I am here to tell you all (or whoever is reading this post from my MCOM class) that business writing is a real thing. This is the moment where Professor Middleton can hop in and say "I told you so." I never really doubted that learning to write in a business setting would be useful, but I also never really thought that it would impact my life that much, but it is proving me wrong as I speak. Yesterday, I went to the job fair (apparently when you are supposed to find a job 7 months before you graduate?), it was good, but I am sort of in a weird place right now and don't really know what I am looking for. I am majoring in Communication Disorders, but my dream job is a wedding/event planner, but I'm also pretty open to anything else. So after the job fair was over, I went through the papers and business card that I had acquired and there was some great opportunities, but none that really got me excited. So I decided to research some jobs on my own. I came across a job posting for a full-time wedding/event manager! It was perfect and I knew that I had to apply for it! So as I was going through the application process I came across a section asking for a cover letter. I had never written a cover letter before and I know that if this same situation would have presented itself one month earlier I would have been super stressed. However, since we had just covered grammar in class and have talked a bit about business letters, I felt a lot more confident! I was really grateful for this past month of MCOM and what I have learned in this class so far.
The moral of the story is that business writing is relevant! It will help you in you life, it has already helped me and I have only been in the class for one month! As I continue in this class, I am definitely going to more appreciate the things that we are learning.
You make such a good point. Before I took this class, I thought it would be one that I just endured and crossed off my list of classes I need to take. However, after coming to class and talking with other students who had previously taken it, I realize that the material we are learning is so beneficial to us. We will be using this knowledge throughout the rest of our lives so we might as well learn it right and do it well.
ReplyDeleteI know Professor Middleton would be so proud! It's truly amazing when you can apply what you learn in class to real life situations! I mean, I thought this would be a dreadful class, but I've learned to enjoy it more than I thought I would. It's one of those classes that make me grateful for having writing requirements in college. I also hope you get the wedding planning job!
ReplyDeleteI love this! I really think this class is one of the most applicable classes that we will take at BYU. And this is just the fruits of that! Good job! And I'm sure there will be a lot more where this came from !
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