You work for Johnstone & Company, a medium-sized customer research firm that employs 140 employees, including part-time staff. The Human Resources Director gets overwhelmed with rsums whenever they advertise positions and is now looking into purchasing rsum-scanning software. The Director asks you to prepare an email that will be sent to various software companies inquiring as to whether or not their software would help your company sort these rsums effectively. Youve already gone online and found a few companies that appear to have the type of software you need based on their website, but you really need to address more specific questions before the Director of Human Resources accepts a visit from a salesperson. You are to compose an email that can be sent to different software vendors asking for information. One of the key things you need to know is whether their software can identify job-specific knowledge and experience. One problem your company has experienced has to do with inappropriate information submitted by job candidates. For example, you don't want to know the applicant's race or age. How does the software avoid displaying such information if the applicant includes it? What about references? This area would seem to need fields available for customization. Does the system rank the rsums according to the job skills and experience required? You would really like a system that, when it finds a great rsum, moves it to the top of the list and perhaps even has a More Like This function.

Your Task Prepare an email that can be used to send to these rsum software companies. Remember that you want answers, not a visit from a salesperson or the URL of a Web site. Use a direct pattern, but also ensure you factor all 7 Cs of Communication and consider the 3x3 writing process. Do not exceed 1 page for your message. Format it like an email. Use your imagination to ask open-ended questions that elicit effective feedback. Decide how you want the receiver to respond, and by when. How can you make it easy for the receiver to respond? This is to be original content; however, feel free to do any Google search you need to guide you in generating questions you should ask within this email message. Please review the rubric on the page below to make sure you factor in each component of how this will be assessed.