In a poll he conducted recently, Seattle-based syndicated columnist and headhunter Nick Corcodilos posed this question: With technologies such as texting, instant messaging, and spell-checking now available today, do we still need to worry about grammar and proper use of language as important elements of job or business success?
Upon reviewing the results of what he called “The Headhunter Challenge Poll,” Corcodilos responded by writing that the proper use of language is as important as ever despite all these modern communication technologies.
“Illiteracy reveals ignorance,” says the author of
Ask The Headhunter: Reinventing the Interview to Win the Job, “and ignorance suggests incompetence. Even when you think no one notices, they do. People won’t correct you, but they won’t forget that you are uneducated. Stop being defensive and cut out the excuses and rationalizations. Learn how to use words to get what you want in life, in business and in your career.”
In short, he says, “learn how to use language properly and then practice it.”
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