Why Good Writing Matters

I am fascinated by the results of a recent writing and career-focused study conducted by Grammarly.

Researchers at Grammarly surveyed over 400 freelancers to determine what impact writing skills have on a person’s career opportunities — with the goal of raising awareness of the importance of good writing. (Can I get an AMEN?)

Grammarly shared the results in an infographic, which was picked up by The Huffington Post.

Grammarly revealed that there is a strong correlation (although not necessarily causation) between writing skills, the ability to get hired, and the ability to earn better pay.

Note that IT and finance professionals are more likely to commit grammatical faux pas (Sorry, folks…)

But listen up! If you’re an engineer and manufacturer who makes fewer than 10 grammatical errors in freelancing material, you could earn up to twice as much hourly than those employees who make 30 errors in the freelancing material.

The same applies for those working in finance, sales and legal professions.

 

What are your thoughts? Do writing skills still matter? 

xx, Lauren

 

In the meantime, want to find out more about Grammarly? Head over to www.grammarly.com/grammarcheck. The site is a fabulous “grammar checker” for professionals, students, and writers.

Here’s the scoop on Grammarly services:

Grammarly provides another set of eyes to help perfect your writing. Grammarly’s patent-pending grammar checking technology reviews and improves your text, correcting grammar, spelling, word choice and style mistakes with unmatched accuracy. Give Grammarly 60 seconds, and see what pesky grammar errors you missed in your text!

 

 

 

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