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Writing/Formatting a Business Letter 
Writing/Formatting a Business Letter
Write a properly formatted application letter and résumé for Simulare Medical's opening as a Product Development Specialist.
Rubric Code: TXACXBX
By hartmannj
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Subject: Business  
Type: Attendance  
Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate, Graduate

Powered by iRubric Job Letter/Résumé
  Outstanding

95 pts

Strong

85 pts

Competent

75 pts

Unsatisfactory

65 pts

Incomplete

55 pts

AUDIENCE

Outstanding

--Inspired match of materials to target-audience needs
--Effectively bridges writer's experience and a specific, well-defined opportunity
--Appropriate, ethical approach to the writing opportunity
Strong

--Solid match of materials to target-audience needs.
---Bridges writer's experience and a specific, well-defined opportunity.
--Ethical approach to the writing opportunity.
Competent

--Adequate match of materials to target-audience needs.
--Imperfectly bridges writer's experience and a specific, well-defined opportunity.
--Partially successful ethical approach to the writing opportunity.
Unsatisfactory

--Limited match of materials to target-audience needs.
--Struggles to bridge writer's experience and a specific, well-defined opportunity.
-Limited evidence of an ethical approach to the writing opportunity.
Incomplete

--Little to no correspondence between materials and audience needs.
--Fails to bridge writer's experience and a specific, well-defined opportunity.
--Little or no evidence of an ethical approach to the writing opportunity.
PROOF

Outstanding

--Letter states the intended purpose, motivating audience to dig into résumé
--Résumé offers excellent support of the letter's claims, including specific numerical proof.
Strong

-Letter states the intended purpose
-Résumé offers strong support of the letter's claims, including numerical proof.
Competent

-Letter states the intended purpose
-Résumé offers adequate support of the letter's claims, with some attempt to include numerical proof.
Unsatisfactory

--Letter states the intended purpose, but not clearly
--Résumé offers uneven support of the letter's claims, with little evidence of numerical proof.
Incomplete

--Letter does not state the intended purpose.
--Résumé offers little or no support of the letter's claims, in numerical or qualitative terms.
ORGANIZATION

Outstanding

--Letter's body includes a powerful short introduction, body paragraph(s), and call to action.
--Résumé makes excellent use of white space and formatting.
--A powerful visual hierarchy is evident in both letter and résumé.
Strong

-Letter's body includes a successful short introduction, body paragraph(s), and call to action.
--Résumé makes strong use of white space and formatting.
--A visual hierarchy is evident in letter and in both letter and résumé.
Competent

--Letter's body includes an adequate short introduction, body paragraph(s), and call to action.
--Résumé makes imperfect use of white space and formatting.
--An adequate visual hierarchy is evident in letter and résumé.
Unsatisfactory

--Letter's body offers an unsatisfactory includes an inadequate short introduction/body paragraph(s)/call to action.
--Résumé is unsuccessful in its use of white space and formatting.
--A limited attempt at visual hierarchy is evident in letter and résumé.
Incomplete

--Letter's body offers an incomplete short introduction, body paragraph(s), and call to action.
--Résumé shows little attention to white space and formatting.
--Little or no evidence of visual hierarchy is evident.
FLOW

Outstanding

--Active verbs power résumé and letter.
--Paragraphs are well developed.
--Sentences offer effective variation in structure.
--Sentence boundaries and pronoun reference are well chosen.
Strong

--A majority of active verbs boost résumé and letter.
--Paragraphs are effectively developed.
--sentences offer variation in structure.
--Sentence boundaries and pronoun reference are adequately chosen.
Competent

--Active verbs are sometimes present in résumé and letter.
--Paragraphs are adequately developed.
--Sentences offer adequate variation in structure.
--Sentence boundaries and pronoun reference vary in effectiveness.
Unsatisfactory

--Active verbs make rare appearances in résumé and letter.
--Paragraphs are inadequately developed.
--Sentences offer little variation in structure.
--Sentence boundaries and pronoun reference are largely ineffective.
Incomplete

--Active verbs are not successfully deployed in résumé
or letter.
--Paragraphs are incompletely written out.
--Little sense of sentence boundaries or structure.
--Sentence boundaries and pronoun reference are rarely effective.
MECHANICS

Outstanding

--Documents are flawlessly formatted
--Spelling, punctuation and grammar (0-2 errors total) ensures letter's effectiveness
Strong

--Documents are well formatted.
--3-4 errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar may not impede effectiveness.
Competent

--Some part of the format is incorrect, such as addresses, "date, greeting, body, complimentary close, and signature line" (iRubric).
--4-6 errors with spelling,punctuation, and grammar may limit effectiveness.
Unsatisfactory

--Several parts of the format are incorrect.
--Many errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar (7 or more).errors noted).
--more significant errors in communicating ideas.
Incomplete

--Much/most of the format is incorrect.
--Serious errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and communicating ideas.



Keywords:
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