In the job market? Set up a separate email address for contact with prospective employers. Managing your first impressions is critical to your job hunt. With all the free email … Continue reading In the Job Market?
In the Job Market?
Tag: email etiquette
Email Productivity: Is your boss an urgent emailing jerk?
Whether your boss is a plain ol’ jerk is another story… but if your boss sends urgent emails, that behavior qualifies him or her to be deemed an “emailing jerk.” … Continue reading Email Productivity: Is your boss an urgent emailing jerk?
Is Sending E-mail after Midnight a Good Idea?
NO! A resounding no! Some corporate emailers may think they’re impressing their bosses, peers or subordinates by sending emails in the middle of the night. And while an occasional 3:00 … Continue reading Is Sending E-mail after Midnight a Good Idea?
Email Signature: Whose do you use for “auto” responses?
I received this question the other day: I’ve got a auto website client who needs to put an autosignature on the bottom of autoresponders and newsletters. Is it best to … Continue reading Email Signature: Whose do you use for “auto” responses?
Email tip: Consider the overall time for the transaction
When deciding whether to email, call or visit, consider the overall time of all parties involved, not just the amount of time it takes you to create and send your … Continue reading Email tip: Consider the overall time for the transaction
Email Best Practice: Use the calendar feature to set up appointments.
Most email programs have a “Calendar” feature that not only allows you to schedule important meetings and due dates, but also sends you reminders and prompts about those important deadlines … Continue reading Email Best Practice: Use the calendar feature to set up appointments.
Email Best Practice: Include an auto signature
By including your contact information in every e-mail you send, you make it easy for the recipient to respond to you, whether by e-mail, telephone, or post. Most e-mail programs … Continue reading Email Best Practice: Include an auto signature
Email Tip: Call First
If you have something that requires attention, call first to notify the recipient that he or she should view his or her email, not the other way around. We’ve all … Continue reading Email Tip: Call First
Email Etiquette: Is it a capital offense to use CAPS?
Great editorial in the Patriot News by Steven Birmingham, Maybe ALL CAPS isn’t bad ALLLLL the time? Here’s the link.
Do you Know this Toxic Emailer: Urgent Ursula
Urgent Ursula sends emails when she needs something ASAP. She expects that her subordinates have their email open and are anxiously awaiting her electronic gifts. She doesn’t consider that her … Continue reading Do you Know this Toxic Emailer: Urgent Ursula
Email Tip: Work Through Your Inbox Messages in Order
Does this sound familiar? You open your inbox, and see a bunch of messages. You scan them up and down. Then you pick one to open. Perhaps you handle it, … Continue reading Email Tip: Work Through Your Inbox Messages in Order
