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It's difficult to keep interviews on track. It's difficult for the interviewer and it's difficult for the interview candidate. There are so many reasons an interview can go wrong: stale coffee, an overcrowded mass transit system, a game that ends late the night before, ...planetary alignment. For all of the interviews which I've seen take a turn for the worst I've devised a simple strategy which seems to help turn an interview around, a perspective that helps to keep the interview on track.

A recent headline in the WSJ read "Thx for the Iview! I Wud [Luv] to Work 4 U!! ;)." In the article, hiring managers explain why it's important to showcase your business writing skills and how proper business etiquette can make or break an interview.

Is money the key to retention and productivity? It helps, says the Christian Science Monitor’s Marilyn Gardner, but it's not enough. Beyond pay and benefits, lie eight key factors that influence "happiness" at work—factors that motivate workers, foster accountability and make work more rewarding.

1. Appreciation

Employees say stealing someone else's food from the fridge is the worst affront to workplace etiquette, according to a survey by TheLadders.com.

Nearly 98 percent of respondents said taking a colleague's food from the office refrigerator is unacceptable, making it the most-cited example of a breach of workplace etiquette.

The survey found that other behaviors that employees said crossed the workplace-etiquette line:

* Bad hygiene (96 percent)
* Bad habits (88 percent)
* Drinking on the job (86 percent)

Administrative Professionals Week and Administrative Professionals Day (Wednesday, April 23, 2008) call attention to the important workplace role of administrative professionals. Take time to celebrate your accomplishments.

Fact Sheet: Administrative Professionals 2008
A Large and Growing Profession …

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