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I recently received an email asking me a simple request. However, the email was 3 pages long. The whole message could have been 3 lines, but instead the author decided to write a short novella. Needless to say, I didn’t read the whole thing. Nor did I respond. Are your emails going unread because they are too long? Long Emails Don’t Get Read You may take email for granted. However, effective email communication is as much a skill as anything else. When used effectively, email can be a powerful tool. However, one of the top email inefficiencies is message length. “One of the top reasons your email isn’t getting read is because it is too long. Writing long emails doesn’t mean you are getting more work done.” As people are fighting to get their inbox to empty, the last thing they want to do is read a multi-page rambling email. Keep Those Emails Short Resist the urge to write long and drawn out messages. If you find yourself writing long responses, yo...

Alan Henry Odds are someone is searching the web for you right now, or at least has looked you up fairly recently. Do you know what they learned? Better yet, do you control the pages and profiles they visited? If not, it's time to take your online reputation into your own hands instead of leaving it to Google. Here's how. Why First Impressions Matter on the Internet It's no secret that friends, nosy family members, and potential employers will all take to Google, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to look for more information about you when they want it. In the case of family and friends, they already know you. When it comes to potential employers or people interested in working with you, it's important to make sure that the things they find about you are representative of who you are (or who you want them to think you are.) Photo by Quinn Dombrowski . You don't have ...

via techcrunch.com Intern Sushi is trying to improve the often-horrible internship application/selection process, and it’s expanding with full nationwide support, as well as adding new industries. Here’s the idea: Resumes are pretty useless when it comes to choosing interns. Actually, they’re pretty flawed in general, but they’re particularly bad for internships, where employers are probably choosing one or two candidates from a large list of applicants whose resumes are going to look pretty similar (because they don’t have much professional experience yet). Instead, with Intern Sushi, users are asked to create a profile that captures their personality and ambitions. That centerpiece of the profile is a short video, but users can include a portfolio of their work, too. They can also create content tailored to a specific opening, like a video cover letter outlining why they really really really want that internship. Employers, meanwhile, can build a presence that i...

5 Myths About Negotiating Salary By Alison Green November 14, 2012 RSS Feed Print Alison Green Job seekers get more nervous about negotiating salary than seemingly any other part of the job application process. Negotiation doesn't come naturally to most people, and they're often not sure how hard to push for more money, or whether to push at all. Here are five myths you might believe about negotiating salary, and why they're wrong. 1. You should always negotiate, no matter what . While you should usually try to negotiate, there are some cases where you shouldn't. For instance, if you tell an employer the salary range you're looking for and they offer you something at the high end of your range—or even higher than your range—asking for more would make you look like you were playing games or not operating in good faith. Similarly, if an employer discusses salary with you e...