To make a professional impression, avoid starting emails with Hey. While some readers find it breezy and casual, others find it disrespectful or immature. Why risk it?
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You would think that when a person applies for a new job, they would take care to put their best image forward. People agonize over whether to wear the blue or brown blazer to the interview, but, amazingly, they don’t proofread their resumés for basic blunders. Then they never get the chance to choose which
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Critical thinking is essential to good decision-making. Learn these four skills to help you become a more effective critical thinker.
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Holiday greetings can build a relationship or hurt it. These tips to follow and gaffes to avoid will help you.
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As Mark Twain said, “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.” In the hum of daily speech, people may misunderstand a phrase without realizing that they have misunderstood it. Then they prance merrily through life, saying and writing things like “in the
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