ENGL 2116

Skill-Gap Analysis
Company Analysis
(In the space below, write a brief 250-word analysis of the copany with who yo! are
see"in# eployent$ %tate the copany nae, location, what they speciali&e in and sell, as
well as a brief history and a disc!ssion of the copany's stren#ths and(or the challen#es it
faces$)
*nder aro!r is an athletic clothin# copany that ser+ices any professional
athletes as well as e+eryday athletes$ ,he copany was fo!nded by -e+in .lan", a
!ni+ersity of /aryland tea captain$ .lan" started the b!siness in 1006 and their
1rst bi# brea" was in 1000 when their clothin# was !sed in the o+ie 2ny Gi+en
%!nday and when plan" bo!#ht an ad in the E%.N a#a&ine$ *nder aro!r has
been steadily increasin# in pop!larity and in re+en!e since they had their bi# brea"
and show no si#n of stoppin#$ *nder aro!r !st copete with other copanies
see"in# the sae ar"et with their +ersions of perforance clothin#$ ,hese
copanies can pro+ide a !ch cheaper e3perience in coparison to !nder
aro!r's prices$
Gap Analysis Table (4ill in the chart below)
5ob 6e7!ireent %"ills Interest 8ac"#ro!nd
-nowled#e of
9indows and /ac
laptop and des"top
cop!ters
4i3ed se+eral
cop!ters for
friends that were
both ac and
windows
En:oy sol+in#
cop!ter probles
.ersonal
e3perience
;ons!er and
b!siness analytics
9ritin# foral
b!siness
doc!ents
none ,echnical 9ritin#
;ofort with
/icrosoft o<ce,
"eynote , adobe
s!ite
*sed /icrosoft
o<ce and too" a
class on se+eral
/icrosoft o<ce
pro#ras, don=t
"now anythin#
abo!t "eynote or
adobe s!ite b!t
co!ld learn 7!ic"ly
4indin# e<cient
ways to !se
/icrosoft o<ce
and other
pro#ras
;lass on /icrosoft
o<ce pro#ras in
hi#h school
2bility to !ltitas"
in an e+er
chan#in#
en+ironent and
wor" as part of a
tea
Last :ob had e
!ltitas"in# in an
e+er chan#in#
en+ironent
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eployent
Addressing the Gaps
(In yo!r #ro!ps, brainstor to#ether to coe !p with speci1c ways yo! can address these
#aps to stren#then yo!r letter of application$ 9rite yo!r sol!tions below$)
-address the pro#ras that yo! are #oin# to be !sin#
-tal" abo!t !ltitas"in# at pre+io!s :ob
-tal" abo!t speci1c cop!ter co!rses