Tamara's Technical Writing Blog

Dear Zoe,   Thank you for your invitation to creating a professional writing team.   Your background in arts and sciences blended with your work experience regarding publication are impressive assets. I believe the writing skills you had the opportunity to develop during your time at Langara College is a major contributor when forming a strong writing team. I am hoping to find not only a creative and talented classmate, but also a reliable and hardworking peer when working on this term’s team assignments.   I appreciate your learning philosophy, this course has a lot to offer…read more

Dear Karissa,   As per assignment 1:2 in the ENGL301 Technical Writing course, I am reaching out to you as an invitation to form a professional writing team.   Although you can read my bio through my student blog: https://blogs.ubc.ca/tamaraoman/. I wanted to quickly introduce myself. I am a business student in the 3rd year of the Bachelor of Business in Real Estate. I have been in an executive environment for over five years, during this time I have had the opportunity to create several professional documents including a Company Policies Manual, email templates for…read more

Hi Helene, As per assignment 1:2 in the ENGL301 Technical Writing course, I am reaching out to you as an invitation to form a professional writing team. I am impressed with your work experience as an English teaching assistant in France.  I believe your background with extensive documentation and written communication would be a strong contribution to a writing team. As a teammate I am hoping to find someone reliable who loves to learn and is passionate about professional growth. Please see attached my application letter. I would love to work with you, kindly reply…read more

Memorandum To: Dr. Erika Paterson, Technical Writing 301 Instructor From: Tamara Oman, Student ENGL 301 Technical Writing UBC Date: September 20, 2021 Subject: Letter of Application   Enclosed is a Word file of my application letter, which has also been posted to my blog. The Application Letter includes the following elements: A summary of my professional work experience and how it applied to creating several documents An outline of my academic interests and skill sets What I hope to achieve during this semester My interest in a technical writing team,…read more

Dear classmates of ENGL301, An important requirement of the course objectives is to create a writing team of four for the duration of the semester in order to complete the writing assignments. This letter is an application for this professional writing team member position. I am in my 3rd year of the Bachelor of Business in Real Estate program, graduating in Spring of 2023. I am a business manager who has been in an executive environment for over five years. My experience in this role has allowed me to learn…read more