Author Archives: Patrick Corbett

The Real Reason New College Grads Can’t Get Hired

Greetings 3771 Students – Have a look at the link below. What do you think of this assessment? http://business.time.com/2013/11/10/the-real-reason-new-college-grads-cant-get-hired/

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Questions About Portfolio Assignment #5 – Persuasive Message

Hi Class, If you have questions about the Persuasive Message assignment, please ask them here.

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Ambiguity in Assignment Language

Hi Everyone – I’m always concerned about misrepresenting the work we are doing, so after being told that I mistakenly didn’t ask the class to complete the assignment for this week, I double-checked. The language of the assignment is as … Continue reading

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Examples for Considering Audience in Business Writing

Locker and Kaczmarek (p. 12) give us a model for message analysis in business settings that focuses on six aspects to think about when “encoding” or “decoding” a message: (P)urpose (A)udience (I)nformation (B)enefits (O)bjections (C)ontext While this, like any other … Continue reading

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Problems Creating An Account?

Hi Class – Several students in different sections of my courses have had trouble creating an OpenLab account.  Here is what one of the directors of OpenLab has to say about getting your account activated: “…We’ve been seeing this issue … Continue reading

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Initial Assignments Posted

Hi Class — I have posted two assignments in the Assignments Page of our OpenLab course.  The first assignment, the Self-Assessment you have already received.  The second assignment, Cultural Self-Assessment, should be downloaded and completed for class on Tuesday.  Please … Continue reading

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Revised Course Calendar

Greetings ENG 3771 Students, I have revised the course calendar to reflect the correct dates that we meet on Wednesday evenings. I have also given some thought to the higher-than-anticipated level of interest in resume and cover letter writing that … Continue reading

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Course Text On Reserve

Good news, everyone.  I have located a second copy of our course text, Business Communication (6th ed.) and placed it on reserve in the library.  Again, I sincerely believe that your best options are to either purchase the text, or … Continue reading

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Welcome to 3771!

Greetings Class – My name is Dr. Patrick Corbett, and I am excited to be your professor of English 3771 – Advanced Career Writing. During our time together, we will embark on the the most intensive study and practice of … Continue reading

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