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How to Plan Something Without the Annoying Back-and-Forth Email Chain
June 15, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"If you are a professional who lives on planet Earth...Category: Email, Special: Articles, Work ProductivityComments Off on How to Plan Something Without the Annoying Back-and-Forth Email Chain
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How to Find That Email You’re Looking For
June 13, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"As the volume of email we send and receive grows, with it comes a new problem: finding a specific message—or specific piece of information—within your vast archive...Category: Email, Special: ArticlesComments Off on How to Find That Email You’re Looking For
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How to Write Email with Military Precision
June 8, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"In the military, a poorly formatted email may be the difference between mission accomplished and mission failure...Category: Email, Special: ArticlesComments Off on How to Write Email with Military Precision
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Never Send a ‘Follow-Up’ Email: If You Want Answers, Do This Instead
June 7, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"Sending and receiving a follow-up email can be annoying...Category: Business Communication, Email, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Never Send a ‘Follow-Up’ Email: If You Want Answers, Do This Instead
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Are You Overusing Exclamation Points in Work Emails?
May 17, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"It was in my first office job that my habit of writing exclamation mark–ridden work emails first came to my attention...Category: Email, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Are You Overusing Exclamation Points in Work Emails?
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Jeff Bezos Explains His Famous One-Character Emails
May 3, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has a notorious habit of sending his executives an email that has a single character: a question mark," writes Julie Bort (photo, left) in a piece at BusinessInsider...Category: Email, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Jeff Bezos Explains His Famous One-Character Emails
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How to Manage Email
March 28, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"Thankfully there are tactics and tools for managing the deluge, and they don’t have to involve achieving the often-elusive (some would say ridiculous) goal of Inbox Zero...Category: Email, Special: ArticlesComments Off on How to Manage Email
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Here’s How to Write an Email to a Potential Employer
March 26, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"We consulted Amanda Augustine [photo, left], career advice expert for TopResume, about how to send a clear and compelling message to a company you're dying to work for...Category: Career Planning, Email, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Here’s How to Write an Email to a Potential Employer
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As Workplace Communication Evolves, Email May Not Prevail
March 15, 2018 by Jan ShawkeyCategory: Email, Special: ArticlesComments Off on As Workplace Communication Evolves, Email May Not Prevail
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The Perfect Thank-You Email to Send After a Job Interview
March 13, 2018 by Jan Shawkey"You spend weeks preparing for a job interview and give 110% once you're in the hot seat...Category: Email, Job Interviews, Special: ArticlesComments Off on The Perfect Thank-You Email to Send After a Job Interview