Essay Guideline

Today, the internet has become an integral part of our lives. It is easy and at the same time very convenient to use many on-line services and access valuable information that would otherwise be very hard to get without the Internet. There are thousands of on-line businesses that offer unique services. You can get assistance from a certified accountant in the confines of your home and, just as easily, you can find tons of information on Plato, not to mention checking your credit rating on-line. The Internet is here to make our lives easier. Yet, I want to tell you that convenience is not always good for a person.

Let me give you a short example. I choose to type google.com on my keyboard and enter a keyword custom essay in the search string. I instantly get dozens of sites that specialize in custom writing and research. This is a tempting service that is being offered to students nowadays. Imaging you have a large assignment in college, however, you just don’t feel like doing it yourself. No problem at all. If you have a credit card with some money on it and access to the internet, you can consider your project done. I click on one of the sites that pop up on the screen, essaymart.com. What I see is an attractive web page that not only offers access to thousands of prewritten papers but also provides customized papers for a fee. Essaymart.com seems to brag about its writers, Ph. D and Master’s level professionals who can handle any topic. These guys guarantee that their writing is 100% free of plagiarism and is fully authentic. Moreover, your project can be done in as early as 24 hours for as low as $24.95 per page. Not too bad if you are in a rush and need urgent assistance.

I go to urgentpapers.com. Here we are offered a very similar service package: authenticity, free outline, abstract, bibliography, guaranteed deadlines and free e-mail delivery. Moreover, these guys can handle your order in as early as 12 hours. Another site I checked, essaymania.com offers a similar service but charges twice as much for 3 day delivery ($22.95 as opposed to $13.95 per page at essaymart.com or urgentpapers.com).

Everything seems just perfect. Now you really don’t need to spend so much time studying and can order everything on-line. However, you cannot purchase experience or skills that easily. It does not take long for one to realize that anyone soliciting the services of such sites involuntarily engages in cheating. Even though the sites publish a disclaimer, like the essaymart.com’s disclaimer from essaymart.com where they try to take all the associated responsibility off their shoulders and relay it to the one who uses their services, I find that attempt pretty cheap. It is very much like a drug dealer who sells crack to kids and explains that drugs are bad.

I did not personally try the services of the aforementioned sites and, therefore, cannot testify about the quality of writing they do, however, I just think that one does not have to go that far. I just want to convince the audience that the services of such sites are of questionable value. If you order your term paper from, say, essaymart.com you officially acknowledge that the $35,000 you or your family spent on your education was a waste, because having someone else write your paper will not make you any smarter. Yet, you are the one to make a choice.

Nicholas Zimmerman is an associate professor of Theology at Tulane University, New Orleans. His interests include new technologies, the Internet, fishing and hiking.

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“I’ll figure that out . . . when I get the time.”
“I really don’t know how to start!”
“I really should write my essay!”

This common dilemma is expressed over and over again by many people everywhere. The good news is that anybody can write an essay!

There are three main reasons for essays:

1. To help you to cohesively construct an argument and defend it on paper.

2. To help you develop good written and oral communication skills.

3. To help you to figure out how to find information.

Not knowing how to write properly can make your academic life disorganized, stressful and chaotic. By improving your writing skills, you can confidently and quickly finish assignments and write properly throughout your professional career.

Writing an essay can be very simple when you follow these basic steps: choose a topic, define the scope of your essay, create the outline, write the essay and — proofread, proofread, proofread!

The Essay Topic

The first step in writing an essay is to select a topic (if one has not been assigned). In order to define a topic, you should think about the goal of the essay. Is the purpose of the essay to persuade, educate, or describe a topic — or for something else entirely? It is generally helpful to brainstorm ideas by jotting down favorite subjects or thinking of a topic that may be interesting to you.

Define the Scope of the Essay

The next step is to define the scope of your essay. Is the subject matter very broad, or will the essay cover a specific topic with detail-oriented examples? Thinking about the overall topic and scope will help you to begin the writing process.

