writing an Informational Message This exercise is the first of eight portfolio projects that will provide you with actual evidence to demonstrate your communication competence to potential employers. The forms for these projects and blank letterheads are available in files. PROBLEM You are the head of the catalog sales department of Branford's, a large department store located in Houston, Texas. Most of your 17 full-time employees are high school graduates, and many of them are female. For beginning workers, you pay $2.50 per hour over the minimum wage, plus fringe benefits. Send a message to your employees informing them that management has decided that no one can take vacation or personal days during the months of November and December. The reason, of course, is that the holiday season is your busiest sales period. PROCESS