Research Guides: Student Resources: Professional & Workplace Writing

Business Correspondence

Writing a Memo
This handout provides insight into how to craft a clear and concise memo, showing how to avoid informal elements that are inappropriate.
Writing a Basic Business Letter
This handout provides insight on how to write a business letter.
Using Email on the Job
This PowerPoint reviews the proper components of composing an on the job email, including aspects such as: audience, tone and etiquette.
Professional Emails
Guidelines on creating professional emails.
Quick Tips for Cover Letters
This handout offers tips on how to construct a strong cover letter.
Resume Design
This handout provides tips for the aesthetic construction of a resume, focusing primarily on layout versus content.
Writing a Curriculum Vitae
This handout provides insight into the purpose a Curriculum Vitae (CV) serves, and the components that should be included in one.
Resume Styles
Overview of the styles used in resume writing.
Cover Letter Guidelines
Guidelines on how to write a cover letter for seeking employment.

How to Write a Grant Application
This document goes in depth on the way to write and submit a grant application, including links to supplementary resources that may be necessary.
A Guide to Grant Proposals
This handout gives tips for writing a grant proposal. It covers aspects such as formatting, a timeline, and a budget summary.
Strategic Planning & the Art of Grant Writing
This link list the important topics to cover in a grant proposal, such as: short/long term goals, speaking on the executive director, critiquing staff, etc.
Writing a Good Grant Proposal
Simon Peyton Jones and Alan Bundy offer their opinion on composing a strong grant proposal. They cover aspects such as how to approach a proposal, major criteria, and list common shortcomings.

A Guide to Personal Statements
This handout describes the necessary components that can be found in a strong personal statement.
Writing a Personal Statement
This handout outlines the necessary components of crafting a personal statement, including the "do's" and don'ts" of writing a personal statement.

10 Tips for Writing a Personal Statement
This handout provides tips for writers working on personal statements, helping them to pinpoint common mistakes.
10 Tips for Writing Law School Personal Statement
This handout provides ten tips to applicants writing a personal statement for law school.
10 Tips for Writing Medical School Personal Statement
This handout provides ten tips to applicants writing a personal statement for medical school.
Transferable Skills
Overview of skills that transfer from your education and internships over to your career,