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Business Etiquette
Workplace Etiquette
Dressing Etiquette
E-Mail Etiquette
Mobile Etiquette
Dining Etiquette
Hand shake
The way the business things works is you
have to meet people, you have to go
through a certain amount of etiquette and
business things are done just simply by a
shake of the hand and whether they like
you or not.
Workplace Etiquette
Meeting and Greeting
Handshake: offer entire hand,
shake lightly and release
Know whom to introduce first
Junior to senior
Fellow worker to client
Business Cards
Manage business card exchanges flawlessly
Showing Respect
Always use last names with customers
unless they are about your age and
rank
Dont keep customers waiting
Escort clients out
When someone of higher rank or from
outside the organization enters,
everyone in the office stands
Junior employees stand until seniors
sit
Personal hygiene
Trimmed nails
Neat hair
Oral hygiene
Culture awareness
Sitting posture
Sound
Scent
Sight
Body odour
Office Romance
Dating a supervisor or
subordinate is
absolutely a no-no
Any behavior of a
sexual nature on
company property
gives the company
grounds for legal
action
Office Romance
(When it Happens Anyway)
Expect at the very least an
office relationship will be
frowned upon
Risk loss of credibility
Difficulty focusing on work
Dont use work email or
voicemail systems
Remember when it ends you
will still have to work with this
person
ATTENTION LADIES!!!
Light colored matching salwar suits
properly buttoned, with duppatta pinned
properly, or a sari properly pinned.
No fashion jewellry , hair neatly
combed and held in place.
Nails properly clipped, no colorful nail
polish at best use neutral nail polish.
Use sober colored lipsticks, lip gloss.
No diaphanous clothes.
No stilettos.
No short dresses.
Use light perfumes or avoid totally.
ATTENTION GENTLEMEN!!!
Dark trousers, light colored full sleeve
shirts, leather belt (not more than a inch
and a half wide), properly polished
leather shoes, socks darker shade of the
trouser color, properly knotted tie, no
items that bulge in your pockets both
shirt and trouser carry one pen with you
(neatly put in your shirt pocket).
Hair properly trimmed and combed, neat
shave, mild after shave and deodorant.
Nails neatly clipped
SHOES
POLISH and SHINE your shoes!
Always wear socks
TIP: Make sure socks are high enough to
cover skin when sitting down
You should be able to walk comfortably in
your shoes i.e. Heels should not be too
high
LADIES should stay away from chunky,
platform, or knee high boots e.g. NO go
go boots when wearing shorter length
skirts
GENTLEMEN should stay away from
steel toes and other rugged shoes
NEVER wear open toe shoes!
Appearance Matters
Recent studies have
indicated that 60% of
employers will
determine whether
you will land a job or
not based on your
appearance alone.
No ear or body
piercing (tattoos, nose
rings, brow rings etc)
Subtle jewellery
Cleanly shaved
The Pull-In
The Topper
Dining Etiquette
Lunch/Dinner--Taboos
Elbows on table
Salt/pepper on food before tasting
Talking with mouth full
Drinking with food in mouth
Gesturing with silverware
Pushing back or stacking plates at end of meal
Answering or placing cell phone calls at table
Dunking anything into coffee or water
Making a fuss over incorrect orders
Arranging hair or applying makeup at table
Picking your teeth at the table
Asking for a doggy bag
Lunch/Dinner Meetings--Extras
Dont eat with your mouth full
Keep one hand in your lap unless you are eating
European style
Remove anything from your mouth with the same
implement that it went in with (except bones)
Eat at a moderate speed
Try to maintain some polite dinner conversation
Never medicate yourself at the table
If you must leave the table, place your napkin in your
chair
Skip These
Tips..
And you are certain
to perform the
ultimate...
C-L-M
Career
Limiting
Move