English 421Y: Technical Writing Online

Chapter 8 explains how to build and organize a document starting from a chosen topic. This chapter also covers different genres of technical documents and identifies two different types of audiences. There are two main ideas that I feel are very important when writing a document: an outline and writing what you know first.

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I have decided to apply for a Mechanical Engineering position at Hoerbiger. The career opportunity to be applied for is a Research and Development Engineering position at their Compression Technology Department. This particular office of Hoerbiger is located in Greenwood Village, CO. It is an entry level full time job. I believe this is a great choice when looking at my education, interests and goals.

I found Chapter 8 – Organizing and Drafting to be somewhat of a review. Most of material we have seen since middle or high school, but I guess it’s important to really know it. I did, however, find a few interesting tips/comments on conclusions and genres. I just need to make sure I think about these tips when I’m writing.

“Today, effective “information management” is one of the great challenges to communicating effectively in the technical workplace.” – This quote really conveys the meaning behind why we are reading these chapters and why we are even taking this course. I wanted to mention how important I thought this quote was, as it really gives me reason to appreciate what we are learning throughout this course. I also found it interesting that technical documents should be approached as basically any other document; it should contain an introduction, a body, and an end.

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Upon starting my senior year after a summer of interning, I had a signed contract for full time employment upon graduation at US Steel in Gary, IN. I didn’t have to worry about job searching during the fall semester, but over Christmas break I received a letter and a phone call from US Steel that they were taking back all contracts they had given out to interns due to the deteriorating economy. Now I need to speed up my job search efforts because of my lack of activity last semester.

The job I have chosen for this project is: Process Engineer for Corn Products International.

As I was searching for a job that would fit my skill set I realized that it was going to be a lot harder than I had originally thought. I could find jobs that required my basic skill set, however they all required some sort of prior experience in the filed, usually a substantial amount of time, usually around 3-10 years worth of relevant experience. After searching for awhile I finally landed on this one.

I think we all have an idea of the ideal job for us in our heads and spend most of our lives wondering if we’ll ever be in this wonderful position. While it may be a little unrealistic that you’re going to jump right out of college and into your dream job, it’s very feasible to take a step in the right direction. Ideally I would like to work for a very dynamic company that has a vastly positive impact on our world. I’ve chosen to analyze some career opportunities at a little company by the name of Google.