writing Assessment
Susan Brashear
January 9, 2008
My major is Personal Financial Planning. I recently switched to this major from Accounting because although I enjoy dealing with numbers, I also enjoy working with people. I think that PFP will put my two skills of numbers and working with people together. Tech will provide me with the skills I need to be successful with PFP. The classes I take at Tech will teach me the tools I need to do my job correctly and accurately for my employer. I think the types of writing I will be doing in my future job will be typing proposals, memos and summaries of my clients. I will write on my job because I will need to document what my clients and I have decided to do for their accounts, savings and investments. I will be writing for my clients and coworkers. I can expect to have all kinds of audiences. I will understand that the type of audience I have will determine the type of writing I will use. When addressing an email address to my boss, I will explain myself clearly and accurately so he/she will be able to understand my job intentions. When addressing a client, I will break down my intentions from a PFP point of view to one that they will be able to understand clearly and easily.
January 9, 2008
My major is Personal Financial Planning. I recently switched to this major from Accounting because although I enjoy dealing with numbers, I also enjoy working with people. I think that PFP will put my two skills of numbers and working with people together. Tech will provide me with the skills I need to be successful with PFP. The classes I take at Tech will teach me the tools I need to do my job correctly and accurately for my employer. I think the types of writing I will be doing in my future job will be typing proposals, memos and summaries of my clients. I will write on my job because I will need to document what my clients and I have decided to do for their accounts, savings and investments. I will be writing for my clients and coworkers. I can expect to have all kinds of audiences. I will understand that the type of audience I have will determine the type of writing I will use. When addressing an email address to my boss, I will explain myself clearly and accurately so he/she will be able to understand my job intentions. When addressing a client, I will break down my intentions from a PFP point of view to one that they will be able to understand clearly and easily.
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