Comments on: Commonly Asked Business Etiquette Questions: The Job Interview http://dianegottsman.com/2012/01/business-interview-etiquette/ Thoughts, tips and useful tidbits from an Etiquette Expert Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Diane http://dianegottsman.com/2012/01/business-interview-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-970 Diane Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:03:55 +0000 http://dianegottsman.com/?p=2022#comment-970 Jonnie, So glad you enjoyed the tips! A nice, firm (but not too firm) handshake makes such a positive impression, doesn't it? Have a wonderful evening! ~ Diane Jonnie,
So glad you enjoyed the tips! A nice, firm (but not too firm) handshake makes such a positive impression, doesn’t it? Have a wonderful evening!
~ Diane

]]> By: Jonnie Fox Flanagan http://dianegottsman.com/2012/01/business-interview-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-952 Jonnie Fox Flanagan Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:41:57 +0000 http://dianegottsman.com/?p=2022#comment-952 Great Q & A list Diane. Regarding # 7, I just had the opportunity to share with a young teen today this particular subject. While my 13 y/o son and I were walking the dog at a local park, I ran into a former teen student who was with a 15 y/o friend. My former student introduced me and I received, you guessed it, the "limp fish". I always teach the "firm handshake" for everyone, (unless they're fragile and arthritic). Turns out, he was under the impression that you "never shake a lady's hand too firmly". Tsk tsk tsk. I straightened him out! Next thing he asks is "but what if they're old". :-) Gotcha covered dude! Other than frailty, I told him it was an insult to assume a female cannot handle a firm handshake. Perhaps he will remember this little community park free lesson for the rest of his life. :-) Your San Diego friend, Jonnie Magnolia School of Etiquette Great Q & A list Diane. Regarding # 7, I just had the opportunity to share with a young teen today this particular subject. While my 13 y/o son and I were walking the dog at a local park, I ran into a former teen student who was with a 15 y/o friend. My former student introduced me and I received, you guessed it, the “limp fish”. I always teach the “firm handshake” for everyone, (unless they’re fragile and arthritic). Turns out, he was under the impression that you “never shake a lady’s hand too firmly”. Tsk tsk tsk. I straightened him out! Next thing he asks is “but what if they’re old”. :-) Gotcha covered dude! Other than frailty, I told him it was an insult to assume a female cannot handle a firm handshake. Perhaps he will remember this little community park free lesson for the rest of his life. :-)

Your San Diego friend,
Jonnie
Magnolia School of Etiquette

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