| Chapters 2, 9, 10 |

CHAPTER 2

I took a look at these chapters immediately after purchasing this book. I was laid off on August 20th and had not worked on my resume for nearly two years. My first question question was, "How the fuck am I going to find a job to fit around my school schedule?"

It was easy, I had to drop a class so I was available to work most of the day. Next I had to decide what I wanted to do. That lasted all about 20 minutes before realizing the job market is awful and I will take any work given to me. I applied for any job I could find and was continually getting responses saying the position was already filled or I was overqualified for a position. This was very frustrating. I finally came to accept that I need to start building a resume for a career and I am currently working on this. School comes first, career will follow. Now, what do I want to do with my life?



CHAPTER 9

The most important part of this chapter is giving your reader a reason to pay attention. If you can get your reader to pay attention you have done the hardest part. Now it is all about following a set of guidelines and form to convey your information. Most importantly, encourage openness, allowing the reader a sense of comfort for suggestion and constructive criticism.

CHAPTER 10

Ending a communication is a problem I have seen in many pieces I have read or written myself. I am continually working on stopping when Im finished rather than continuing on with unnecessary jargon.

"After you've made your last point, stop." Sounds simple but I think as a practicing writer, it is one of the most difficult things I come across everyday.

When writing papers I tend to over analyze a situation, topic, or theme and get carried away talking about something that may irrelevant to the original point I was making. What I commonly come across is not answering the question. Had I stopped when I had made my last point and answered the question, I wouldnt have rambled away from what I was trying to say and delivered a better piece. Im stopping now.