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Business writing basics

reed.co.uk - Business Skills

Summary

Price
£49 inc VAT
Study method
Online
Duration
3 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification

Overview

Whatever your position, business writing is a skill you’ll need at some point. Whether you’re looking to tighten up your CV or are writing to stakeholders in your business, the ability construct your points effectively and concisely will dramatically improve your performance. This course will help you to demonstrate to employers that you have one of the most important business competencies, and can be trusted to represent the business with your writing.

Why do this course?

  • Looks great on your CV
  • Shows recruiters you have the skills they are looking for
  • Gives you a great grounding in professional writing

Description

Know your readers and their purpose

  • This course addresses ways to identify your readers and to create messages that convey the appropriate tone for different reader roles.
  • It also outlines how to write effectively for the three most common reasons for writing a business document – to inform, respond, or persuade.

How to write clearly and concisely

  • This course describes ways to make your writing more clear. Specifically, it covers the importance of using short, familiar words, appropriate connotations, concrete and specific language, and transitional words and phrases.
  • The course also discusses ways to be more concise and explains some best practices for organising content logically and appropriately.  

Editing and proofreading

  • This course highlights the importance of editing and proofreading your business documents. It describes some key areas to consider when editing – like tone, structure, clarity, and accuracy.
  • You will also explore ways to proofread effectively. In particular, you will find out about some of the most common grammatical, punctuation, and spelling mistakes that people make.

What’s included?

  • Hands-on interactive exercises - learn by doing

In partnership with Skillsoft

reed.co.uk has partnered with SkillSoft, the world’s leading provider of eLearning, to offer you all the quality training you need. You will be learning on SkillSoft software. SkillSoft is the world leader in e-learning for businesses, and is used by multinational companies such as FedEx, Hilton, VirginMedia and Hewlett Packard. By training with SkillSoft you will be working with an industry recognised organisation and investing in training that employers already know and trust.

Please note:

Please allow 24 hours to receive your online training details. If your order is made over the weekend, your online training details will be provided on the following Monday morning.

This SkillSoft course is not aligned to any certification or exam - it is a course to teach knowledge and skills.

This course is designed specifically for for use on desktop browsers. Performance on mobile devices may vary and compatibility with non-desktop devices is not guaranteed. 

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Legal information

This course is advertised on reed.co.uk by the Course Provider, whose terms and conditions apply. Purchases are made directly from the Course Provider, and as such, content and materials are supplied by the Course Provider directly. Reed is acting as agent and not reseller in relation to this course. Reed's only responsibility is to facilitate your payment for the course. It is your responsibility to review and agree to the Course Provider's terms and conditions and satisfy yourself as to the suitability of the course you intend to purchase. Reed will not have any responsibility for the content of the course and/or associated materials.

FAQs

Study method describes the format in which the course will be delivered. At Reed Courses, courses are delivered in a number of ways, including online courses, where the course content can be accessed online remotely, and classroom courses, where courses are delivered in person at a classroom venue.

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