For example, high schools, no matter how prestigious, should not be included in a résumé
To my understanding employers might see having highschool on your resume as a red flag because it shows that you view the bare minimum as an accomplishment.
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What exactly do you do, or what have you done in the past? Your résumé should answer this question very quickly. The more you quantify your accomplishments using specific details, the more your abilities will be understood.
resumes should highlight the things youve done in the past to give employers a clear view of of your accomplishments and help them understand where youd be a good fit.
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Remember, as the most critical component of a marketing campaign in which you advertise your professional self, your résumé must be clear, concise, and error free.
Your resume is how you stand out from other applicants and having a clear and efficient resume is critical.
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Being self-aware is the only way to improve.
Being aware of what you can improve will help you improve.
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Employers want to hire individuals who are self-aware, which requires an awareness of both strengths and weaknesses.
Employers are more likely to hire you if your aware of what your strengths and weaknesses are.
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Another way to distinguish among cultural groups is to consider decision-making and the predominant communication modes.
Shows how to distinguish between cultural groups
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Diversity includes many different factors, ranging from race and ethnicity to culture and worldview. The more diverse an audience, the harder it becomes to tailor a speech to that audience.
Diversity is more than just race.
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Even within businesses, people with different skill sets need to be able to communicate effectively with one another; engineers need to communicate with lawyers; mechanics with accountants; sales people with managers and executives.
This shows people within different businesses must be able to communicate with each other regardless of the industry
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Another key part of the definition of technical communication is the receiver of the information—the audience. Technical communication is the delivery of technical information to readers (or listeners or viewers) in a manner that is adapted to their needs, their level of understanding, and their background. Most technical documents are also written with a respect for the audience’s time, meaning sentences are written as efficiently as possible and content is arranged and displayed in a way that allows the reader to quickly locate relevant information. In fact, this audience element is so important that it is one of the cornerstones of technical writing: you are often challenged to write about technical subjects in a way that a beginner could understand. Sometimes you have to write for an audience of other specialists, but generally speaking, you are communicating information to someone who does not already know or have it.
It is important that audiences are able to read your text quickly and efficiently
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Whatever your major is, you are developing an expertise—you are becoming a specialist in a particular technical area.
This shows the audience is Genuinely learning something regardless of what the field.
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