Summary of interview

Summary of interview
My aunt, the vice president of National City Bank in Beverly Hills, graduated with a Finance degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champagne. As a business major in college, she did very limited writing, other than courses where she reviewed annual reports. After graduating and moving to Chicago, IL she began to deal with more professional writings. All of her emails maintain a professional tone, although the structure of her emails varies depending on how well she knows who she is writing to, the other person's style, and their position within the organization. She enjoys sending emails because she is able to ensure accuracy in projects by stating specific instructions and expectations in her writings. As the vice president, she spends most of her day writing analyses of deals and sending emails to her external clients and internal colleagues. Internally, she needs to be specific if she is expecting an outcome. Externally she needs to confirm that any information she is conveying is factual. Although writing is a large part of her job, she does not always enjoy it. She enjoys writing proposals because she is motivated and enjoys bringing in new business and customers; however, she typically writes over sixty emails a day which is repetitive, depending on how much energy goes into each one. Most people in business keep their writings as short and as to the point as possible because every one has numerous writings to deal with each day. Every time she meets with a company intending to make a deal, she had to do a fair amount of research about that company. Writing has one of the largest impacts in the business world. It can make or break deals internally such as loans not being approved if their report does not convert convincing reasons to make a deal. For external work, inaccurate information in writing could potentially lose credibility with a prospective client. Overall, good writing in the business world is necessary on a daily basis.