Site Mission

Today's rapidly changing global economy presents English majors with diverse opportunities for employment in a variety of  industries. Our site seeks to connect English majors to these employment opportunities. Join our community of English majors just like you to make new friends and expand your professional network. Let our team of experienced career-professionals provide you with expert advice to craft that perfect resume and polish off your writing samples.

Site Goals

Short term goals

• Complete the design document
• Develop a comprehensive yet focused Website
• Fill site with valuable content
• Attract 100 users within the first month
• Help 20 users find employment within 2 weeks of sign-up
• Develop community of passionate users

Long term goals

• Employ some of our most impassioned users to moderate the Website and run some of our writing workshops. 
• 50% success rate for English-major employment.

Audience Members

College Undergraduates/Graduates

• 20-25 year old American males and females
• Either received a degree in English, or soon to receive one
• Unemployed or seeking alternative career
• Computer Literate
• Experienced with social networking sites
• Open-minded
• Possibly seeking internships
• None to little career experience

Post-Grad English Majors

• 30-80 year old American males and females
• Graduated with a degree in English or take interest in the discipline
• Moderate to little computer literacy
• Unemployed or seeking alternative career
• Moderate to sufficient career experience
• Moderate to no social networking experience

Why People Will Come to Our Site

People will come to this site because they need  to find a job. They will use our site because it will look nice and users will find it easy to navigate through the architecture of the Website.

We will create a nurturing environment for a community of like-minded people who come together to work collectively towards their own individual goals. Users will collaborate on forums, post interesting and relevant articles, and other media and discuss them.

We will also provide our users with advice on how to craft a good resume, proper interview etiquette and techniques, constructive criticism on their writing samples, and much more. Our ultimate goal: to connect all of our users to their future employment.