{"id":493,"date":"2006-12-11T09:20:48","date_gmt":"2006-12-11T15:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=493"},"modified":"2006-12-11T09:20:01","modified_gmt":"2006-12-11T15:20:01","slug":"hope-for-bad-writing-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/hope-for-bad-writing-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope For Bad Writing Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,235689,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bad Writing: As Written Communication Skills Deteriorate, Business Schools Take Aim<\/a>. There is hope and I am encouraged this Monday morning. We comment about writing skills frequently here at The Hire Sense since, well, we have seen some atrocious documents.<\/p>\n<p>The article attacks the problem right at the source:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But in an era of nonstop e-mail and instant and text messaging, written communication skills within companies may be getting even worse as <strong>quality is compromised by the perceived need for speed<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The casualness of email and the shorthand of text messaging has crippled writing styles. Now it appears to be affecting basic writing ability. The ubiquitousness of cell phones probably plays a part in this whole sordid trend also. Instead of writing a letter to a friend, one can simply call them (and reach them) instantly on their cell phone.<\/p>\n<p>In case you had some doubts:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Frequently e-mails are fired off with never a second thought no proofreading,&#8221; said O&#8217;Rourke. &#8220;And certainly the grammar of instant messaging and text messaging has intruded as well.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We see this trend in cover emails &#8211; it is patently obvious that the author did not proofread their email at all. The reason these errors are important in the hiring process is that this communication should be their best work &#8211; as good as they get. If they cannot take the time to proofread their prose when they are looking for a new opportunity, I guarantee they will not take the time to properly proofread their communication when representing your company.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;People have been complaining about the quality of student writing since Plato,&#8221; said Kate Ronald, an English professor who runs the school&#8217;s Howe Writing Initiative. &#8220;But I think businesses are paying more attention to it. Businesses today are doing so much more writing, and doing it so much more publicly because so much of the discourse is discussed on the screen rather than on paper.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Email, websites, text messaging and blogs. I think Professor Ronald is spot on in her closing comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad Writing: As Written Communication Skills Deteriorate, Business Schools Take Aim. There is hope and I am encouraged this Monday morning. We comment about writing skills frequently here at The Hire Sense since, well, we have seen some atrocious documents. The article attacks the problem right at the source: But in an era of nonstop e-mail and instant and text messaging, written communication skills within companies may be getting even worse as quality is compromised by the perceived need for speed. The casualness of email and the shorthand of text messaging has crippled writing styles. Now it appears to be affecting basic writing ability. The ubiquitousness of cell phones probably&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/hope-for-bad-writing-skills\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-7X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1292,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/11\/the-disarming-casualness-of-the-web\/","url_meta":{"origin":493,"position":0},"title":"The Disarming Casualness Of The Web","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"November 16, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"We're in full-fledge sourcing mode here at Select Metrix and I am taking up the task of resume mining.\u00a0 I am aghast at what I am finding.\u00a0 A new trend that I have seen before, but not to this level, is writing without capitalization.\u00a0 I know this is an offshoot\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2425,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/09\/texting-and-lightning\/","url_meta":{"origin":493,"position":1},"title":"Texting And Lightning","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. -Mark Twain If you would, allow me to speculate a bit.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been involved in volunteer activities with high school students over the past 2\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2565,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2015\/04\/the-lost-art-of-writing\/","url_meta":{"origin":493,"position":2},"title":"The Lost Art Of Writing","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"April 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"No doubt we live in a technology-based world driven by expedited activities, from instant text messages to YouTube videos on demand.\u00a0 Communication moves fast. One area I believe it hurts is applying for sales positions.\u00a0 I realize an ever-increasing amount of opportunities are found, shared and contacted through LinkedIn, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1498,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/04\/return-to-thoughtful-communication\/","url_meta":{"origin":493,"position":3},"title":"Return To Thoughtful Communication","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"April 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is an interesting article from Selling Power regarding predicting trends of the future.\u00a0 Specifically, this one caught my eye: We\u2019ll return to real, thoughtful communications. In this era of text messaging, blogging, and email, we've become lazy in our communications. We tend to dash off notes without proofreading them.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":400,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/lacking-basic-skills\/","url_meta":{"origin":493,"position":4},"title":"Lacking Basic Skills","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 28, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The humorous look at cover emails and letters points to a growing problem amongst recent grads and younger employees. From Inc.com's article Younger Employees Lack Basic Skills: Of 431 human resource managers polled, more than 70 percent said recently hired high school students proved to be deficient in academic skills,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/younger-workers-curt-blunt-irreverent-and-impersonal\/","url_meta":{"origin":493,"position":5},"title":"Younger Workers = &#8220;&#8230;curt, blunt, irreverent and impersonal&#8221;","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The pronounced generation gap in today's workplace is a topic we consistently encounter in our selection and assessment business. We released an article, Hiring Adjustments for Generations X and Y, earlier this week in response to this gap. Now monster.com has a great article that goes to the experiential source\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Team Management&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Team Management","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/team-management\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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