English 421Y: Technical Writing Online

I personally found Chapter 15: Starting Your Career, helpful in techniques and methods to tailoring a stronger resume. The chapter goes into detail about the different styles of resumes, layout design, job search engines and how to construct an application letter. Although at points the chapters describe common sense material, most of the information was applicable.

After reading Chapter 3, Readers and Context of Use, the book discusses the importance of profiling your audience and describing their needs, values, and attitudes. In preparation of identifying your readers, the chapter goes in detail of how using a Reader Chart will help you understand the various people who’s reading your document. In addition, the book deals with profiling the context of use which can strongly influence how your audience will interpret what message you’re trying to convey.