Does being a decent, good, or great writer play an important part in future careers?
Is becoming a good writer extremely necessary in the business world, especially in fields such as finance because I do not understand why we need to take multiple English classes in college. #business #finance
4 answers
Mounia’s Answer
Hi,
Writting skills are important even in finance feild as they help you develop skills of organization and presentation of ideas, opinions and most importantly arguments following a stuctured pattern. In today's business and in finance particularly you will have to make decisions and argue those decisions most of the time via a report, so business writing classes come in handy in those cases, emails are a major part of the business sometimes you will have to write long emails to do business and here again you will be happy to have taken those writting classes, to be a good writer you must be a good reader and both are important in order to develop your analytics skills that are much needed in finance I beleive.
Best of luck,
Rodolfo’s Answer
Communication skills are very very important. You need to be credible when you write emails or create resumes for example. You won't get a second chance to make a great first impression.
Rose’s Answer
Every job requires good communication skills. I don't believe any required English classes will be a waste of your time.
I had to take Literature, Composition, and Business Communication for my BS in Accounting, Business Writing for my MBA, as well as single-day Presentation and Writing professional development classes through work. Every class taught me something valuable, and I look forward to improving these skills as my career progresses.
Christine Warden
Christine’s Answer
Absolutely! Strong writing skills are critical in business, and this is the number one issue I hear raised about new graduates - their ability to write in a business context is often not well developed. You don't need to know how to write fictional novels, but you definitely need to be comfortable writing concise, well argued, and polite emails and reports. For the finance industry, it's really important to add words around the charts and graphs that you'll be presenting so that your audience is able to understand what they should take away from what you're saying, even if they're not experts.
Additionally, writing courses in general tend to teach concepts like how to be persuasive and how to listen well. Many times it doesn't matter what you say, but how you say it, to be able to get across what you mean and to be able to effectively persuade someone to do what you'd like.