Reading and Writing FInals
Confucius
"Choose a job you love, and yo will never have to work a day in your life:
comprehensive and will put your organization in the best light
A good proposal will be
Organizing data
A proposal becomes more effective if the information on it is clearly organized. You can use the parts of the proposal to guide you in your organization, or use an outline to structu your discussion more effectively
about what is being proposed, how the plan will be carried out, when will be implemented, and how much money will be needed or spent.
A proposal stands out depending on its ability to clearly answer questios:
Complementary Close
A short and polite remark that ends your letter
Updating
Be sure to continuously update your resume as you change jobs, take further studies, participate in activities and upgrade your skill set.
Negative letters
Contain negative messages such as bad news, poor service, misunderstandings, complaints and refusals.
Critical Review
Describes and evaluates the book in relation to accepted literary and historical standards and supports this evaluation with evidence from the text and, in most cases, in contrast to and in comparison with the research of others.
specific, measurable, attainable, results oriented and bound within a realistic time frame (SMART)
Good objectives in the introduction are
Formatting your resume and polishing your resume
How does one craft the resume?
5 or more
How many pages is a formal proposal made up of?
2-4 pages
How many pages is an informal proposal made up of?
Choose a book, planning, introduction, body and conclusion
How to write a book review?
Enclosure
If you have enclosed any documents along with the letter, such as a resume, you indicate this simply by typing below the closing
Factual Knowledge
Information that is verifiable and agreed upon by almost everyone
Statistical Inferences
Interpretation and examples of an accumulation of facts
Literature Review
Is a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic. It provides an overview of current knowledge, allowing you to identify relevant theories, methods, and gaps in the existing research
Book review
Is a thorough description, critical analysis, and/or evaluation of the quality, meaning and significance of a book, often written in relation to prior research on the topic.
Business letter
It is a formal letter
Body
It is also essential to highlight the benefits that the organization will get from accepting you.
Functional Resume
It is formatted to focus on your skills and abilities, rather than your chronological work history.
Semi-block format
It is much like the modified block style except that each paragraph is indented instead of left justified.
Surveys, synthesizes, critically analyzes and presents
Literature Review Objectives:
Revising the proposal
Make sure to review your proposal for accuracy and organization before you send it our
Writing the proposal
Once you have gathered and organized the data, draft your proposal by filling out the parts of the proposal with the relevant data.
Gathering data
One of the characteristics of an effective proposal is being well-researched. A proposal needs concrete data to back up its claims so it can become more credible.
Informed Opinion
Opinion developed through research and/or expertise of the claim
Personal Testimony
Personal experience related by a knowledgeable party
Length
Proposals are primarily categorized according to their _____.
Requests for Proposals (RFP)
Proposals are usually written in response to ____________, which funding agencies send out.
internal; external
Proposals in the professional world are used for __________ (within an organiization) and ________ (from one organization to another) purpose
Proofreading
Reread your resume several times to make sure that you do not have any errors in content, mechanics, grammar and spelling, organization, and formatting and appearance.
Inside Address
The address you are sending your letter to
Modified Block Format
The body of the letter and the sender's and recipient's addresses are left justified and single-spaced. However, for the date and closing, tab to the center point and begin to type.
Block Format
The entre letter is left justified and single spaced except for a double space between paragraphs
Salutation
The formal greeting in a business letter. It normally begins with the word "Dear" and always includes the person's last name
Resume
The goal in writing this is to showcase your experience, education, and skills in a standardized format which is easy for recruiters to read.
Cover letter
The letter of applicaion is intended to provide detailed information on why you are a qualified candidate for the job.
Body
The meat of your letter
chronological resume
The most typical format of a resume is the
Resume
The purpose of this is to introduce yourself to employers, present your qualification and secure an interview.
Objectives
These reveal what the project intends to achieve in terms of results. It also gives the reader an idea of the intended solution.
Benefits
These show what the reader or the target audience can gain from the proposal, which may be improvements in processes or systems.
Book Review
They are a form of literary criticism that analyzes the author's ideas, writing techniques, and quality.
Interested organization
They send proposals following the requirements stipulated in the RFP
Enrichment activities
This details any other projects, skills, programs, relevant hobbies or experiences that strengthen your applixation. Make sure to provide a short description of each and the month and year that is occured.
Methodology
This details the different activities that project will take on, including the manpower and resources to be utilized, and the expected output.
Schedule
This discusses the task duration and expected start and end dates of each activity in the project.
School activities
This enumerates your experience in school, including clubs, class projects, sports, etc. You ought to be descriptive in this section to give the reader a good grasp of your experience. You can do this by including the time period you were involved, your duties, and specific contributions. You should also highlight leadership roles and special recognition.
Rationale
This identifies the problem to be addressed and shows the need to solve it.
Heading
This included your identifying information, such as full name, address, home phone number, cell phone number and e-mail.
