English 420Y - Business Writing Online

After reading this section of The Thomson Handbook, I believe the substance of this course is going to be focused on improving our writing form in many formats. In just Chapter 12, we reviewed six different types of business related formats including resumes, cover letters and memos. We also reviewed several formats that many people may not have heard of, or haven’t needed yet, including case analysis and white papers. After reviewing page 223, I already like how the book is able to lay out specific points on creating a cover letter. I think we will also benefit form the computer formatting pointers such as the tip on page 230. This shows a step by step way to remove a hyperlink. These little tips could be what make your document better than the competition. By using this book, I think we will have good examples and tips to strengthen our resumes and cover letters which we will need as we near graduation and the other formats such as memos and white papers which we will need in the workplace.

By taking this course, I expect to become a better writer in general. I expect to gain useful insight of all aspects of professional writing, which I hope to take to my everyday writing. If I can become good at writing a professional document, which are able to portray information clearly and concisely, I will be able to transfer those skills to my everyday writing. I also expect to have a strong base of classmates and teachers that will be able to offer me constructive criticism on my work. With input, I hope to create a strong resume, cover letter, and have the professional writing skills to succeed in the workplace and benefit me in my accepance of a professional school. I would like to use this opportunity to vastly improve my writing skills so I am ready to move on to the competitive professional world.