Email Etiquette and Reflection

As someone who uses email daily in my current profession, email etiquette is an absolute must. There is nothing worse than receiving an unclear email. It not only leaves you confused, it can end up in you making a mistake at the work place. As you can imagine, a mistake as a police officer can be very costly. I first learned to use email etiquette when I worked in a medical billing company.

As a bill collector, I had to find the most professional way to communicate with Doctors. To not address a Doctor properly would have been a major career mistake. I would like to consider myself someone who currently follows the guidelines we read.  I would like to continue to follow these guidelines throughout my career. Grammatically correct, precise emails achieve greater results than long pointless ones. 

I also really liked the point about using bullet to mark important points. In this day and age it seems everyone is in a hurry. Most people scan through books and emails, looking for main points. Bullets allow a reader to quickly understand your point and move on.  In addition, if I don’t receive an email with a subject I usually don’t read it.  I often feel like it is spam, so I won’t check it.

I want to continue to practice email etiquette and use these rules for electronic communication.

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