Create an Outline

The next step is to create the outline. You may think that an outline is an unnecessary, time-consuming task — but this step will actually help save time! An outline will help keep you focused while writing your essay, and help keep you from wandering aimlessly in conducting your research. It should be composed of the main idea of the essay or thesis
statement, and the arguments that support it. The outline is often numbered and organized by paragraph, but more abstract outlines will also help to organize and focus your
ideas.

Writing the Essay

The subsequent step is writing the essay. The introduction paragraph should begin with an attention grabber. This is a statement the lures the reader into wanting to read the rest of the essay. The next few sentences should be very broad in topic, and should lead to the narrow focus of the thesis statement, which is usually the very last sentence of the introduction paragraph. There are typically three body paragraphs, and each one starts by tackling one of the main ideas presented in the thesis statement. The following sentences should describe and elaborate on the main point. Details of specific examples should be included to strengthen your main ideas. The conclusion paragraph summarizes the essay and provides a final perspective on the main topic. It often begins with a paraphrase of the original thesis statement, and sometimes includes a future prediction based upon the viewpoint presented in the essay.

Proofreading Your Essay

The final step in writing a thesis is proofreading. Proofreading is actually the most important part of writing the essay and is often skipped. A few items to consider when proofreading your essay are the order of the paragraphs, the flow of the sentences, grammar, spelling and the instructions for the assignment. Questions to ask yourself include:

Does your essay make sense?
Does each sentence flow to the next sentence well?
Are there any points that can be made stronger or clearer?
Are there words that are used frequently?
Are there any run-on sentences or fragments?

The proofreading process sometimes takes longer than the actual writing process, but this is what makes the difference between a concise and well thought out essay, and a bad essay.

When the process of writing an essay is broken into pieces, the process seems more manageable and easier to complete for the beginner. The process consists of thinking about a topic, creating an outline, writing the essay and proofreading the essay. This makes essay writing an interesting learning experience, and helps the writer express his or her thoughts more clearly, concisely and with more validation.

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The thank you letter for a second interview is a must for serious job seekers. If you’ve made it as far as a second interview, then you are right on the edge and are one of the serious candidates ready to be offered the position. When you’re in that position then it is worth your while to use all of the leverage you have, all of your knowledge of the company and all of your job search skills to close the deal and land yourself a job offer. This letter can be a deal closer.

When engaged in a job search, even if it is not your profession, you are really serving as a salesman. The product you are selling is yourself, your skills, and the concept that you can help the company you are applying to. A professional salesman always tries to know his or her product well, and always does better in selling the product when he or she has a genuine belief in the value of the product. As a salesman of YOU this genuine belief in your value to the customer, the potential employer is essential.

If you’ve ever watched a sales representative for a radio station calling on customers you’ll notice that certain tools are carried by the sales rep and used time and time again. One sales rep made a fortune selling commercials on major league baseball game broadcasts by walking into businesses carrying a baseball bat as a conversation starter. He’s get the business owner excited about baseball and walk out with a signed contract. He did the same thing with major league football games by walking into a business carrying a football, or wearing a helmet. More conventional sales reps carry “leave behinds”, brochures, price lists and other literature designed to perk the interest of the prospect.

As a job seeker sales person, the tools you will carry will not be baseball bats, football helmets or brochures and price lists. You will carry the personal marketing tools that benefit a conscientious job seeker. They include a resume, cover letter, follow up letter, reference sheet, salary history, letters of recommendation, thank you letter for after the interview, and the piece we are discussing, the thank you letter for a sub sequential interviews.

Your thank you letter should be short and to the point. As an example,

Date

Name

Company

Address

City

State

Zip

Dear Mr. Jones,

I enjoyed our chance to visit during the recent second interview, and wanted to express my thanks to you for the serious consideration you are giving me.

As you know, I am very serious about my work, and I believe that Xyz Company would be an excellent fit for my skills, experience, education and background.

If you have any further questions, please give me a call. I look forward to speaking with you further.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

John Doe

As you can see this letter that you send after meeting with an employer for the second time is short, simple and conveys the thoughts that you wish to get across. Try this letter when the chance arises and you’ll have good results.

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