Are thank you notes important?

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In life and in work, it’s important to be memorable for all the right reasons. One place many people fall short is in thanking others for assistance, gifts, or other acts of goodwill. How do you do it? Verbally? Via text, email or chat? A social media post? By way of a handwritten note? Well…

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How to Look More Professional at Work

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If you’d like to look more professional at work, we have some easy tips for you. These are things that don’t take a lot of effort but that can really help to provide a boost to the image you project at work. Set your email to automatically spell check messages before sending them out. Outlook…

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How to Make a New Hire’s First Day a Success

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You’ve secured the new hire and they’ve accepted. Their first day is on the calendar. How do you make a new hire’s day a success? Here are some things that will help make your newest team member feel welcome and ready for success.   Call them before Day 1 to finalize details. Things like where…

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What are the rules for working in cubicles?

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Ah, the age-old question – what are the rules for working in cubicles? If you think about it, cubicles are the society of the workplace. Like the houses on a street, cubibicles contain people … people with different likes, dislikes, personalities, habits and much more. When people polulate an area in dense fashion, there are…

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9 Rules of Cubicle Etiquette

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Working in cubicles means being in close proximity to your colleagues. Being just a partition away from your neighbor can be a good thing and a bad thing. Here are a few rules of etiquette for keeping the peace in an office with cubicles.   Rule #1 – Never yell across the room. Instead –…

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