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A Telephone Etiquette Test

Ian's Messy Desk

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap A Telephone Etiquette Test Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 28, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. While forms of technology are making inroads into the communication process, the telephone is still an important source of contact with people. Thanks for visiting!

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E-mail Etiquette

Laughing all the Way to Work

Email is no longer just for personal use, with all our accepted short forms: LOL, U, GB and a co-worker's favourite, OMG! Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business email. Writing all in caps is a form of email shouting. Jane Watson of J. 4 percent of women”.

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6 Communication Tips for Executives and their Virtual Executive Assistants

Worxbee

It’s not generally good etiquette to try calling in without a booked meeting. This is common across all forms of communication - just look at the mess that social media comments sections can quickly turn into! One way you can encourage this is through a virtual “open door” policy.

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Answering Reader Mail: Being Terminated (Social Etiquette Part 2)

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Hello Readers - 8 months ago, a reader asked me a question about fraternization and social etiquette at work. The example of how it could be misconstrued wasn’t helpful to you, but nonetheless, what she was saying was, “My focus is on your social etiquette behavior and I am pointing it out to you.” The link is that original post.

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

Beyond that, droves of companies that were inexperienced with remote work were creating monitoring policies for the first time. The history of employee monitoring’s various forms. Well, that’s a classic form of employee monitoring right there. In fact, it would be illegal to do so.

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Laughing all the Way to Work

E-mail is no longer just for personal use, with all our accepted short forms: LOL, U, GB and a co-worker's favourite, OMG! Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Writing all in caps is a form of e-mail shouting.

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Professional Assistant Blog

E-mail is no longer just for personal use, with all our accepted short forms: LOL, U, GB and a co-workers favourite, OMG! Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Writing all in caps is a form of e-mail shouting.

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