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Louise and John work for the same manufacturing company.
Louise, a senior engineer, is chairing a committee to
investigate ways to improve the hiring process at the company.
John, a technical editor, also serves on the committee. The
excerpts quoted in Louise's e-mail are from an e-mail written by
John to all members of the committee in response to Louise's
request that members describe their approach to evaluating
job-application materials. How would you revise Louise's e-mail
to make it more effective?
To: John
From: Louise
Sometimes I just have to wonder what you' re thinking, John.
"Of course, it's not possible to expect perfect resumes.
But I have to screen them, and last year I had to read over 200.
I am not looking for perfection, but as soon as I spot an error
I make a mental note of it and, when I hit a second and then a
third error I can't really concentrate on the writer's
credentials."
Listen, John, you might be a sharp editor, but the rest of us
have a different responsibility; to make the products and move
them out as soon as possible. We don't have the luxury of
studying documents to see if we can find errors. I suggest you
concentrate on what you were hired to do, without imposing your
" standards " on the rest of us.
"From my point of view, an error can include a misused
tradmark."
Misusing "tradmark," John? Is that Error Number 1. |