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INFORMATION & OVERVIEW <\/div>Short Professional Report Project (PRP)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Contents & Navigation<\/div>\n
professor’s notes<\/a><\/div>\n
project objectives<\/a><\/div>\n
project context<\/a><\/div>\n
the client<\/a><\/div>\n
the writer<\/a><\/div>\n
the deliverable<\/a><\/div>\n
deliverable requirements<\/a><\/div>\n
content<\/a><\/div>\n
professional style<\/a><\/div>\n
research sources & attribution<\/a><\/div>\n
length & format<\/a><\/div>\n
document design<\/a><\/div>\n
plagiarism<\/a><\/div>\n
project FAQs<\/a><\/div>\n
all research & reports\u00a0\u00a0\u232a<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Notes (from the Professor)<\/h3>\n

This isn\u2019t a project where I assign you to do a couple of stale old exercises from the back of an overpriced textbook.<\/p>\n

This is a project that requires you to understand what\u2019s being asked of you. It requires you to do some reading, thinking, and engage in purposeful decision-making about your content. After you engage in some of that pre-writing, you can focus on professional writing style (especially clarity, conciseness, and consistency\/parallelism) and document design (for readability, usability, and professionalism).<\/p>\n

My advice\u2014or perhaps my warning\u2014is to start early. Wrap your brain around the project now (and ask questions now). Start reading (for potential sources), and start making some notes about your content.<\/p>\n

While the length requirement is \u201cshort\u201d (1 or 2 pages), don\u2019t let the size of the thing fool you. Preparing and planning for a short text takes more work than it does for a long text because you have to be purposeful about what to include (i.e., you can\u2019t just BS for a bunch of pages). And, as you already learned in the BCP, writing clearly and concisely takes a lot of time (you can\u2019t just BS a bunch of big words and long sentences).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Project Objectives & Goals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
identify relevant discussions
\nin your career field<\/td>\n		employ professional research
\nand report writing skills<\/td>\n		employ professional design
\nfor readability and usability<\/td>\n		prepare for the job market
\nand your career field<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
learn and communicate
\nmarket & career knowledge<\/td>\n		demonstrate summary, paraphrase,
\ncitation, and documentation proficiency<\/td>\n		gain genre skills to
\ndemonstrate abilities<\/td>\n		prepare to write job
\nsearch documents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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The Context<\/h3>\n
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PROJECT MATERIALS<\/div>\n
notes + resources<\/div>\n
professional reports<\/a><\/div>\n
primary, secondary, tertiary research<\/a><\/div>\n
research source credibility<\/a><\/div>\n
research integration, citation, & documentation<\/a><\/div>\n
extended summary, paraphrase, quotation<\/a><\/div>\n
(do you really need) quotation<\/a><\/div>\n
HATS professional design<\/a><\/div>\n
TOC for all research & reports \u232a<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The Client: FAU Career Center<\/h5>\n

The FAU Career Center is looking to prepare FAU students (recent graduates and the graduating classes of 2021 and 2022) for success on the job market and their career fields\/professions in light of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

The pandemic has drastically changed job markets<\/span> in a number of fields\u2014it has effected employment rates, changed what employers are likely to value in potential employees, and changed the way employers hire.<\/p>\n

The pandemic has also changed the way people work<\/span> in a number of fields and professions\u2014it has effected workplace environments, communication, roles and responsibilities, and skills employees need to perform their jobs effectively (perhaps some unexpected skills that have become valuable in these changing times).<\/p>\n

The Career Center has hired you to and write something up that will be useful to recent and future graduates in your major.<\/p>\n

The Writer: You<\/h5>\n

The Career Center has hired you because you\u2019re a member of your discipline\u2014you already know something about your career field, discipline, and future profession. They\u2019ve also hired you because you\u2019re someone likely to go on the job market soon, and so you\u2019re likely to be interested and invested in information that might help you better understand the job market, hiring practices, and the skills, abilities, knowledges, and strengths that will make someone a valuable employee who is well-prepared to do their job well.<\/p>\n

The Deliverable: Brief Report<\/h5>\n

The Career Center wants something brief that includes the most relevant, most useful information for recent and future graduates. They want information on changes to the job market (both changes that have already happened and predictions for the future, if any), changes to hiring practices (or likely practices), and information on what skills, knowledges, and abilities job seekers can work on in order to make them attractive potential employees ready to do their jobs well.<\/p>\n

Certainly, whatever you write up should be professional\u2014it should be clear, concise, and easy to read and understand. They\u2019d also like something engaging\u2014students and recent graduates aren\u2019t likely to want to read long, boring, dry writing.<\/p>\n

The Career Center wants credible information, so it should reflect some research and reading. In other words, not only should it reflect your understanding of your field, discipline, and future profession (or future career field), but it should also be informed. Because it\u2019s a professional document, it should rely on credible information within the context of the situation, and it should be ethical in how it attributes that research it includes.<\/p>\n

It should be 1 or 2 pages (so it can be emailed as an attachment and printed for distribution in the career center).<\/p>\n

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On “Report” as Genre<\/h3>\n

Yes, what the Career Center is asking for\u2014and what you\u2019ll produce\u2014is a report.<\/p>\n

When you hear \u201creport,\u201d you\u2019re probably thinking of a high school style research report written in MLA format, or maybe a book report.<\/p>\n

Sure, those are reports, but they\u2019re academic reports\u2014they\u2019re high school or college academic reports. Academic reports are usually written for the teacher (kinda), and written so that you can demonstrate something\u2014to prove your comprehension of content or ability to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • write \u201cacademic prose,\u201d<\/li>\n
  • present a thesis statement or argument<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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