Objective
This informs the reader of the specific purpose of yoru resume, such as application for a job or a degree program. Take care to make it specific, focused on the audience's needs and concise.
Business letter
This is a formal message that is written, typed, or printed and is typically sent from one organization to another party outside the organization, such as customers, clients or partners.
Persuasive letters
This is a kind of letter to try to convince the reader to perform a particular course of action
Positive and neutral letters
This is a kind of letter where communicate goodwill, neutral and straightforward requests and positive messages
Cover letter
This is a letter that accompanies your resume and highlights the strengths that you have listed
Cover letter
This is also known as job application letter
Cover Letter
This is also known as the job application letter
Determining your interests
This is the part in planning your career where you reflect on what you like and dislike.
Assessing your qualifications
This is the part where you finish identifying your interest and weighted your priorities, you are now going to evaluate your skills and experience.
Selecting an academic track and searching for a college course or a vocational school
This is the part where you plan to a tertiary education, at this point you can start to consider what course or rack you want to take up.
Memorandum
This is used to quickly communication with a wide audience something brief but important
Body
This is where you write down the qualification which you believe is most fitting for the job
Signature Line
This line will include your first and last name and signature
Honors and awards
This lists any academic and extracurricular recognition you may have received. It gives the reader a short description of the award and tells the reader when you won it.
Education
This lists the high schools you have attended. You may include your class rank, average or honors/ advanced courses you may have taken, if these are noteworthy,
Chronological Resume
This opens with an introduction, and then provides an overview of your professional history in reverse-chronological order.
Body
This part emphasizes your strongest points and shows how you meet the employer's needs.
Conclusion
This part of the letter is where you request for an interview.
Introduction
This part opens the letter and specifies the position that you are applying for,
Introduction
This part provides the background necessary for understanding the project
Budget
This presents an analysis of all the costs anticipated in the project, which can be itemized or shown as a whole, depending on the needs of the project.
Descriptive Review
This presents the content and structure of a book as objectively as possible, describing essential information about a book's purpose and authority.
Work Experience
This reveals any relevant work experience you may have had (paid or voluntary). Include your job title, the name of the organization, the dats of your employment, and your specific duties and accomplishments.
Project Description
This section gives specific information about the project
Revising
This step involves validating all of the information you in your resume, especially the data concerning your education and employment . Identify areas where you may have made a mistake or misrepresented these details. Remember that you should always be truthful in your resume; the concerned authorities can verify the information you provide.
Block, Semi-Block and Modified Format
What are the different letter formats
Methodology, Schedule and Budget
What are the different parts of a project description>
Rationale, objectives and benefits
What are the different parts of an introduction in a project proposal?
Introduction, Body and Conclusion
What are the different parts of the cover letter?
Knowing your interests Assessing your qualifications Searching for a job posting Researching on courses in college
What are the following steps (Guffey, 2007) that will help you discover important details about your interests and experiences:
Gathering data, organizing data, writing the proposal and revising the proposal
What are the guidelines in writing a proposal?
Heading Objective Education Experience Honors and Awards References
What are the sections of a resume?
Introduction and Project Description
What are the standard parts of a project proposal?
Revising, updating and proofreading
What are the steps for one to improve the resume?
highlight reader benefits, prove your credibility in carrying out the project, and allow the reader to respond easily
What are the things that a proposal should do?
Descriptive review and Critical review
What are the two general approaches to review a book:
Positive and neutral letters, persuasive letters and negative letters
What are the types of letters?
Chronological and functional
What are the types of resume?
Giving recommendations, Requesting for information, Sending orders to employees, providing responses to queries, sketching out procedures, rules and regulations and reporting about finished actions or new information
What are the uses and purposes of a memo?
Times New Roman, size 12
What is the font of a cover leter
To whom the article is addressed, data and the subject line then the body
What is the format of a memorandum
clear, concise and consistent
What makes a good resume?
The heading, greeting, introduction, body, closing and signature
What to include in your cover letter?
After the salutation
When to use colon in cover letter
After the closing
When to use comma in cover letter
Proposals
are also known as persuasive documents
Project proposals
are documents that are written for problem solving, service provision, event planning or equipment selling.
Requesting parties
are thus able to compare different responses to a problem. Thus, it is clear that a proposal provides a plan to satisfy a need.
Proposals
are used to convince a reader to do what the proposal suggests such as buying goods or services, funding a project , or implementing a program.
Heading
contains the return address with the date on the last line
Resume
is a document that contains a bried account of a person's education, skills, work experience and other qualifications
cover letter
it is a document sent with your resume to provide additional information about your skills and experience to an employer.
Memorandum
more commonly known as memo, is a short message or record used for internal communication in a business
Position paper
presents an arguable opinion about an issue. The goal of this is to convince that your opinion is valid and worth listening to
Literature Review
shows your readers that you have an in-depth grasp of your subject; and that you understand where your own research fits into and adds to an existing body of agreed knowledge.