July 2010 - ABET and the Cosmic City Community
Kevin Hashatsi visits hundreds of ABET Classes every year. He sees all shapes, sizes, seasons and strivings of ABET. Imagine our delight when we received this report from him...
ABET
BASIC WRITING SKILLS HELP YOU KEEP A JOB
During history of mankind, drawings on cave's walls weren't only artistic expression; they were the first basic writing skills used to record a message. People in organizations communicate in many ways - face-to-face in two person discussions, in informal groups, in meetings or e-mail, and studies have found that we generally spend 70 to 85 % of our work time deliberately communicating by writing, reading, speaking and listening, and to achieve this, we need to have some basic writing skills.
Other skills, whether it be in building, cleaning, or selling may get you your first job, but the ability to speak and write effectively may help you keep it! The inability to write is a major reason why things in a company can go wrong, and as you rise in an organization, your technical skills matter less as your inability to read and write become more evident. If you do understand the importance of effective oral communication skills but are not convinced that you need to be able to write well to succeed professionally, you won't be able to continually rely on others, like the office secretary to do your writing.
Basic writing skills are especially critical to further academic success and business people view writing skills as crucial, yet increasing numbers of employers note steady erosion in the writing abilities of employees, and the need for workers with writing skills will only increase, because most future jobs will require basic writing skills.
People in business need to put things in writing , rather than depend exclusively on oral communication to create a record or to convey complex data, and if you are in a career where you have to write various memo's or letters daily, and you can't cope, Triple E, with our ABET program including basic writing skills, can help change your life and give you the tools to be effective in the workplace.
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