At 24 Seven, our mission is to help the working world work better by offering unparalleled hiring and job recruitment services — so to help make the working world a little easier for you, here's our guide to how to sign off on a professional email. Let's start with the basics. As any job recruiter would tell you, the standard way to end any letter is with "sincerely. So let's take a look at some of our other options. Here's a short list of the most common email sign offs for professional emails:.
Unless your email is going to a particularly formal or traditional business professional, "fondly" and "yours truly" both fall into the same category as "sincerely": they work, but they're formal and monotonous. As a global staffing agency, we always recommend showing your personality — within reason — when it's appropriate. To that end, cheers, best, and take care have all become front-runners in the modern age of email professionalism.
In particular, we recommend cheers. For comparison, the middle portion of the letter is the body and the opener could be described as a greeting or, more accurately, the salutation. I have always heard the "Sincerely, Joe Smith" part of a letter called the closing.
And the part you describe as the greeting "Dear Mr. Blahblah" I'm used to calling the salutation. It's called a valediction or a complimentary close.
The opening phrase is called a salutation. Valediction would be correct although it is neither used as frequently nor as familiarly as the term, "salutation" which describes the beginning greeting. I suppose we have E. White's "Charlotte" to thank for that.
Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Is there a name for the final section of a letter? Ask Question. In Business Writing class many years ago, we were taught to use the colon in the salutation. It is especially pertinent in business letters. Also, I like the close ending with a period. Is a comma, or a period, acceptable here?
Laura, you might think of younger employees as people from another country, who do things differently. Decide that their way is different, not worse—to avoid cringing and start grinning. At the same time, I agree with you, Lisa, that supervisors should coach employees to write for their readers. Also, supervisors can set standards for writing to customers, clients, senior executives, and others. I have been writing this blog for nine years. I find myself in the position of needing to update old posts.
Things that seemed unacceptable then are now well entrenched. The colon was the only mark to follow a greeting. Today the colon is still correct for business letters, but commas are often used after the greetings in emails. I recommend reserving the period for the mark after the last sentence. Then use a comma with the complimentary close.
Is that acceptable? A comma comes across as less formal than a colon. Names on the screen do not convey tone, so readers bring their own interpretations to your greeting. When Jane sees her name followed by a colon at the beginning of an email, she may anticipate a stern message—even if you are congratulating her. Sign in. Log into your account. Forgot your password? Privacy Policy. Password recovery. Recover your password. Get help. Courteous Writing Email Etiquette.
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