![]() Once they graduate, these poor students may be expected to “ form a connection” with potential landlords by sending a letter spelling out all the ways in which they’d be the perfect tenants (top tip: boil it down to “I’m minted”). Increasingly, in an age of intense competition and instant communication, life is all about nailing the elevator pitch. So, if they can’t sell themselves in a short essay, how are they ever going to get anyone to open their emails, read their Tinder profiles, or pay attention to their strongly worded complaint to the British Airways customer services team? At what age is it appropriate to learn that everyone else is just too busy to listen to you selling yourself? It’s also more than enough time to read 600 words. Two minutes’ attention from a time-pressed stranger is a luxury that they will seldom enjoy in adulthood. But perhaps universities are teaching them a valuable, if brutal lesson. I sympathise with the students, who are obliged to waffle on about all the hobbies they’re expected to be beavering away at while simultaneously studying for A-levels and probably holding down a part-time job. That’s the experience of students writing a UK university application personal statement – limited to 4,000 characters – which harassed admissions staff now only spend about two minutes reading. (Bad writers sprinkle around lots of footnotes and pretend they’re not included in the word count.) So it must be immensely frustrating to whittle your life story and all your aspirations into about 600 words, only to find that the recipient has merely skim-read them. Good writers have always known that distilling one’s thoughts into a limited space takes effort and skill. In 2022, Microsoft completed its acquisition of Nuance.“I didn’t have the time to write you a short letter, so I’m writing you a long one instead,” Mark Twain is supposed to have written on a postcard to his friend. A few of its most popular products include Dragon, Clintegrity, OmniPage, Equitrac, and PowerScribe 360. The company's solutions include voice biometrics, text-to-speech services, call centers, virtual personal assistants, voice-recognition services, clinical language understanding, transcription, print management solutions, and more. Today, Nuance Communications manages one of the largest libraries of speech data in the world and supports over 50 different languages through its innovative speech solutions. Over the years, the company's serves have been utilized by about two-thirds of Fortune 100 companies, nearly 22 million registered clients, approximately 10,000 hospitals, and over 150,000 doctors and caregivers. Nuance develops solutions for a range of industries, including imaging, customer service, consumer, mobile, automotive, financial, construction, energy, insurance, retail, and healthcare. For supporting its team members in myriad ways, the company has been Great Place to Work-certified and named among the Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality, among the 50 Best Companies to Sell For, and a Top Employer in various cities. ![]() As an employer, Nuance encourages associates to be their authentic selves, build meaningful relationships, and grow their careers on their own terms. Furthermore, the company has sales representatives in over 70 countries, and it has previously offered part-time, temporary, and remote jobs in sales, computer & IT, software development, consulting, and transcription, among other fields. Nuance employs thousands of people in more than 35 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Middle East. Nuance Communications is a multinational speech and language technology solutions corporation founded in 1992. Researched & Written by Tess Guenthner on the FlexJobs Team ![]()
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