Three Tips to Cut Down On Your Digital Dependence 1. Schedule your internet and email use. You could technically eat all day long, but most people don’t. They eat only a few set times a day. So treat your intake (потребление) of digital information in all its forms the same way. Rather than answering every…
Four Ways to Free Up Your Schedule We want to share a few tips that can help you get the most out of your day: 1. Plan your day according to your natural cadence (ритм); 2. Don’t attend meeting unless it’s absolutely essential (важный)– you shouldn’t feel guilty about telling someone you won’t be at…
How to Order at a Restaurant: US vs UK Tip #2: Tipping (дача чаевых) This can often be an area of uncertainty. The custom (обычай) of tipping—giving money on top of the bill/check to your waitstaff (обслуживающий персонал) for their service—exists in both the UK and the USA, but it’s much more common and significant…
How to Write an Out-of-Office Message Tip#3 If You’re Reachable, Be Clear About That If you’re traveling for business, it might be fine for people to try to reach you. Still, though, you might want to ensure (убедиться) that people know you’ll be harder to reach and that your responses will be slower. A message…
How to Write an Out-of-Office Message Tip#2 Keep Things Simple If you have a job where it makes sense to list alternate (дополнительный) contacts for while you’re away, do that … but don’t get so detailed that you’re recreating your company’s email directory in your out-of-office message. For most people, limiting it to two or…
How to Write an Out-of-Office Message Have you ever paid attention to other people’s out-of-office messages? There are some weird ones out there. Some out-of-office messages give way too much information. Other people’s messages are confusingly complicated. Here’s how to do it — and how not do it. Tip#1. Cover the Basics Your message should…
Business Etiquette Tips for Cell Phone Users in the Workplace Take Personal Calls in a Private Place Hearing someone talk loudly on a cell phone, especially about personal business is distracting to coworkers trying to do their jobs. It’s best to go to an empty conference room or other private location to make a personal…
Business Etiquette Tips for Cell Phone Users in the Workplace Don’t Look at Your Cell Phone During Meetings Most people know to turn their phone to silent in a meeting. However, it’s not the occasional phone ringing that’s so annoying. It’s the people who scroll through (просматривать) their emails, check their Facebook page, text, tweet,…
Making Requests. Tip #2 Making More Than One Request If you make two requests in a letter or email, the second request should include the word “also”, as we can see here: Dear Mr Smith I recently saw an advertisement for your new range of kitchen equipment. I own a small retail shop selling household…
Making Requests. Tip #1 Useful phrases There are several ways in which you can make requests in English. The method you choose depends both on the situation and on the relationship between you and the other person. Let’s imagine you need someone to send you a report by Friday. Here are some examples of what…