Week 9 Assignment 5: Email Using Social Media Scenario
Due Week 9 and worth 150 points
Your best friend has asked your help in securing a job where you work. You
want to help your friend, but you know her social media sites have photos and
other material that violate your company’s social media policy. You also know
that the human resources department of your company always does a thorough
search of social media sites of prospective hires. You need to write an email
to your friend that explains which content needs to be deleted from her social
media accounts and why. You need to discuss how refusal to delete the
inappropriate photos and material might impact her ability to get the job. Your
memo should clearly and specifically state the relevant rules from your
company’s social media policy.
Create a one paragraph memo in which you:
Review your friend’s inappropriate social media content here.
Review your company’s social media policy here.
Create a one paragraph email.
Target the appropriate professional audience.
Use appropriate language for professional audience.
Use correct email formatting.
Follow appropriate netiquette rules for electronic communication.
Meet the 250
Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
Your assignment must follow these APA formatting requirements:
Be typed, single-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch
margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s
name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is
not included in the required length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Demonstrate understanding of the basic fundamentals of communication.
Develop and practice communication skills, including skills in verbal,
nonverbal, listening, writing, interpersonal, perception, and critical thinking
as appropriate for the audience.
Relate to the interpersonal and organizational dynamics that affect
communication in organizations.
Analyze and assess effective communication.
Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
communications.
Write clearly and concisely about communications using proper writing
mechanics.
