Business Communication Essentials, 7th Ed.
Chapter 14. Applying and Interviewing for Employment
Most advice is terrible.
Long-time readers might recall that a few years ago, I wrote an editorial titled "Email: Bad Bearer of Bad News?
When talking about tone in business writing courses, clients have lately become very upset, sharing incidents of sarcasm, disrespect, and snarky tone in business communication.
When you want to do business globally, check the meaning of colors for each country.
When it comes to legal issues, most bloggers are either unaware or misinformed about the laws that they operate under.
Your colleague Jim calls you “honey,” makes cracks about women drivers, and suggests that you be the one to shop for the retirement gift for Bob because “women like that sort of thing.
Career fairs are going digital.
Jeff Haden pondered the "stuff I wish I could have told the twenty-five year-old me (photo, left)," and has come up with a BusinessInsider.
The majority of college students today use smartphones — although three-quarters don’t foot their own bills.
Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang (photo, left), authors of Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life, have written an op-ed piece for the New York Times.
A new study could quell the guilt you may feel for Facebooking on the clock.
Experience a normal day in 2014.
Jessica Liebman (photo, left), Managing Editor at Business Insider, keeps a Gmail folder called "Worst Cover Letters.
According to Aimee Groth (photo, left) and Eric Goldschein, "During a job interview, the questions you ask are just as important as the answers you provide.
Roger Parker (photo, left), writing for PersonalBrandingBlog.
According to Steve Tobak (photo, left), "If you work with and listen to enough successful executives and other business leaders, you'll find that, with rare exception, they use plain English and cut to the chase.
In this CBSNews.
Take a look at this Forbes.
Distance education, distributed learning, elearning, blended learning — whatever name it goes by, distance learning is on the rise all over the world.
Gerrit Hall (photo, left) believes references "are so valuable" the jobseeker should learn "three important bits of info" about them.
Peter Jeff (photo, left), adjunct public speaking instructor, says, "You can make your speechwriting sing by learning lessons from songwriters.
"While Facebook gets all the glory (and a fair amount of criticism) for frequent revisions to its service, LinkedIn keeps quietly getting better," said Paul Gillin.
David Meadvin (photo, left), founder of the speechwriting firm Inkwell Strategies, is often asked "about how to write a winning speech.
In this visit with the Young Entrepreneur Council the question posed is, "What are your best tips for recovering from major mistakes?