An email message can say as much or more about your professionalism in the workplace as your dress or attitude. Inattention to detail and incorrect form and format in an email message can convey a sense of laziness, incompetence, inattentiveness, and unprofessionalism. A few simple reminders are:
- Check your spelling.
- Check your grammar.
- Insert a signature block so recipients have an alternate method of contacting you.
- Include a subject line.
- Use a good format for sentence and paragraph structure.
- Keep emails short.
- Only use an “urgent” indicator for truly urgent matters.
- Send the email to yourself first to see how it looks.
For information about creating a signature block on our Tech Tips page. We will soon post another Tech Tip about activating the spelling and grammar check in MS Outlook.
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