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A major concern in many organizations worldwide is that employees - no matter how well-educated - cannot write a clear business memo or letter.

Your ability to write effectively in a business setting can boost your career and your approval ratings. Effective business writing means using the right words, keeping it simple, checking for spelling and grammatical errors and getting your message across.

Below, scour the Web for resources, tools, tips and advice on the skills you need to develop to communicate more effectively in resumes, memos, business letters and proposals...

Writing for Results - Thanks to Rob for suggesting this one..."This is a free site that is unique on the Web. It provides 312 pages of guidance and over 260 templates (each in MS Word and WordPerfect) for those who prepare briefing notes and briefing books for cabinet ministers and senior executives." The tips and templates also lend themselves to more mundane business writing...

Business Writing Help - Oregon State University offers a collection of resources to improve your business writing skills. The list includes resumes and cover letters as well as memos, business letters, creating visuals, proposals, reports and more...

Use Better Writing to Boost Your Career - This article covers the "five basic principles of better business writing" that will make your written efforts clearer. These are simple concepts to use when you review first drafts of your business related writing...

Six Tips for Better Business Writing - Part of the George Mason University School of Management site, these tips - with links to even more information - will provide guidance in getting the right format and structure in your business related writing...

Top Career Resumes - Takes the resume section by section and discusses your options for format, layout, cover letters and more. Articles, a good blog and links to other helpful sites make this one resume resource to bookmark and use...

How to Write a Masterpiece of a Resume - Excellent overview of what goes into a resume and why. The Rockport Institute has other motives for including this advice since they offer a paid service, but that doesn't take away from the really sound advice on writing, or rewriting, your resume for the best results...

also see in Office Life -> Resumes & Cover Letters

also see related feature -> How to Write for the Web