• Identified issues & found solutions by engaging stakeholders in meetings discussing future visions & ideas for change. Developed strong relationships & managed change….

What would be wrong with this sentence? Does the replacement of the word “and” with an ampersand (&) make it any easier to read? I hope you say it makes it difficult to read and I also hope you believe it looks ridiculous!

At what point have people decided that they are too busy to take a millisecond more and type a three-letter word? Have we really come to the point where speedy typing is more important than the written word? Is it really considered appropriate for formal documents to include shortcuts? 

I don’t know about you, but I suspect there are many employers out there who would fail to be impressed by a slap-dash note-taking approach. What next? Mobile SMS speak? 

We’ll know we have all completely lost the art of writing when an employer sends us a letter of confirmation that says: 

Thnks 4 UR rez. Wll contct U l8r!