Course Description
“An advanced composition course emphasizing writing used in business and industry. The course will focus on business letters, memos, minutes, process papers and reports.”
Course Synopsis
“English 2570, Writing in the Workplace, will provide you with the opportunity to improve your ability to write career-related documents through applied study and critique. You will develop the knowledge, skills, and processes necessary to compose documents under constraints typically found in the workplace. You will be evaluated throughout the process of researching, organizing, writing, revising, and presenting your documents.”
Selected Student Feedback
“I made partner….Your class arguably had the biggest impact professionally on my life, so I just want to say thank you for that! If you’d like, I can come by one evening and talk to some students!” – E.M. (2019)
“Finally, and after having worked so hard and knocked so many doors, I guess I am reaching one of my biggest goals. I got hired by NAVAIR [Naval Air Command] and I will be on board next month officially…Thank you so much for your help at the time to apply for the graduate program. You know I will never forget that. Please, share my story with your students, there are many of them like me, who are coming from other countries looking for opportunities. I do really hope it could inspire them to fight for their dreams no matter what.” – D.M (2019)
“I am currently looking for a new job and today I went to interview for a company in NJ only 35 min away from home. I hope everything works out. During the interview I was asked how I decided to pursue engineering and how I ended up at Manhattan College- I mentioned you during the interview =)” – I.K. (2020)
Course Documents
While I no longer have student work or comments from the last ENG 2570 course I taught, the course itself was based on developing a set of professional job search and workplace documents. We read the executive hiring guide, “The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired” by Lou Adler (2013) as an entry-point into thinking like a hiring manager looking for talented employees. Students designed a portfolio of resume, cover letter, bio, LinkedIn profile, and a small selection of other workplace documents. This version of the course was delivered in Summer I of 2016.
