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• Professional correspondence is a Communication between two or more parties through professional writing of letter and emails
• Professional writing is an Applying what have learned to real life scenarios

• Résuméa concise document that highlights your education, work experiences, and other qualifications such as your skills and strengths. These are information or qualifications that your future employer might look for in the job that you are applying for

• Résumé originated from the French word résumé which means "summary"
• A résumé is usually an enclosure to an application or cover letter so it is recommended that you prepare the résumé first since the information that you include there will be the basis of your letter
• College Admission Letteralso known as the "letter of intent". It is a brief discussion of your intention to be admitted in a specific course in college

• Employment Application Letter


  Also known as a "cover letter". It is used to introduce yourself to a prospective employer. You write this to demonstrate your interest in the company, sell your services and qualifications in written form, and show that you are fit for a job position
• Letter formats

  • BLOCK (most common layout for business letter, all parts aligned to the left)
  • MODIFIED BLOCK (heading, date, complimentary close, and signature slightly to the right of the center)
  • SEMI-BLOCK (paragraphs of the body are indented)
• Office Correspondence


  A written interchange of internal (communication between company departments) and external communication (communication between a company to another firm) to assist the flow of business processes
• Business letter


  The traditional way of communicating information from one company to another or used in external correspondence. The format can either be full block, modified block and semi-block
• Business memorandum or memo


  A written communication strictly between the company's offices to another, or used in internal correspondence. A memo has its title line and series number. Employees tend to read the memorandum if the title line is related to their job description. Memos are also used to implement internal guidelines or procedures that the employees must follow
• Parts of a memorandum

  1. Heading (TO, FROM, DATE, SUBJECT)

  2. Body (purpose statement and explanation)

  3. Special Notations (Enclosure/Attachment, cc)
• Business email


  An office correspondence that can either be internal or external. There is no required format in writing email correspondence but it is expected that the writer maintains a professional tone