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Chase, Andy I , Anthony Your Assignment: Respond to a Request Letter. You may send either or bad news or good news letter in return.

hey guys, i think I am doing this right. According to the most recent post we all need to upload a letter and comment on each of them. So without further ado here's mine! (note: we may be doing this in class on thursday as well, but jut in case here's this post!) ok also, I couldn't figure out how to upload this image so you can see it on this wiki, but here's a link to it! Cheers, Andy Innis [|request letter]

This letter is obviously well written. Complete with personal stationary and well versed diction and sentence structure, the request letter professionally (yet humbly) states all the necessary information without going over the top. After reading this letter, If I were a member of Guidance Inc. I feel I would have little choice in approving her request for an audience. From the greeting and very first sentence, the reader almost immediately recognizes the credentials and professionalism of Ms. Sanchez. In addition, she provides reliable, and more importantly relevant recommendations. Also, her spacing is quite fluid, transitioning from one topic to the next without unnecessary jargon or bleating. ~Also, if my group is reading this, any questions can be e-mailed to me at innis1ar@cmich.edu, i check it fairly regularly! In addition, my gmail is: innis2ar2gmail.com

After reading the first letter I agree that it is a well written letter that looks very professional. the letter is clear and to the point. It is not wordy and the writer even adds comments from other staff members which i think is better than just saying talk to this person if you need refrences. I have no problem using the first letter for our exercise.-Anthony Volpe That letter was really well written. I liked that a lot, very professional but yet very personable. Based on that letter alone I would definitely want to meet this lady. Humble but assertive. Nice combo. I like the use of comments made by others as a testament to her abilities rather than just rambling on about how great SHE thinks she is..Seems like a very good example to me. -Chase Gildersleeve

Ps. Here is my letter by the way... [|Request Letter (gilde1ce)]

@Chase,This letter, while a good example of a request letter, seems a bit curt and excessively formal. A prime example of corporate elitism to me. This is not to say this letter is a bad example, upon receiving this I would not hesitate to reply! However, the letter itself is brief and in responding to this, I feel there just isn't enough material to work with.

@Chase, We need to discuss and vote on which of these letters makes it to the next stage of the project In addition, we need your gmail account so we can add you to the google doc.

@Chase, Anthony and I decided to choose the letter from Ms. Sanchez to write a response to because we felt there was a little more to work with in the letter itself to write a response to. In addition, The letter to David White seemed a letter that merely blurted out his credentials. So please update with your gmail account so we can add you to the google doc and we can start writing our response cgildersleeve06@gmail.com This letter is not a bad one but just a little short. The letter is clear what is being asked and is to the point, but might be hard to work with just because it is short.-Anthony Volpe

My letter is below. Here is my contact info if you need to talk. My gmail is avolpe2387@gmail.com or Volpe1ae@cmich.edu my cell number is also 586 630 7798 incase one of you need to reach me right away.

I vote that we use the first letter the Andy found

[|Request letter]-Anthony Volpe

@Anthony, This letter is a good choice! The request is clear, and the credentials of the individual involved is also neatly and professionally stated. There were a few typos in the letter, but that is just more material to work with in formulating a response. Honestly I like this letter in that I feel we (as potential employers) have a lot to work with in that this candidate obviously could be qualified and therefore merits a personal interview (i.e approving his request for a meeting), but we could also go the other route and reject him because of a lack of formal recommendations in the letter, the few typos, and potentially a lack of enthusiasm. For example, this letter almost seems to me like a cookie cutter/copy and paste format where the author merely interjected and changed names and dates, this could be another reason to deny the request.

I like this letter because he is a college student like us trying to get a job. The letter was clear on what he was requesting. the letter was also to the point and did not ramble on. Personally I would of added more about why he wants to join this company. I like the fact tha he included the classes and activities that he was in during college.-Anthony Volpe @Anthony: This was a good choice of a letter. He is clear about what it is that he is asking for and seems to be relatively well worded (few gramatical mistakes). Only thing I felt with this letter though was that it could have been summarized a little more and the qualifications he states would have been better left to discuss during the interview. Giving some qualifications I feel is a great idea, however he seemed to go into great detail that I think would have been better left for a personal interview as it could come across a bit arrogant and presumptious to assume that he is ready to work for their company. Aside from that though, the company could look at his bit of arrogance and a motivator and an asset to their company. Good letter choice.

I Agree though, I like Andy's letter the best!

--- OK, so to sum up the decisions made last week on thursday, February 16th, we decided to write a response to this [|request letter]. Seeing as how it had a) The most material to formulate a response to, b) was a prime example of a well-written request letter (allowing another avenue of discussion/motivation to write an equally professional letter, and c) it hit all of the "five C's".

so before class on tuesday I will begin with the opening section of letter including the properly formatted address section, as well as greeting. In addition to an introductory sentence. The rest we can collaborate on in class on tuesday.

Ok, just updated the response letter, waiting for class for us to collaborate on if we give good news or bad news.