Professional Research

All students will participate in a Communications Conference in the Week 8 Discussion forum. Everyone will be presenting on a communications topic and be audience members for the presentations provided by others.

This week, you will begin the research and planning for that presentation.

• Who is the audience and what is the purpose of your Week 8 presentation? What do you want to communicate to your audience and why?
• What are THREE questions about your topic that the audience needs answered to accomplish your purpose?
• What are TWO professional sources you will use for your presentation to help answer the audience questions? After , what makes them appropriate for the professional purpose and audience of your presentation? How will you cite these sources in on the references slide of your presentation?
• Provide ONE list you plan to include on a slide. In that list, include at least one bullet with a quotation or paraphrase of an opinion or statistic that you will use from your research. How will you cite the quotation or paraphrase in ? (See the examples below.)

EXAMPLE

My audience are job-seeking professionals who want to understand how to better market themselves for obtaining their dream jobs. The purpose is to demonstrate the importance of communication skills in the modern marketplace.

Three questions my audience will have about this topic that I will need to answer are (1) what are the most important skills desired by all employers, (2) how do I develop these skills, and (3) how do I show that I have these skills in my application?

The following professional sources will help answer these questions:

Fajaryati, N., Budiyono, A., Akhyar, M., & Wirano, G. (2020). The employability skills needed to face the demands of the future: Systematic literature reviews. Open Engineering, 10(2): 595-603.

Rios, J. A., Ling, G., Pugh, R., Becker, D., & Bacall, A. (2020). Identifying critical 21st century skills for workplace success: A content analysis of job advertisements. Educational Researcher, 49(20): 80-89.

I will include the following list on one slide using a paraphrase:

According to Rios et al. (2020), the most desirable job skills in order are:

1. Communication

2. Collaboration

3. Problem Solving