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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">I am passing along this survey as I think some of you may qualify, know someone who does, or are interested in this type of research. Feel free to email me
directly with any questions or comments. We are looking specifically for participants who hold industry positions. Thank you!
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">You are invited to take a survey and/or forward a survey on workplace communication skills. The findings will be used to help business communication faculty
design classes that contain relevant course content from the perspective of employers.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Do you know someone who<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">goes to career fairs to
<b>recruit college students</b> and/or<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">manages</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">
or <b>interviews</b> recent college graduates and makes hiring decisions?<o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">If so, please forward the survey on to them. You can take the survey if you qualify.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Two respondents of the survey could win a
<b>$99 Amazon gift card</b>. The drawing will be held after <b>December 4, 2020</b>.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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https://bit.ly/ISUwcss<o:p> </o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Use your network (colleagues, family members, neighbors, your place of work, etc.) and forward the survey invitation to them.
<b>The choice to participate is theirs</b>. All you have to do is forward the message. We want these professionals to represent diverse types of businesses, geographic locations, races/ethnicities, and years of management experience.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">You don’t have to forward the message and you don’t have to ask anyone to participate.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The results of this study and others like it are used to make sure business and professional communication instructors teach timely and relevant information
in their classes. Good research design leads to good results, and you play an important part in making sure this study gets good results. Thanks for the assistance you can offer.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The research team consists of three faculty members:<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Tina Coffelt is an associate professor in Communication Studies and the Department of English at Iowa State University.
<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Samantha Cosgrove is an assistant professor in the Department of Technical Communication at the University of North Texas.<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Bremen Vance is an assistant professor in the School of Communication and Mass Media at Northwest Missouri State University.
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Samantha Jo Cosgrove, PhD</div>
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Department of Technical Communication</div>
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University of North Texas<br>
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