How important do you feel writing skills are at your place of employment?

TOPICS FOR CRITICAL THINKING AND WRITING – Questions refer to Chapter 1 in our textbook but do not require reading the chapter.
NOTE: Provide an analysis of the writing skills that are required at your place of employment as you answer the questions below. If you are not currently employed, think of a business where you have worked and use that example to answer the questions. (If you have not been employed at a business, interview someone about the writing tasks required at their place of employment. Use that information to respond to the questions.) You could also write about how writing will be used in a future place of employment.
The section in our reading for today entitled The High Cost of Effective Writing says, “The National Commission on Writing estimates that American businesses spent $3.1 billion annually in training employees to write” (Kolin, 2023, p. 3). In addition, it states that an Associated Press (AP) survey showed that companies identified writing “’as the most valuable skill employees can have’” and “indicated that 80 percent of the workforce needed to improve their writing” (Kolin, 2023, p. 3). How important do you feel writing skills are at your place of employment?

Chapter 1 in our textbook states that writing is “an essential job skill” (Kolin, 2023, p. 2) in the workplace. It lists the following common tasks requiring writing that workers are expected to perform. Choose 1 of the following tasks that you perform in your workplace. Be specific about what you do and how clear and concise writing is required in that process.
Assess a situation, a condition, a job site, etc.,
Research and record the results accurately,
Summarize information concisely and identify main points quickly,
Work as part of a team to collect, to share, and to evaluate information,
Tackle and solve problems and explain how and why you did this,
Display cultural sensitivity in the workplace,
Network with individuals in diverse fields outside of your company and across the globe,
Answer customer questions and meet their needs,
Post to your company’s social media site to get information out about its brand,
Prepare and test instructions and procedures,
Justify financial, personnel, or other actions and decisions,
Make persuasive presentations to co-workers, employers, and clients. (Kolin, 2023, pp. 2-