Excellence in Business Communication, 13th Edition
Chapter 15. Building Careers and Writing Resumes
See why having an emotional stake in a question can lead you to flawed reasoning.
Radio interviewer Celeste Headlee, who listens to people for a living, shares her advice for having better conversations.
This humorous video illustrates how communication efforts break down and how to avoid common problems
"What can we learn about American intonation and sounding natural in English from analyzing a conversation between Google assistant (yes, I'm talking about a robot) and a real person?
"The key to more natural English rhythm is understanding what is emphasized and what falls into the background.
"Many professionals will probably recognize this situation: You go to a meeting or an event and, assuming that everyone there already knows you, or that you're playing a minor role, you introduce yourself with your first name — or not at all.
"The key to more natural English rhythm is understanding what is emphasized and what falls into the background.
"There are certain parts of the interview process that people overly obsess over and spend an inordinate amount of time focusing on.
"Failure isn’t a roadblock.
"Failure isn’t a roadblock.
"In this American English pronunciation lesson you will learn all about the pronunciation of L at the beginning of words and syllables (the Light L sound) and you will learn how to distinguish L vs R.
"The December 2018 U.
"Those five little words tell a recruiter or your prospective boss a lot, and none of it is good.
"Do your conversations constantly fall flat because you keep asking boring and dull questions?
"Think you know the English language?
"In part 1 of this 3 part series on American R you will learn what to do with your tongue, lips and jaw to pronounce the R sound and we will practice the American R at the beginning of words.
"What are the first words of a speech?
"What if your attachment to being a "good" person is holding you back from actually becoming a better person?
"People often really struggle over how to start a cover letter, and as a result they often end up with lines that are overly salesy, gimmicky, or just very tired.
"When should you put it on them--and when should you put it on yourself?
"I’ve read a lot of cover letters in my career — thousands of them, maybe even tens of thousands.
Rich Bellis (photo, left), Associate Editor at Fast Company, presents the video on the subject.
"When a corporate recruiting function conducts an audit, I find that the resulting data usually reveals that the recruiting problems that dramatically restrict applications routinely occur during the same steps of the “recruiting funnel.
"To demystify some of the ambiguities surrounding the resume editing process, here’s a hand-picked list of some of the most important dos and don’ts to be aware of during this stage.
"People often ask us, “So, what is GTD?