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True or False

1) In most cases, when making routine requests you should assume the audience will not comply.

2) Due to potential legal problems, many companies have a policy that prevents employees from providing recommendation letters.

3) A routine message should never include negative information.

4) The best opening for a routine reply or positive message includes the single most important information you need to give the audience.

5) Recommendation letters have created so many legal problems that many companies no longer allow employees to write them.

6) Policy statements or procedural changes are generally neutral, so readers will not react emotionally to them.

7) Readers receiving routine replies are generally interested in what you have to say, so the direct approach will work best with these types of messages.

8) It is not necessary to ask someone's permission before listing his or her name as a job reference.

9) Most routine requests will involve asking someone to provide information or take some specific action.

10) Because routine messages are so common in business, it is not necessary to pay attention to your tone when writing them.

11) You should expect to interact with intelligent technology throughout your job search.

12) The résumé should be based on what a candidate is looking for, not what the employer is looking for.

13) A combination résumé combines descriptions of your education and employment background.

14) The purpose of a résumé is to get an employer interested in interviewing the candidate.

15) The more good information a candidate presents about themselves in the résumé, the better, so list all skills and abilities.

16) When listing work experience on a résumé, you should emphasize significant achievements in each job.

17) Most employers now conduct online searches to learn more about promising candidates, and many have rejected applicants because of what those searches yield.

18) Your LinkedIn profile does not need to match the material in your conventional résumé because your LinkedIn profile is updated more often.

19) Many employers will look at a LinkedIn site as part of their background investigation on a candidate.

20) Your LinkedIn profile does not need to match the material in your conventional résumé because your LinkedIn profile is updated more often.