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网页3. “Have a great day!” in email signatures. A few people who report to me use an email signature that includes the words “have a good day” or “thank you and have a great day!” before their signature. Emails may include external or internal customer support, as well as day-to-day internal emails. I find this off-putting.
when should you go to HR — and when should you not? - Ask a Manager
网页2021年9月22日 · That’s 100 percent true! But that doesn’t mean that HR is inherently untrustworthy or that you should expect them to be adversarial if you go to them with a problem. It just means that HR’s function is to serve the needs of the company. In many cases, serving the needs of the company also means …
advice for new managers — Ask a Manager
网页2023年1月17日 · There’s also Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work , where I take on more than 200 of the tough conversations you might need to have during your career and give you the exact wording to do it — including 50 conversations for managers. * I …
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cover letters - Ask a Manager
网页here’s a template to make writing cover letters easier. I recently received this letter from a reader: I wanted to add another chorus to the thank you’s for your straightforward cover letter advice. I am a reasonably strong and fast writer, but for some reason always used to get futzed over a cover letter.
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网页Some of my biases —. I believe the whole point of managing is to get things done. Everything else follows from there. I believe that employers and employees should just be straightforward with each other and not let things fester. Unless you’re deluded or a jerk, candor usually leads you someplace good.
hiring — Ask a Manager - how to interview and hire well
网页A reader writes: I am a manager in the process of expanding my team, so I have been interviewing many job seekers lately. We always give candidates a good 10 to 15 minutes at the end of the interview to ask us any questions they might have about the job, the organization, or the application […] Read the full article →.
the Ask a Manager guide to asking for a raise
网页2018年2月26日 · Most managers want to keep good employees, and it’s perfectly normal to ask for a raise when you’ve earned one. If your request is reasonable and backed up by your value to your employer, a good manager isn’t going to react badly, even if she can’t say yes. 6. Know what you’ll say if the answer is “no.”.
advice for first-time managers — Ask a Manager
网页2017年12月4日 · 2. You’ll need to get comfortable exercising authority. Authority often feels really weird when you first have it, and it can take awhile to get comfortable using it. In a desire to be nice and to be liked, new managers often shy away from using their authority at all, which can lead to unclear expectations and frustrations on both sides.