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Because the business world is becoming more competitive, getting that perfect job or being promoted can be difficult, especially if you lack the proper skills. While the right education and relevant experience are essential, being proficient at writing is a “must.” Maggie McCormick, author of “ Writing and Communication Skills Essential To Business Success and Promotion ,” writes, “Since...
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In an article in the Information Management Journal, Dr. Richard Cox, professor of information science at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses essentials for enhancing technical writing skills for professional development and publication. Dr. Cox points out the many difficulties in professional writing today and says, “The greatest barrier preventing professionals from contributing to the professional literature...
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One of the biggest struggles for many writers is determining which is most important to focus on during the writing process: content or style. The answer is actually both. If you think about it, the content is only as strong as the style that you use to convey your message to the reader. The key to being a successful writer is being able to determine and maintain an understandable style while also including important...
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Most of us are very adept at problem-solving--we solve problems every day, from small problems such as figuring out the best route to take to work to larger issues, such as dealing with difficult people. In fact, most of us are so good at solving problems that we may not even realize when we're actively involved in that problem-solving mode! If we are so good at solving problems, why are there so many of us...
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Too many writers (and non-writers) we've worked with over the years fail to use appropriate or effective topic sentences. As you may recall from seventh grade grammar, a topic sentence tells readers what to expect from a paragraph. While the topic sentence doesn't have to be the first sentence in a paragraph, many readers expect it to be and take that first sentence as their "cue" in terms of what the...
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