Q INDIVIDUAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS This assignment is required by the Dean’s office, so it is mandatory to complete the assignment. They are interested in confirming that you have developed reasonable writing skills before you graduate from the college of business. Each student will write a formal business (“cover”) letter to the strategic planning department of Home Depot in response to a job opportunity in the strategy department. A fictional job description can be found in Canvas to serve as guidance. THIS IS A FORMAL LETTER, AND IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN WITH PROPER ENGLISH GRAMMAR, SYNTAX, AND SPELLING. IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTIES WITH WRITING IN PROPER ENGLISH, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE UNT HELP DESK AND/OR RUN YOUR DRAFT THROUGH AN ONLINE SITE LIKE GRAMMARLY.COM. The letter should be no longer than one page. Please do not exceed one page for this assignment. This is a good chance for you to practice your writing skills as well as your job acquisition skills. Do Not Include a Resume. Do not make your cover letter look like a resume. Follow the formatting in one of the links below Even though we do not want you to actually attach your resume, please write the word “Enclosures” at the bottom as suggested in the formatting guidance. UNT has some very good resources to use when developing your cover letters. https://careercenter.unt.edu/ https://careercenter.unt.edu/resources/how-to-write-a-great-cover-letter/ https://careercenter.unt.edu/resources/cover-letter-example/ You can also refer to the following website for another common set of formatting suggestions. If you put your return address across the top (like suggested by UNT), that’s fine. However, another common approach is to list your name and return address under the date which is under the recipient’s address. Whichever one you use is fine for this assignment. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/basic_business_letters/index.html Due Date: February 4th, or earlier. 1- For a recipient address you can make one up or use the following Dr. Mark Davis 1234 N. Main Street Dallas, TX 75201 2 – You can also use your own address or make one up for the sender’s address.