Excellence in Business Communication, 11th Edition
Chapter 16. Applying and Interviewing for Employment
Sue Shellenberger (photo, left), writer for WSJ.
Here's an infographic on how, when, and where people share content.
Alison Green (photo, left), writing for USNews.
“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States …”
In Washington, D.
Heidi Grant Halvorson (photo, left) takes a look at the right and wrong way to apologize.
Matthew Della Porta (photo, left) begins his article with an employee, Jean, who has been offered a promotion: "Jean gets the promotion she’s been wanting.
"We’ve all seen them: the online efforts of eager job hunters, clawing at their social media dream jobs like 12-year-olds at a Justin Bieber concert," writes Erica Moss (photo, left).
"Each individual has a unique tolerance level for how much physical and emotional stress they can endure before something starts to give," says Mirabai Galashan (photo, left).
"A huge French company has just banned the use of email within the company.
"What if I told you the most important 140 characters you write on Twitter aren’t your actual tweets, but your Twitter bio?
Come Recommended advocates employers look beyond the resume.
Last year, according to Paloma Vazquez (photo, left), "Scott Belsky, Founder & CEO of Behance, made more thoughtful communication one of his personal objectives in the new year.
"We've all heard of or experienced ourselves the mental or physical brain freeze that's often described as "choking" under pressure.
"There’s all kinds of advice across the web about when to use which app for each small thing that needs doing.
Ever wonder about the work of a website's or blog's comment moderator?
"Employers are dealing with more job applicants than ever.
"In a single minute there are over 695,000 status updates on Facebook.
"Use all of the following tools in order to make the most of your job search and minimize the time it takes to land a job," says Krista Mitchell (photo, left).
Are you covering these 33 indispensable keys in your business communication course?
According to Bianca Male and Kim Bhasin (photo, left), "Productivity loss due to email has become such a big issue that one of the world's largest IT companies banned its use for its employees.
James Sandin (photo, left) is the founder/CEO of "Speak With EEEs.
"Every day, we make decisions that have good or bad consequences for our future selves.
A stunning visual motion-graphic presenting 15 keys facts and stats about the evolution of communication technologies and the Internet in the next 4 years.
Why creative ideas are often rejected in favor of conformity and uniformity.
