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How to Navigate Email & Slack Etiquette at Your New Job

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When I was in high school, I would dread writing emails to my teachers. Even if I was just asking a regular question, my hands would become clammy as my fingers would nervously tap across the keyboard. I would often recruit my mom to read over what I had written before sending the email off into the intangible interweb. After a few years in college, I (mostly) got over my fear of writing formal emails. And when I began my summer internship, I felt equipped to tackle this new world of *work* emails. I understood it would be in a different context, but I felt that I had the background to not sound like a complete Outlook-amateur. Turns out, I was wrong. 

Besides the obvious obstacle of understanding the very basics of my work email program (I am a Gmail girl through and through), the nervousness I once felt in high school returned as I sent emails to the head of the PR department. I feared typos, informal greetings, and forgetting to add all necessary addresses to an email chain. 

The truth is, writing work emails is a skill, but one you can learn. What follows are some tips and tricks I learned over the course of my internship that I believe will boost your confidence when you write your next formal email or message. 


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