如何在短文写作中最好地展现自己

(2015-10-09 13:12:33)

晨雾 / 转帖

无论你写文章是用于申请大学、读研究生还是为了成为研究员从而能让事业更上一层楼，写作的目标都是一个：向决策人展示你就是他们所需要的人。

强调结果

“领导智慧”(Leadership Smarts)的管理合伙人兼总指导帕蒂·比奇(Patty Beach)说，“有时大家将重点放在做过的事情上”——提出过的一项动议或承担过的一件工作——“但却没有谈当时这件事情的结果是什么”。通过描述你以前的工作带来的实实在在的效益，你就可以克服比奇称之为的“那又怎样？”效应——决策人无法确定你那项努力是否具有任何可以衡量的价值。

谨记三件事

比奇建议，在写文章之前应考虑三件事：你最擅长的是什么（你的天赋和习得的能力）；你热爱什么（（你致力于运用自己才华的领域））；你现在申请的这个机会将如何有助于你未来的目标。“如果你能够有效地让人明白这三点，你就站到了最有利的竞争位置。”

恰到好处

纽约大学(New York University)招生办公室主任肖恩·阿博特(Shawn Abbott)读过的大学申请短文数不胜数，因此对什么样的文章能够博得招生委员会的好感了如指掌。他建议申请人将自己的个人陈述限制在一页之内。“招生人员要阅读数百甚至上千份的申请。我们必须快速阅读，你需要引起我们的注意。一页足矣。”

对如何介绍自己三思而行

阿博特还强调，一定要仔细考虑你在文章中想突出表明自己的哪些观点。阿博特建议，“要避免三大禁忌：政治、宗教和性。我们并不想阅读有关你的……男朋友或女朋友的事。”对于不同类型的申请来说，也许还有些不同的禁忌需要避免，所以，在提笔之前你要认真考虑清楚。

（英语原文） 

Here’s how to talk yourself up … in writing

Whether you’re writing an essay to apply for admission to university, graduate school or thefellowship that will help take your career to the next level, your job is the same: demonstrating to the decision-makers that you’re the person to choose.

Emphasize outcomes

“Sometimes we focus on things we’ve done” — an initiative or a job we undertook — “but we don’t talk about what  the result of that was,” said executive coach Patty Beach, who is a managing partner of Leadership Smarts. By describing the tangible benefits created by your previous work, you can overcome what Beach calls the “’So what?’ factor,” which leaves the decision-makers uncertain whether your work had any measurable value or not.

Remember three things

Beach suggests thinking about three things before writing an essay: what you’re good at (your natural and cultivated talents), what you’re passionate about (the area to which you’ll direct your talents), and how what you’re applying for will help further your goals. “If you can effectively communicate those three things, you put yourself in the best position to be selected.”

Enough but not too much

Shawn Abbott, dean of admissions at New York University, has seen more than enough admissions essays to know what works when it comes to selling yourself to an admissions board. He suggests limiting your personal statement to one page. “Admissions officers are reading hundreds, if not thousands, of applications. We have to be able to read quickly, and you want to capture our attention. One page is enough.”

Think before you share

Abbott also advises giving thought to what parts of your worldview to emphasize in a personal essay. “Avoid the three taboos: politics, religion and sex,” Abbott advised. “We don’t really want to read about your … boyfriend or girlfriend.” There may be different taboos for you to avoid for different types of applications, so think hard about what they might be before you put pen to paper.

内容来源：2015-10-05 分享美国

http://go.usa.gov/3uegJ 

信息来源：2015-10-09 美国驻中国大使馆博客 

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_67f297b00102w9uc.html

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