Communication Skills for Community College Students was created to meet the needs of students enrolled in technical and career-oriented college programs, as well as workers already employed in business and industry. The primary focus of this text enables you to develop communication skills that will ensure your success on the job. This reader-friendly text is designed to provide you with a solid working understanding of communication that applies concepts, develops skills, and fosters creative applications. Communication Skills for Community College Students does all three in an engaging manner with a warm, understandable tone. Two-year technical and community college students majoring in nursing, accounting, criminal justice, computer technologies, hospitality, graphic design or engineering are generally required to complete an oral communication course. Because you will learn in a diverse classroom setting and will be employed in many service sector jobs, you need instruction in practical communication skills to improve your performance both in the classroom and in the workplace. Concepts and skills presented in Communication Skills for Community College Students are readily applicable to the challenges of student life and career success. Those employed in business and industry will also find this text to be an informative resource for fine-tuning those communication skills that separate competent employees from exemplary employees.