professionalism
Kinyingi D.
?? Finance Business Partner || Financial Controller || Finance Analyst || Cost Control & Performance Analysis.
Ever saw a salutation in your inbox: "Hello Emmy dear. My name is xxx. Please help me look for a job my sister"!!!??????
Or .." Hey Gorgeous, I would like to introduce our product to your company. Please send me your contact details"??????
Well, I get quite a few of those:
Unless you are not serious about looking for a job or a sale, the above 2 are a total no no.. just a few pointers:
- LinkedIn is a professional site and unless you are personally known to the other person, keep it very formal. "Dear sir" "Dear ma'am"
- if you prefer using their name, make it full and not some fancy shortening. e.g. Dear Emilia sounds much better than Dear Emmy if I don't know you
- if you are doing it for fun or to spite the receiver, just remember that you don't know who your next employer or business partner is, so treat every acquintance as if they were your employer or biggest customer!!
- JUST SAYING????????