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Don't be lazy, Write your cards!

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I have been receiving dozens of emails wishing me a happy new year and a merry Xmas from clients, providers, or contacts. But it is highly impersonal, I am just one of them.

Handwritten cards are a much more efficient way to let you contact remember you, it is a polite and delicate way of paying attention to someone. In this world of automation and paperless, a handwritten card is another way of communicating how much this person is important to you.

I must say that it is not green but you can use recycled paper, and buy your cards from charities…

A handwritten card shows that you care for your network even if it is a professional network.

You send a relevant, anticipated and personal message to your contacts that is what matters.

How would you react if you receive:

a) a general email wishing you a happy new year

b) a handwritten card wishing you a happy new year

Think about it, and you will come up with the same idea.

Handwritten cards are the perfect way of reaching your network with a personal touch, a personal care, something different from other people.

Feelings, people, attention…that is what matters when you network.

So start writing your greeting card with your small hand, it will make a huge difference.

I even know some people who send books with a handwritten note inside…what a powerful way of networking!!

Happy New year and Merry Christmas to all my readers, I love all the feedbacks I am getting (even the bad ones!)

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Editor's Welcome

 

Hello! And welcome back as we enter 2012, with a busy year ahead of us all. With talk of double-dip recessions, a possible partial or even full break-up of the Eurozone and unemployment rates set to hit nearly 9%, topics such as organisational streamlining, staff resilience and talent management are likely to be on many an HR professional's lips over the next 12 months.
 
But to lighten the gloom here in the UK, we also have the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and its attendant public holidays to look forward to at the start of June. Followed by two weeks of Olympic Games from 27 July to 12 August and the Paralympics from 29 August to 9 September, each generating their own excitement, but also issues to work through for hard-pressed HR departments trying to sort out the multifarious staffing issues in advance.
 
So with an interesting but challenging year to come, HRZone promises to be with you, supporting you all the way and providing our usual insightful blend of news, analysis, community blogs and expert comment to help you sort the wheat from the chaff. As ever, we love to hear from you too so feel free to either post your words of wisdom to our blog section yourself or, in the case of longer, more in-depth ‘expert voice’ articles, drop me a line with any ideas to cath.everett@siftmedia.co.uk.....
 
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