Instructions for Ch. 5 E-mail Message Assignment
Scenario: Our company is hiring new employees. I have scheduled three appointments to interview applicants for the position of project manager. All of these appointments are for Thursday, November 5. However, I must now travel to Atlanta that week and therefore will be unable to keep those appointments.
I am asking you to reschedule those appointments for one week later. I would also like a brief background summary for each candidate.
Although frustrated, you have called each person and are lucky to arrange these times. Saul Salazar, who has been a project manager for nine years with Summit Enterprises, agrees to come at 10:30 a.m. Kaitlyn Grindell, who is a systems analyst and a consultant to many companies, will come at 11:30. Mary Montgomery, who has an MA degree and six years of experience as a senior project coordinator at High Point Industries, will come at 9:30 a.m.
You are also wondering whether I forgot to include Bertha Ho, operations personnel
officer, in these interviews. Ms. Ho is usually part of the process.
Your task: Please write an e-mail to me in response to the scenario above that includes all of the information I requested, and send it to me at Kristen.Murphy@iavalley.edu. This assignment is worth 100 points and is graded using the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas. Don’t forget to proofread your e-mail before sending it to me, and please see the “tips for e-mail formatting” document in Canvas for help with formatting/structure, if needed.
Simplified Writing Plan for E-mail Replies:
 Subject line: Summarize the main idea
 Opening: Start directly by responding to the request with a summary statement.
 Body: Provide additional information and details in a readable format.
 Closing: Add a concluding remark, summary, or offer of further assistance.