17 Email-Etiquette rules every professional should know

The Essentials of Business Etiquette you should know when sending email as a professional.

1. Include a clear, direct subject line
Examples of a good subject line include "Meeting date changed," "Quick question about your presentation," or "Suggestions for the proposal."
"People often decide whether to open an email based on the subject line," Pachter says. "Choose one that lets readers know you are addressing their concerns or business issues."

2.Use a professional email address

If you work for a company, you should use your company email address. But if you use a personal email account — whether you are self-employed or just like using it occasionally for work-related correspondences — then you should be careful when choosing that address, Pachter says.
You should always have an email address that conveys your name so that the recipient knows exactly who is sending the email. Never use email addresses — perhaps remnants of your grade-school days — that are not appropriate for use in the workplace, such as "babygirl@..." or "beerlover@...," no matter how much you love a cold brew.

Six (6) Behaviours That Prevent You From Moving Up in Your Career

You have been working with this company for years, but you never get promoted. You constantly see people who have been contracted after you getting management positions while you still are doing what you are told. And you’ve started to wonder why you never get a chance like everybody.

Many variables might be influencing this scenario and can be used to explain why you aren’t moving up in your career – and maybe more than one might be happening at the same time. Therefore, it is important that you stop and reflect with a bit of self-analysis following our suggestions below. You may be able to figure out if, somehow, you are sabotaging your chances in the company.

You have a bad relationship with your team

Look around you while you are at the office: do people like you? Sure, you might be thinking that you aren’t there to be liked but to do your job. And yet teamwork skills are mandatory for those who want to climb to higher positions in any company – can you imagine what would be like to have a supervisor or a manager who isn’t a people person?
So if you think that your relationship with your team isn’t the best, it’s time to make amends. Apologize if the situation is really bad, and take it from there. If not, don’t dramatize the situation either. Just slowly try to be more helpful, to listen to people’s ideas more often, and maybe smile a little bit more. Or ask for some kind of psychological support if dealing with people really is a big deal to you. But do something about it immediately.