08 Oct You are almost ready to unveil your business to the world. Inevitably, potential customers will ask about your business and be excited to find and use your product or service when they are ready.

Business Communications

Team: this step has two parts. You should complete each separately, though you only need to collaborate on the first. The second part should be added to your cover letter or resumé, which you revised and submitted in Module 5, but share it here so you can compare, contrast, and discuss your individual representations of the skills gained through your teamwork. Please read over this entire step carefully in order to complete each of the parts in its entirety.

The two parts include:

Business Card

Bio Page

 Part 1 (+5)

You are almost ready to unveil your business to the world. Inevitably, potential customers will ask about your business and be excited to find and use your product or service when they are ready. Your business card is your introduction to that product or service and, in your absence, it can also be someone’s first impression of you.

An effective business card should communicate the relevant contact information, but should also capture the mission, vision, and purpose of your business. If it is not clear what product or service you provide, your business card has missed the mark.

In this step. Each of you should create a business card for your product/service and share it with your teammates. You should already have all the information you need, including a business name, logo, tagline, and even a website address. Be sure to also add the telephone, email, your name, and job title and then check out this article by the Shopify Blog, 10 Free Business Card Makers with Customizable Templates (Links to an external site.), for design tips and links to some excellent business card generators that will make completing this step a snap.

Share your business card as a reply to this team thread and collaborate to discuss which design – or which aspect of several designs – you believe represents your business most effectively by clearly communicating who you are, what you do, and how to get in touch.

 Part 2 (+5)

“Soft skills” is a term used to describe skills potential employees do not gain as a direct result of education or experience, but rather that they intentionally set out to nurture within themselves through reflection and revision of their thoughts and actions. The soft skills include communication, organization, teamwork, punctuality, critical thinking, social skills, creativity, interpersonal communication, adaptability, and congeniality – all of the skills you should and will have gained through participation in your team project in this class.

 This is both important and useful, as a whopping 93% of employers identified soft skills either as “essential” or “very important” in making hiring decisions (Hard Facts About Soft Skills…, 2016).

In Module 5 you created your cover letter and resume. In this team step you will create a bio page to add to those career documents. To do this, consider the soft skills listed above. Write a brief summary paragraph identifying how you gained each of these skills, describing the relevant team step and its corresponding actions as evidence.

Reply to share your bio here. You should also add a bio page to your website, with each team member’s bio included on the page.