Workplace Writing Associate
A free Business Writing course from insiderOne University, in English, that takes about 2 hours. Email, updates and documents that respect the reader's time. It ends in one assessed project. The course and the certificate are free. Anyone can verify the certificate at its own link, without an account.
Add it to your LinkedIn profile with the insiderOne logo, verifiable by anyone.
What you will be able to do
- Write an opening line that tells a busy reader what you need and by when
- Write work emails whose subject line, recipients and tone fit the reader
- Turn a week of activity into a status update that says what changed and what you need
- Draft a one-page decision memo with fair options and a clear recommendation
- Edit a draft to a third shorter using a repeatable checklist, without losing a fact
- Rewrite Indian office phrases so a reader anywhere understands them the first time
Students and freshers whose work will be judged by what they write, and anyone whose emails get read but not acted on.
What is in it
- 1Write for a busy reader11 min
- 2The work email11 min
- 3Recipients, follow-ups and tone11 min
- 4Status updates that get read11 min
- 5Decision memos and meeting notes12 min
- 6Clear sentences11 min
- 7Indian workplace English, written well11 min
- 8Chat, handovers and the last read11 min
One bad week, three readers
Three pieces of writing: the email to Meera Iyer, the internal status update, and a decision memo to Anita with options and a recommendation.
About 125 minutes in total.
Two levels
Finish the units and the project and you get the Certificate of Completion. Pass the live skill challenge on Business Writing at Practitioner level or above and it becomes a Verified Certificate, which anyone you send it to can check for themselves.
Questions
What does it cost?
Nothing. The course and the certificate are free, and so is verifying it.
Can an employer check it?
Yes. Every certificate has its own page, and the code printed on it resolves there without anyone needing an account.
Do I need any experience?
No. These are written for students and people in their first job, and they assume nothing.
What do I actually walk away with?
The certificate, and the piece of work you made for the project. That goes into your insiderOne profile as a proof item, private until you choose to show it.
Know someone studying this?
The course and the certificate are free, and anyone they send it to can check it.