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Author: Sabari Sen
In the growing corporate world it is getting increasingly important to maintain etiquettes defining the business impression. This articles aims in conveying this with some basic etiquette guidelines.
Every qualified student covets a job in top corporate companies. On being recruited, performance becomes the primary focus and little care is taken for etiquettes that go along for a better performance. It is estimated that first impression is created in three seconds of a meeting. For employees to succeed in business meetings conversational skills and manners are vital. In the recent years corporate etiquette has gained more popularity, and companies are conducting seminars and training session for imparting these skills.
Concept of Corporate Etiquette
Etiquette means manners practiced in a particular environment. Corporate or Business etiquette is one which is adopted in every business keeping in mind the ethics and integrity. It varies from country to country, industry to industry and culture to culture. But the basic business etiquettes remain at core level. Basic etiquettes are-
- Maintenance of personal hygiene
- Dress code
- Handshake
- Telephone etiquette
- Email etiquette
- Dining etiquette
- Giving Business card
Guidelines of basis etiquettes
Maintenance of personal hygiene- Often people do not consider to pay heed to minute details like trimmed nails, neat hair, oral hygiene. It does draw attention during a meeting and so requires proper maintenance.
Dress code- The dress should be neat and presentable. For men BBTTSS is an acronym which means boot and belt must be a match, trouser and tie a match and socks and shoes matched. For women it varies according to country and culture, but basic should be no excessive jewellery, no loud color and no tight fitting dress.
Handshake- A handshake should be firm and assertive.
Telephone etiquette- It is important to make the caller comfortable and not to be kept on hold for a long time. To start a conversation the caller should identify himself first and then continue to give the required message. Patient hearing is necessary.
Email etiquette- Subject of the email needs to be specific and short. Font and size should be legible and neat with proper alignment of the contents. Salutation and conclusion should be polite. Before sending the email the grammar, punctuation and format should be checked.
Dining etiquette- Table manners play an important part in making a favorable impression. They are visible signals of our manners and therefore are essential to professional success.
Giving business card- It should be given and taken by right hand. The card has to contain name, company details, contact details.
The most important thumb rule in a Corporate is to respect the place of work. While performance is significant, practicing the etiquettes are requisite skills for career growth of very individual.
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Content is good but needs to be presented more professionally . There seems to be some awkwardness in the way the article flows – seems too simple.