Caelus Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Hey everyone, I'm working on a final for my professional writing for engineers class, and I'm supposed to ask a bunch of questions of someone who holds a profession which I'd like to have in 5 years. I'm going to post them here and my hope is that someone at the W-2 or so level, out of flight school, will take a few minutes to answer them. I only need this from one person, so if you will do it for me, thanks, and if someone else has already got it, thanks anyway. I'm actually pretty interested to hear the answers, not just for the paper. I know it's actually kind of a lot of questions, but I would be so very grateful to have someone do it for me. I need to do well on it to get a good grade in this class, and I need a good grade in this class to have a good GPA, and I need a good GPA to get selected! Main Interview questions: 1. What types of documents do you write?Please use the names you usually call them and describe their contents, length, format, how often you produce them, for whom, and their importance. 2. Why do people read what you write? What decisions or actions does your writing affect? 3. How did you learn to do the writing you have to do in your work - on the job, workplace training, college course, etc.? Of these, what were the most useful aspects of the training you have received in writing? 4. In what ways has technology changed the way you communicate at work, especially over the past five years? 5. Please describe any examples of the consequences of effective or ineffective writing within your organization. Questionnaire: Professional Data1. What is your job title? 2. What is your field? 3. What is your company name? 4. How large is your company? 50 or fewer 50-100 100-500 Over 500 5. What degrees do you have?B.A. B.S. M.A. M.S. M.B.A. J.D. Ph.D/Ed.D/M.D. 6. List the degree(s), institution(s), and Year(s) of Graduation. For example: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1998 M.B.A, Duke University, 2005 7. Did you take a college course in technical, business, or scientific writing that was designed to prepare you for writing on the job? Yes No 8. If yes, was the course required? Yes No Writing and Speaking on the Job9. Are oral and written communication a part of your performance appraisal? Yes No 10. How important is the quality of your writing for the performance of your job? Essential Very Important Not Very important Unimportant Irrelevant 11. How important is your writing to your career advancement? Essential Very Important Not Very important Unimportant Irrelevant 12. What percentage of your work week do you spend writing (planning, drafting, revising)? 13. What percentage of your time is spent working with others to plan and write documents? What percent of your writing time is spent composing the following (this does NOT have to add up to 100%):14. Email o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% 15. Chat/IM/Text messages o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% 16. Blogs o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% 17. Short, internal word-processed documents (e.g., memos) o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% 18. Short, external word-processed documents (e.g., letters) o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% 19. Long word-processed documents (e.g., reports and proposals) o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% What percentage of your time is spent orally communicating one-on-one?20. In person o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% 21. Phoneo 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50% o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% What percentage of your time is spent orally communicating in group meetings?22. In person o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% 23. Teleconference o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% When you communicate at work, what percentage of the time do you use the following devices? (this does NOT have to add up to 100%)?24. Desktop o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% 25. Laptop o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% 26. Tablet o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% 27. Phone o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% 28. Other hand-held device o 0-5%o 6-10%o 11-20%o 21-30%o 31-40%o 41-50%o 51-60%o 61-70%o 71-80%o 81-90%o 91-100% Global Communication29. What percentage of your time communicating on the job is with people from other countries? 1 Quote
SBuzzkill Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 I fit your description perfectly. Expect a PM. Quote
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