[Jewelry making - Article 01388] - [Orchid] How to present yourself in writing

[Daniel R. Spirer]

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    I want to bring up one of my pet peeves.  This issue is absolutely
    not directed at people for whom English is not a first language, as
    I fully understand the difficulties involved in learning, and being
    clear, in second languages.  In our new, computer driven, chat
    room-filled, speedy age it seems that most people, in a misguided
    attempt to save time,  have forgotten that what they put into
    writing represents who, and what, they are.  In today's postings
    there was an email from someone that was basically a job offer.  In
    it, not one capital letter appeared, and there was a series of
    grammatical errors (starting in the subject line). I understand that
    not everyone has a firm grasp of the English language, and I am also
    fully aware that there are plenty of dyslexic people out there. 
    However what you write, in an email, a formal letter, a job
    application, or a job offer is a representation of who you are and,
    in this case, how you conduct your business.  If someone sends me a
    resume filled with misspellings and grammatical errors, I assume
    immediately that they really don't want the job, because they didn't
    care enough to proofread their work (or in the case of a dyslexic,
    didn't care enough to get a friend to proof their work).  Because of
    search machines like Google, everything that you write on the web is
    accessible to anyone with the time to do a little research. 
    Consequently, everything you put in writing is always going to be
    there as a representation of who you are. It only takes a few
    minutes to go over your writings and make sure that they are error
    free and at least reasonably grammatically correct.   If you want
    yourself, and your business, to be seen as careless, ill-informed,
    and generally unknowledgeable then by all means just type away, and
    please don't hit that spell check button.  I'm sure those who are
    artists on list will claim artistic license.  The rest of you should
    spend a moment and look over your work.  It says a great deal about
    who you are. 

Daniel R. Spirer, GG
Spirer Somes Jewelers
1794 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-491-6000
spirersomes AT earthlink.net
www.spirersomes.com


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