English 420Y - Business Writing Online

Here is my resume. Any comments would be much appreciated. Thanks Bryce

Upon completing the resume extravagenza, I have come up with five resumes which deserve a call back. The five resumes are 5,9,14,16 and 20. There were many factors that shaped my decision, but the first item that I looked for was something caught my eye. Each of these resumes had something that caught my attention and intrigued me to read on. As I read on, I found that each of these candidates, were sufficiently educated and set themselves apart from the rest by doing unique. By unique I mean an interesting internship, volunteer work or possibly an ambitious class load.

fter reviewing the text, I have come to the conclusion that English 420 is centered around creating professional business documents. The book seems to be more of a guide of how to create these documents rather than just paragraphs of information. The text book will help with this class as well as in the business world. I hope to be able take the information provided and use it to construct business documents when called on to do so.

Job Title: Assistant Manager of Farming Operations Company: Lachmund Grain Farm Supervisor: Kevin Lachmund Date of Employment: 4/2007 - present Skills needed: Good communication skills, be proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel, be able to read and understand engineering diagrams, be able to calculate the cost and benefits of certain decisions, receive and chart commodity prices.

The Jet Blue article that I chose depicts some of the ramifications that occurred after the Valentines Day meltdown. Three months after the meltdown, the CEO of the company was replaced by the company president. The CEO did not leave the company, but stepped down to play a more strategic role. The board and CEO agreed on this, and believe this is the best move for the company. In his new role Neeleman is trying to save the company from another 30 million dollar mistake.

This article is out of the New York Times, following the events of the Jet Blue downfall. It covers many of the same topics that were covered in our readings, but also had several different interviews and new facts. I found it very interesting to see that our nations' capital wanted to pass a bill following these events that would give passengers more rights. Calling it the "Passengers Bill of Right". I found interesting to see that several airlines (no names mentioned in the article) were against this bill and do not want people telling them how to run their company and deal with delays.

It was obvious that JetBlue was not prepared for the ice storms and the cancellations that were brought to the company. As for the CEO and its board communication seemed to be the main problem. According to the article, JetBlue was known for great customer service and cheaper flights. One thing that impressed me was that the CEO admitted he was in the wrong in the way he handled the crisis. He stated that they would make this situation better with the customers and that they also wanted to avoid problems like this in the future.

Work Experience
Question No. 1
1. Casa Inglesa Ltda.
a. Assistant Manager
b. Barranquilla, Colombia
c. May 2003 to Aug 2003
d. Rolant Hughes and Elizabeth Angulo
e. Requirements: Pursuing a college degree
2. Vector Marketing Corporation
a. Sales Intern
b. Atlanta, GA
c. May 2004 to July 2004
d. Alan Blum
e. Requirements: Pursuing college degree, good communication skills, responsibility , dedication.
3. Deloitte and Touché
a. Audit and Tax Internship
b. Atlanta, GA
c. Jan 2005 to Aug 2006
d. Stephanie Crawford

I found the following article to be very interesting concerning the jetblue crisis.
The article is on the following link:
http://www.my3cents.com/companyOverview.cgi?code=605