Claudio Branch Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 ...your chances of getting a new job! http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/802993.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Zaslavsky Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 no hope in h...ll its great being perfectly unemployable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterZap Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/802993.html That's probably the dumbest thing I read in a long time, probably written by some 50+ luddite type of guy. Really. I'm a strong emoticon advocate (note: I don't condone l33tsp34k in formal communication) because I've been around so many cases where light humor is misunderstood because someone either forgot to input a smiley, or because the recipient didn't understand smilies (this doesn't happen nowdays when emoticons are almost universally graphical, but back in the day when someone didn't understand colon-right-paren, it could create some... issues). /Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Branch Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 That's probably the dumbest thing I read in a long time, probably written by some 50+ luddite type of guy. Really. Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabong Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 That's probably the dumbest thing I read in a long time, probably written by some 50+ luddite type of guy. Really. /Z I totally disagree. This is not email going to your girlfriend. This is a profession and should be treated as such Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Branch Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 I totally disagree. This is not email going to your girlfriend. This is a profession and should be treated as such. Hmm...what if you are being interviewed by your girlfriend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 (edited) I agree with the article. The article is reffering to thank you emails sent to people who interviewed you for a job. It says that it is a bad idea to use slang spellings like 'thanx,' or emoticons in your follow up with a potential employer. As pointed out above, often there is a need for emoticons because things are misunderstood easily on forums and message boards. However if you need an emoticon to show that you are sincere in a follow up email with a company, then there is a potential problem with you communication skills in general, which could turn into a problem later. How often do you include emoticons in contracts? ..or proposals for work? Edited August 4, 2008 by Crazy Homeless Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabong Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Hmm...what if you are being interviewed by your girlfriend? Well then, if that's the case. I would be sending more than just emoticons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Zaslavsky Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 unfortunately most of our clients and also the employers out there are Luddites and want people to be conservative and proper. so aside from being interviewed by your girlfriend - we need to put the early adopter talk on the shelf until we got the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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