Common Professional Courtesy Ain’t So Common
Some say that “Common Sense Ain’t So Common” which may have something to do with Professional Courtesy going by the wayside. Professional Courtesy is common sense. The world is getting smaller as we all grow older, our economy is global and the chances of running into the same business contacts more than once has increased exponentially.
More and more as time is going by, it seems since the late 1990’s, people are not returning calls or emails and it has become common place. It used to be, that people respected other’s time and expertise, now it is more about the knee jerk need, and when the job is cancelled or the need has passed (sometimes because it is taken care of internally at the company), the courtesy of a call to cancel the need or an email saying “we found someone else”, seems to be too hard to do.
The next time you run into that person whose call you didn’t return, or email you ignored, how happy or responsive do you think s/he will be. Come on people, put yourself in the place of the person you are not being responsive to. The U.S. economy is recovering, how will you fare when the company with the best people who give the best responsiveness to your need no longer work with you because of your inability to pick up the phone or write an email. Maybe you think that there is a plethora of talent out there just waiting for your call. The truth is, the talent is getting pickier and pickier the better and more skilled they are. Do yourself a favor, be courteous, it pays.