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Fresh Grad Lands Job as Real Estate Agent With Help from Professional Writers

People go to websites to get the information they desperately need.  They could be looking for an answer to a nagging question.  They might be looking for help in completing an important task.  For recent graduates, they might be looking for ways on how to prepare a comprehensive resume that can capture the attention of the hiring manager

Manush is a recent graduate from a prestigious university in California who is looking for a job opportunity as a real estate agent.  While he already has samples provided by his friends, he still feels something lacking in his resume.  Specifically, the he believes that his professional objective statement lacks focus and clarity. 

Thus, he sought our assistance in improving editing and proofreading his resume. 

In revising his resume, iwritegigs highlighted his soft skills such as his communication skills, ability to negotiate, patience and tactfulness.  In the professional experience part, our team added some skills that are aligned with the position he is applying for.

When he was chosen for the real estate agent position, he sent us this thank you note:

“Kudos to the team for a job well done.  I am sincerely appreciative of the time and effort you gave on my resume.  You did not only help me land the job I had always been dreaming of but you also made me realize how important adding those specific keywords to my resume!  Cheers!

Manush’s story shows the importance of using powerful keywords to his resume in landing the job he wanted.

Quiz 2 Chapter 5 to 8

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #2
A  Readers are likely to be distracted by bullets and numberings in documents.
B  Visual appeal should be the first consideration for all written business communications.
C  Documents with too much text and not enough white space look daunting or cluttered.
D  You should avoid using headings in information rich and complex messages.
Question #3
A  avoid using headings in a complex message.
B  use wordy prepositional phrases in heading.
C  make sure the headings accurately convey the contents of a section.
D  use different font styles and formatting for different headings.
Question #4
A  The message is more concise because those are brief phrases.
B  The message is less precise because it contains figurative, not literal, meanings.
C  The message is less precise because it lacks a specific subject and it is less wordy.
D  The message is more active because the second word is a verb.
Question #5
A  the passive voice.
B  parallel language.
C  passive verbs.
D  figures of speech.
Question #7
A  Checking your messages once a week and using an automated message to indicate such.
B  Checking your messages at the end of the day.
C  Checking your messages just two to four times a day.
D  Checking your messages once an hour.
Question #8
A  IM style does not affect professional reputation.
B  Nonstandard language is inappropriate for office communication.
C  Take cues from your correspondent’s messaging style.
D  Emoticons are a good way to break the ice in business situations.
Question #9
A  Set up an automated response to say that you are out of town.
B  Log off the system so that the sender will assume you are offline.
C  Reply immediately to explain how soon you can respond in full.
D  Inform the sender that you are busy and cannot reply straightaway.
Question #11
A  To help the members of a company or organization do better work.
B  To focus on specific topics and areas of expertise.
C  To create a distinctive brand for a company or organization.
D  To store all of a team’s communication in a single place.
Question #12
A  causes distractions from work and too much socializing.
B  increases the time taken to market new products.
C  result in extensive business travel resources.
D  make it difficult to develop creative approaches to solving business problems.
Question #13
A  Productivity drops by almost 40 percent.
B  Productivity increases by 80 percent.
C  Productivity remains the same.
D  Productivity increases by 40 percent.
Question #15
A  5 to 15 seconds
B  less than 1 second
C  30 -45 seconds
D  20 to 30 seconds
Question #16
A  replace a prepositional phrase with a verb.
B  Eliminate the passive voice.
C  remove empty phrases.
D  start with “It is” or There are.”
Question #17
A  People tend to think in doer-action-object pattern.
B  The active voice diverts attention from the doer.
C  People tend to sound bossy when using the passive voice.
D  The active voice is best when you do not want to attribute blame.
Question #18
A  15 words.
B  8 words.
C  20 words.
D  25 words.
Question #20
A  in the inductive approach, the order of the supporting ideas is unimportant.
B  in the inductive approach, the supporting reasons are placed before the primary message.
C  in the deductive approach, positions are based on assumptions, not facts.
D  in the deductive approach, the supporting reasons follow the call to action.
Question #21
A  Vern has a logical mind that generally sees issues as linear, step-by-step processes.
B  Will has a knack for explaining complex issues in a clear, understandable way.
C  Sonia usually bases her ideas on a single, very popular, human resource journal.
D  Alexia is the fastest writer in the department and can whip out a draft in no time.
Question #22
A  Pat addressed the needs of her audience in the memo.
B  Pat spent a long time planning before she started to write.
C  Pat spent a long time planning before she started to write.
D  Pat drew primarily on her own opinions and expertise.
Question #23
A  Adopt a message-centered approach.
B  Do a last minute review of his or her work.
C  Spend more time planning than writing.
D  Complete audience analysis while writing.
Question #24
A  Setting a positive and other-oriented tone.
B  Double-checking everything.
C  Identifying the primary message and key points.
D  Sending the message to be proofread.