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Smile! (Or Don’t)

Emojis might be on the rise, but be careful with workplace use.

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Tue Nov 01 2016

Smile! (Or Don’t)
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Thinking about testing the waters when it comes to smileys and other emojis in work communications? Before you plaster your emails with :) or :(, you might want to be careful—according to a survey by staffing firm OfficeTeam, 39 percent of senior managers at U.S. companies believe that emojis and emoticons are unprofessional.

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