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| Business depends on communication. |
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| For many businesses and nonprofit and government organizations, the “product” is information or services rather than something tangible |
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| Strong communication skills are NOT vital for professionals in the business world. |
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| The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator identifies ways that people differ. |
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| According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, extraverted people get their energy from within. |
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| Introverts would be more likely to become focused and energized during quiet moments of meditation than during large group interactions. |
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| Adding words to increase you-attitude or develop a reader benefit tends to make a sentence wordy. |
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| The word “you” should be used in all business messages in order to convey the you-attitude. |
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| Long sentences, by definition, are wordy. |
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| Good business style places more emphasis on the visual impact of a written document than the traditional term paper style does. |
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| A written document that is uses long sentences and abstract words uses good business style. |
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| The use of high-level, discipline-specific vocabulary with the general public makes you appear important and is very impressive to people who are unfamiliar with your topic. |
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| Revision involves adding, deleting, substituting, or rearranging single words or large sections of a document. |
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| Correcting spelling and mechanical errors and checking word choice and format is part of the editing process. |
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| Unlike editing, which can produce major changes in meaning, revision focuses on the surface of writing. |
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| In order for business and administrative documents to look impressive, most paragraphs should be fairly long – at least eight typed lines. |
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| The first and last paragraphs of a document should be fairly short. |
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| It is best to use a mix of different-length paragraphs in a single document. |
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| Communication skills rank at the top of the list of important qualities and skills that an employee should possess. |
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| Violating the conventions for résumés will make it impossible for you to get a good job. |
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| If you have very little to say about yourself in terms of experience and education, it is acceptable for your résumé to fill only part of one page. |
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| Prospecting letters are organized the same way solicited letters are, but they are addressed to different audiences. |
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| Actually asking for an interview in an application letter is too forward and bold. |
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