Professionalism | What does your work email say about you?

Emails are an essential part of day-to-day life for most office-based jobs.

For many workers, the first impression you’re likely to make to your associates and customers is in your email signature. Whilst the vast majority of workplace emails must be formal and professional in nature, a signature is one of the few areas in which workers have some control over their output.

As such, most workers take some time to ponder over what kind of message is best suited to their correspondence, and often this simply becomes a go-to response. From the more casual ‘cheers’ or ‘best’ to the more formal ‘kindest regards’, a lot can be gleamed from the content of an email signature.

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