Writing for the Workplace

Index

accuracy, 10

active voice construction, 10–11

analytical reports, 69–70

appreciation messages, 44–45

assessing the writing situation, 4–5

Avoiding Wordiness Checklist, 17–18

biases, avoiding, 11

blogs, 58–62

characteristics, 59–60, 62

content, 60–61

conversation style of writing, 60

individual posts, 59

information, 61

organizations use of, 59

typical posts, 58–59

uses, 60

business plan, 70

The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), 74

chronological resumes, 97–98

clarity, 11

collaborative writing, 81–82

comma splices, 8

conciseness, 11–12

conversational prose, smoothness of, 12

correctness, 12–13

cover letters, 93–97. See also resumes

body, 95–97

closing, 95, 97

document design, 97

opening, 94, 96

for solicited jobs, 94–95

for unsolicited jobs, ...