Category Archives: One Minute Manners

One Minute Manners – When to Stop Being a Know-It-All

Every once in a while, you may find yourself stuck in an odd situation where you don’t know how to respond. These One Minute Manner posts are designed to help you out of those awkward moments!
Today’s Lesson: When to Stop Being a Know-It-All.
You know the type. The girl who keeps piping up knowledge whenever she [...]

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One Minute Manners: Greetings Mr.. Mrs..?

Every once in a while, you may find yourself stuck in an odd situation where you don’t know how to respond. These One Minute Manner posts are designed to help you out of those awkward moments!
Today’s lesson: Androgynous names and how to address them when writing formal correspondence.
The Situation: I’ve been busy job hunting and [...]

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One Minute Manners: The Layoff

As some of you may know, I was laid off from my job a little over a month ago. I’ve since been diligently applying for jobs left right and centre, and because of this, I actually have an interview on Tuesday (woohoo!).
One of the things I’m afraid will come up during the interview is [...]

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One Minute Manners: The Gift Pool.

Every once in a while, you may find yourself stuck in an odd situation where you don’t know how to respond. These One Minute Manner posts are designed to help you out of those awkward moments!
Today’s Lesson: The Gift Pool.
The Situation: You just started a new job at a high profile company. It’s your first [...]

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One Minute Manners: Donating.

Every once in a while, you may find yourself stuck in an odd situation where you don’t know how to respond. These One Minute Manner posts are designed to help you out of those awkward moments!
Today’s Lesson: Donating to Charities… Every single week.
The good Samaritan in us wants to help people Darfur, fight AIDs/cancer, raise [...]

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