pabloMVM
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2 edits | reply to bjlockie
Re: Career path / directional help? said by bjlockie:What is wrong with his writing skills? Hi,
There is plenty wrong with the writing skills. In a single sentence we find:
• `anywho' - is not a word
• `whose' - should have been `who is'
• `disassembling of them' - should have been `disassembling them'
If someone is looking to enter the professional world, you need to be able to write.
Edit: I should clarify the last sentence. It's far more difficult to get into a professional environment if you have poor writing skills.
I've worked with people who've had exceptionally bad writing skills. One example was a woman who worked for a very large computer company. She was a Sales Engineer. She wrote up a report for a prospect. She sent it to me and the salesperson. I shook my head as I read it. It was awful. My ten year old could have done a better job. Before I could ask her to re-write it (I was a consultant and she was the employee), the salesperson unloaded on her. It was not pretty.
Cheers,
-pablo
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| said by pablo:said by bjlockie:What is wrong with his writing skills? Hi, There is plenty wrong with the writing skills. In a single sentence we find: • `anywho' - is not a word • `whose' - should have been `who is' • `disassembling of them' - should have been `disassembling them' I usually catch stuff like that but I totally missed it.
One thing I recommend to anyone posting online is to get a spell checker for your web browser.
I use firefox's builtin spell checker but I am sure there is something for IE.
It won't help with grammar but it is a start.
I also try to avoid writing IM-lingo (ur, no punctuation) for anything hat is NOT realtime (eg. email, forums). |
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said by pablo:Edit: I should clarify the last sentence. It's far more difficult to get into a professional environment if you have poor writing skills. The invoice I got from when took my car in for service is full of spelling and grammar mistakes.
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pabloMVM
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kudos:1 | reply to bjlockie
Hi,
As I said in my initial response to the OP, I'd have ignored the grammar but given he was looking for career path help, I thought I'd mention it.
Cheers,
-pablo
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