Assignment: Letter Report

 
Assignment Instructions: Letter Report
Assignment: Letter Report

Length: 750 words minimum, not counting Works Cited
Audience: Your supervisor, colleagues, and clients
Purpose: To research and recommend career advice to potential clients
Format: Formal business letter style, including the following elements:
                    Return Address (or you may use a Letterhead)
                    Date
                    Inside Address
                    Salutation, followed by colon
                    Letter contents
                    Closing
                    Signature Block
                    Second Page Heading
                    MLA-style parenthetical, in-text references for any source material used
                    MLA-style Works Cited List
Writing Situation: You work for a company1 whose  mission is to offer advice to college students who are considering  their career options. In today’s meeting, your supervisor asked you to  research the career outlook in one of the Occupation Groups listed in  the “Occupational Outlook Handbook” section of the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website available at this address: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/2
For example, if you click the Education, Training, and Library link in the Occupational Groups list, you might research the career of High School Teacher. If you click the Healthcare link, you might research the Nursing career. You may select any career from the ones listed on the BLS website.
Assignment Requirements: Write  a 750-word (roughly two full pages, single-spaced) Letter Report in  which you present your findings about the career outlook for the  occupation you have chosen to research. You should include the following  information, in addition to any other relevant material you find in  your research:

Employment prospects
Typical jobs
Advancement opportunities
Salary range
Career advantages/disadvantages
Typical responsibilities
Your recommendation (see below for more information about this important section)

To  succeed on this assignment, you will need clear recommendations in your  Report. The specific audience for this part of the Report will be the  potential clients who seek advice about their careers. Based on your  research, what would you recommend to a college student who is  interested in the career you have researched in this Report?
In addition to the BLS website  provided above, you might also search for information disseminated by  professional societies. These groups will often publish useful  statistics on salaries, working conditions, and other information about  the field. For instance, the NSA and AICPA are both professional societies for Accountants. Whatever  sources you use should be credible and professional or academic-based.  Do not consult sources such as Wikipedia, Ask, or other sites whose  information might not be reliable.
You might also consider  interviewing someone who currently works in this field although that is  not a requirement of the assignment. 
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1 In writing about the company in this assignment, you should feel free to make up a company name.
2 You must use this website in your research.