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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.

Midterm Exam

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

Question #1
A  use as jargon.
B  connotative meaning.
C  denotative meaning.
D  colloquial expression.
Question #2
A  alliterative meaning.
B  connotative meaning.
C  analogous meaning.
D  denotative meaning.
Question #4
A  engages audience members’ senses.
B  distracts listeners from the main point of the speech.
C  elicits mostly negative responses.
D  uses abstract language.
Question #5
A  makes the audience question your seriousness.
B  personalizes issues.
C  discourages identification.
D  makes ideas irrelevant.
Question #6
A  rhetorical questions
B  a citation of the sources you used in your research
C  examples
D  stories
Question #7
A  5 to 10
B  20 to 25
C  15 to 20
D  10 to 15
Question #8
A  arouse the audience’s attention and motivate the audience to accept the speaker’s goals.
B  challenge the audience to respond.
C  provide an in-depth discussion of the topic.
D  provide the evidence for the audience to accept the thesis.
Question #9
A  five or more
B  three
C  one
D  two
Question #11
A  sentence
B  phrase
C  preparation
D  working
Question #14
A  problem-solution
B  circle
C  causal
D  topical
Question #15
A  the shortest point of the speech.
B  first and last points made.
C  longest point of the speech.
D  the points that occur in the middle of the speech.
Question #16
A  five to ten
B  at least six
C  one to two
D  two to seven
Question #17
A  a restatement of the thesis and statement of closure.
B  specific purpose statements and internal summaries.
C  main points, supporting points, and transitions.
D  thesis statements and introductions.
Question #18
A  leave the audience laughing.
B  preview the next speech.
C  introduce new information.
D  restate the purpose.
Question #19
A  how easily the audience will accept the source.
B  how important the source is to the point.
C  the type of source.
D  whether the speaker has enough time.
Question #22
A  who share a speaker’s beliefs.
B  who know the speaker personally.
C  in a speaker’s own culture.
D  in a speaker’s immediate environment.
Question #23
A  ask the interviewee to take a brief survey about the interview quality.
B  provide a rebuttal.
C  offer a brief, positive summary of important things you learned.
D  inform the interviewee of your own point of view.
Question #24
A  vague questions.
B  loaded questions.
C  closed questions.
D  neutral questions
Question #27
A  substantiate
B  illustrate
C  emphasize
D  describe
Question #28
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
Question #30
A  time constraints.
B  audience seating arrangements.
C  audience expectations.
D  the nature of the occasion.
Question #33
A  if the listeners don’t know very much about the topic
B  if the listeners have a positive feeling about the topic
C  if the listeners already have a negative bias
D  if the topic of the speech is new to the listeners
Question #34
A  our predispositions to respond to things in evaluative ways.
B  our conceptions of what is true and false.
C  our perceptions of reality.
D  our most enduring judgments about what is good and bad in life
Question #36
A  ignore the speaker’s nonverbal cues.
B  apply the same goals to every speech.
C  usually set listening goals and listen for main ideas.
D  are often distracting to other listeners.
Question #37
A  external and internal.
B  only experienced by poor listeners.
C  not something a speaker needs to be concerned with.
D  always external.
Question #39
A  political ideas.
B  people’s psychological characteristics.
C  people’s values.
D  people’s racial, ethnic, religious, gender, or other characteristics.
Question #40
A  Second
B  Third
C  First
D  Fourth
Question #41
A  genuine interest in the welfare of their listeners.
B  a solid grasp of the subject.
C  sound reasoning skills.
D  regular use of emotional appeals.
Question #43
A  superior to the audience
B  different
C  depersonalized
D  attractive
Question #44
A  communication nervousness.
B  public-speaking anxiety.
C  stage fright.
D  communication uneasiness.
Question #45
A  to convince.
B  to persuade.
C  to mark a special occasion.
D  to inform.
Question #46
A  current issues
B  his or her interests
C  speech time limit
D  historical events
Question #47
A  delivery
B  thesis
C  speaker
D  demographic
Question #48
A  Dyadic communication
B  Mass communication
C  Public speaking
D  Small group communication
Question #49
A  improving hand-eye coordination.
B  learning practical skills and knowledge.
C  accomplishing professional and personal goals.
D  finding new ways to be an engaged citizen.