English 421Y: Technical Writing Online

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Automation Engineer – Clarke Engineering Services, Inc.

The first part of the chapter that related directly to me was the section talking about writing the resume to make your skills look the best. For example, using the archival approach when looking for entry-level positions highlights the skills obtained from recent coursework. I used this approach when writing my resume recently because, like most recent college graduates, I do not have years of experience to catch the recruiter’s eye.

After reading Chapter 3-Readers and Contexts of Use, I began to look back on past experiences that I had at my internship over the past three summers. There were several instances when I was asked to write a technical document such as a project bid or problem report. While writing these documents, I had to think about the different people who I was targeting the document towards. For example, with project bids, I had to target the document to potential clients.