Posts Tagged ‘etiquette’
10 ways to mind your manners at work during the holidays
The holidays are a great time to get to know your colleagues through workplace activities, including parties and volunteer events. To kick off this two-part blog series, I reached out to Anna Post, great-great-granddaughter of etiquette expert Emily Post and co-author of “Emily Post’s Etiquette, 18th Edition,” to find out the modern do’s and don’ts [...]
When to pick up the phone
Some of the practices used by companies to recruit new workers are rude and unprofessional, Michael Spiro writes. Job seekers hate it when employers don’t return messages, post jobs anonymously or require lengthy online applications, he notes. I agree with him for the most part. But returning all voice-mail messages? That’s nuts. I have absolutely [...]
Skipping that glass
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question each Wednesday in our e-newsletter and feature analysis from SmartBrief on Workforce Senior Editor Mary Ellen Slayter on this blog. Last week’s poll question: Do you drink alcohol at business lunches? [...]
Tuesday’s SHRM roundup
I wanted to pass along some of the great posts from other bloggers here at SHRM’s annual conference this week: Kris Dunn: WARNING: Taking presentation advice literally may be hazardous to the health of your talent career… Lance Haun: The party hasn’t stopped yet Mark Stelzner: Mutton chops, Morford and manners Sharlyn Lauby: Live from [...]
Standing out — in a good way
One of my favorite parts of my job is speaking to college seniors, and yesterday I visited a class at the University of Maryland’s Career Center. The topic was new employee success and etiquette. I offered up these 5 rules for making a good impression at your first job: DO listen more than you talk. [...]
Turn people down without ticking them off
Hiring managers are busy. That’s a fact. If they returned every single phone call, e-mail and letter they received from job seekers, they wouldn’t have time to do anything else. I’ve told this to every single job seeker who has ever complained to me about the imbalance in communications in the hiring process. BUT. That [...]
