Reading Response Week 2

Email has been more and more common in use in today’s world. I spent about 30% of my work time answering emails and questions from others. It is true that some people prefer email rather than phone calls because of the anonymousness of emails. When you are talking to somebody on the phone, you have to be engaged in the conversation.

I think the “Boss’s Angry Email Sends Shares Plunging” is a great example of not letting your emotions get the best of you through email. Although I see where Mr. Patterson’s anger and frustration came from, he should have sat down face to face with top managers and discussed the issue. I also think that setting up a meeting would give Mr.

Reading chapter twenty-seven has really made me stop and evaluate my current email etiquette. Right now I usually do not write many formal emails, but when I do I ask others for advice to make sure it sounds professional. Obviously I know the basic rules such as properly addressing the receiver, and rereading to ensure correct grammar and spelling.

Emails can be a great way to think over wording touchy situations and really say what you want to say. In high school one of my fellow team captains was in general missing in action and never put in her share of the work. My other captain and I decided to write an email to our coach outlining specific reasons why we were unhappy with the other captain.

I always knew that anything that is written down could come back to haunt you. After I read the article, “Boss’s Angry Email Sends Shares Plunging,” by Philip Delves Broughton, I saw one time that it did. Everything anyone writes down in an e-mail, online anywhere in a chat, in a letter, etc. can be beneficial or detrimental.

In the articles “Skeptical Resume Reader Tells How He Really Thinks” and “A Glimpse and a Hook” it is made very clear that a resume must attract the reader’s attention in 30 – 40 seconds in order for the individual to remain a viable candidate.

I found the article “Skeptical Resume Reader Tells How He Really Thinks” by Douglas Richardson to be very beneficial. In my opinion, getting the perspective of the type of person who will actually be looking at the resumes is the best advice one can get.

All of the readings this week have been very insightful to the resume process. The only problem is they disagree on some points here and there like everyone always say resume critics do. After all of the readings, I definitely picked up some pointers but was also puzzled as to why something so important has no real template. I guess attribution for this can simply be that everyone is different.

I'm going to focus on the email from the boss to employees that caused his company's stocks to fall 22% and the appropriate times for email, instant messaging, and texting. I can understand why a boss or manager would be angry with his employees if they were leaving work early, but the manner in which Neal L. Patterson attempted to take care of the situation was not the right way to go.

After reading the articles “Skeptical Resume Reader Tells Us How He Really Thinks,” and “A Glimpse and a Hook,” I was intimated yet invigorated by the straightforward and helpful advice given by the authors. The resume is a crucial part of obtaining a job.