Is there any industry that garners respect any more? It seems like whether you are a teacher, lawyer or banker no career field is safe from wide spread public scrutiny. Maybe it is all the reality television or the opinion laced network news, but with validating every person's opinion, entire career fields are picked apart … Continue reading Is Public Relations the New Politics?
The Royal We
There are some jobs where we, us and our are synonymous with the department, office and the company. There are others where using we is forbidden. It all depends on your responsibilities and the company's perspective. Obviously if your job responsibilities are to speak on behalf of the firm, you should always use we. In … Continue reading The Royal We
Watch What You Say
No one wants to be a part of a company that doesn't have pride in their product or services or are embarrassed to say they work for company X because of that company's reputation in the community. An easy way to maintain or build up that pride is for a supervisor to remind those you … Continue reading Watch What You Say
Single Spaces, please!
As an editor, it drives me crazy when I have to edit copy with double, or in some cases triple spaces between sentences. While I understand, many of us (me included!) learned to type on a type writer, the days of double spaces between sentences are gone. On a typewriter, the characters are all monospaced. … Continue reading Single Spaces, please!
Please, Clean Up After Yourself
While we all have to eat at our desks occasionally, it is extremely important to clean up after you're done eating. That means at least wiping your desk down with a Clorox wipe. There are countless studies showing most office desks are dirtier than a toilet seat (just type in "desks are dirtier than" into … Continue reading Please, Clean Up After Yourself