1. Constantly post questionable jokes and tasteless photos. HR directors love pranksters and those with low moral standards.
"While you are sitting in a meeting, I'm sitting on the beach."
Emily Post said that "Manners are a sensitive awareness of the needs of others." Here are some tips that, with some concentrated effort, will help make your emails fit for Mrs. Post's inbox.
The overuse of email as an alternative to a call creates emotional distance. In advertising, it is said that the medium is the message. In this case, the medium is email and the message is "I don't actually want to talk to you."
I believe the empty subject field is a product of either haste or laziness, or both.
At the end of the digital day, understand that we live in a busy world that operates 24/7. Sometimes you just need to take a deep breath and go to sleep. You might feel better about it in the morning.
By Geoffrey James, visit Inc. The New York Times recently ran an article about how email can make people less productive. However, misuse of em...
Just as there are choices we can make to improve the nature and outcome of face-to-face communication, there are also things we can do to decrease the likelihood of problems over email, texting, and social networking.
The average person is bombarded with 75 emails a day and urgent emails often get lost in the clutter. Fortunately, though, email management tactics are easy to implement. Three strategies you can adopt to start controlling your inbox
Have a question about electronic etiquette? Email ewise@huffingtonpost.com. I recently found out my niece got engaged — over Facebook. I tal...
As a globalized workforce increasingly turns to email to manage inevitable conflict, the impact of how we communicate by email is greater than ever.
Before sending off yet another email, ask yourself if email is really the right platform to communicate your message. Maybe a phone call would be more suitable. Or a face-to-face meeting. Or skywriting.
Story courtesy of Makeuseof.com By Ryan Dube Emails are tough. It is really hard to get across what you really want to say in an email, and half...
Why oh why did I click 'Send'?
What's the polite way to sext someone? I'm afraid that if I just sent him a full-frontal shot without warning it might be, well, an unpleasant sur...
I have said it before, and I will say it again: Communication is the most important part of any relationship. And I mean communication right from the start!
Some of us might not be comfortable sending invitations online, but whether we like it or not, welcome to the new world, the digital world. Here are some common questions and answers that may offer solutions to some of your digital quandaries.
OK, so you want to give your client a kiss. Whatever you do, don’t do it over email. Over two thirds of U.K. businessmen and women say giving an ...
With all the tools available to us, such as spell check on our computers and mobile phones, one would think we'd easily pass the netiquette test so our email etiquette would be picture perfect. Unfortunately this isn't always the case.
Although over 300 billion e-mails are estimated to be sent every day, however, a surprising number of executives and entrepreneurs still struggle to grasp fundamental rules of netiquette.
Hover over these common eFlirting fails and find out whether he ranks high or low on the creep scale.
I am a communication purist, in that I believe the most important aspect of communication is understanding by the recipient, not precision in its delivery. However, you must ask yourself. How does a signature line serve me? It too is to provide communication. So be careful.
Here's something obvious: We live in a sickening world of non-stop info. Here's something maybe less obvious: Sometimes, the best time to get an important person's attention is to hit 'em up at a weird time.
Protocol suggests you return any message via the same medium in which it was sent. Think of it as "an i for an i." Even a quick text from your iPhone deserves at least a text back, and a phone call requires a return phone call.
"My job is very stressful, and I travel endlessly. But the people who work for me are driving me crazy. I hired them to make my life easier but all they do is create more work by filling up my inbox with hundreds of emails daily. What are some healthy tactics to reduce email stress?"
