Ch. 1: Additional Exercise 7

Technical-Communication Skills in Job Ads

Study the job ads in your major field from a large newspaper, website, or professional journal. To what extent do they suggest that employers value technical-communication skills? How many of the ads explicitly mention communication skills? What kinds of skills are mentioned most often? Are the ads themselves examples of effective technical communication? Write your response in a 500-word memo to your instructor. (See Chapter 9 for a discussion of memos.)