After Deling An Email App Returns To Newest Email. I Would Prefer That It Display The Next Email.

Is saying "please advise" in an email request polite or obnoxious?

Personally I don’t like seeing it, but I do use it myself sometimes in cases where I’m a little frustrated, for example about:Someone made a request to me (or to nobody in particular) that’s unclear or lacks sufficient information that the person really should have provided.I received a comment that’s not even a request but more just stating a fact of some kind. I’m now wondering if action should be taken and if so, what action. I’m frustrated here with the lack of clarity, so my reply may end with a ‘Please advise.’A lot of discussion without any clear next steps or task assignment.Another advantage of using it is that it establishes very clearly to a casual reader on Cc that an issue is not with me, it is with the other person and I’m waiting for his/her input.For me personally I would never use it out of the blue in a first polite request for information.So yes, I do intend to be a bit more direct (possibly not crossing into rude) when I use it, although I see it enough to know that not everyone uses it that way.

How do I write a follow-up email to a professor regarding an independent study?

Here is one thing you should understand. Academics often do not read emails immediately. (I had a student who emailed me in the morning with a whine. I decided I would reply when I had got information together. In the afternoon she emailed me again saying “Thanks for ignoring me”. {Sarcasm]) We have lots of things to do, including lecturing, marking and dealing with university administrators, writing and refereeing papers and grant proposals. We go to conferences and some of us sometimes have holidays.I have colleagues who routinely delete any emails without a subject. Usually we will look at unread emails and from the subject and the sender decide which need to be dealt with most urgently. At a busy time, e.g. marking exam papers, we will look at the inbox a couple of times a day to see if there is an emergency, but leave most emails untouched.If we read an email, then it joins the thousands of others. If it is unread, then it will stay in our inbox and be there when we open it. This is the simplest way of keeping them in our “to do” box. Some will have ways of sorting (which is liable to mean that student ones do not get into the “most urgent” category). However, emails may remain unread for a week or two. If you are inquiring at an early stage with many months to go, the academic will think “I can leave this till later”.You should therefore consider what is going on at the time you sent the first email. Is the professor likely to be busy marking or at a world congress? Is the professor actually in this country?Nevertheless, it is reasonable to send a reminder, but be polite. “Have you had time to consider…..?”. Look back at your first email. Did it have a good subject? Was it well-written and polite? In other words would you be impressed if you were the recipient? See if you can improve. Be brief, but is there anything you can add to make you look better? For example, that you have read a paper and are interested this area. (Being interested is one of the strongest virtues of a potential student.)

I just sent an email to a VC with two typos. Should I resend the email?

I’m not a VC, but where attentiveness is important… sometimes you have to live and learn.You’ve already done the damage by sending an important document containing a typo to a stranger you are trying to impress. If you note and/or correct it, it will undo a small part of the damage but not much, because the truth is that you were sloppy. The followup does not change that, it only confirms that you are aware of the mistake.There’s a good chance they will not notice it. If they notice it they may forgive it as irrelevant to their process, or because everybody has typos. In both cases, pointing out the typo is going to be a minus. If they do notice it, and you are awkward in the response, it will be very uncomfortable, you could compound the situation.So personally, I would ignore it if it is unimportant. If it’s a key thing like getting somebody’s name wrong, or the email subject line, well, you’d better start tap dancing.Have you ever seen a person who is not good flub an easy shot at billiards or tennis or golf? Or maybe a student playing piano at a recital missing a note badly, or having a memory lapse? Some people get upset, shake their head, curse at themselves. It throws them off, they keep making worse and worse errors. Their anger and frustration is painful to watch, it makes the whole thing miserable. Other people are just natural performers, they give you a knowing smile and carry on.Here’s a story. Walking past a construction site a while back, in my suit, I tripped over the curb and fell in front of a small group of workers, who laughed loudly at me. I thought the whole thing was funny too, so I laughed and bowed. I was actually kind of glad I fell, it made an otherwise boring trip memorable.That’s how you have to be with your typo. Own it. Move on. Don’t do it again.

How should I reply to this recruitment email?

Say "the opportunity you describe sounds exciting to me and I would love to hear more. Can we set up a time to talk?"On the call be ready to tell her what you find exciting about it and why you would be an asset to the job.Good luck!