Etiquette for Residents, Travelers, and Potential Immigrants to English-speaking Countries

By Ron Sunquest

How to get new friends and job? Our position and progress in life depends on how we interact with other people. Many well-educated professional people cannot even find a job because of a lack of proper manners. This book gives a concise review of typical behavior of people living in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with references to other European countries. It is invaluable to these who want to travel to these countries and especially to these who plan to start a new life as immigrants in any of these countries. Also, current residence in an English-speaking country does not guarantee that one’s behavior and manners are sufficiently attuned to propel one to the desired degree of progress in one’s life. One hour or two spent on reading this book will help you to obtain a background that may change the results of your efforts and improve your life. Topics in this self help guide include: dressing for success, common courtesies, manners, greetings, job interview, professional behavior, political correctness, public events, addressing people, body language, gestures, table manners, bodily functions, driving, and more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Euan Guides
• Release date: Feb 20, 2012
• ISBN: 9781895198560

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Etiquette for Residents, Travelers, and Potential Immigrants to English-speaking Countries

Ron Sunquest

Copyright Ron Sunquest 2012

Published by Euan Guides at Smashwords

38 Earswick Drive, Toronto, Ontario M1E 1C6, Canada

© Euan Guides, 2012

ISBN 978-1-895198-56-0

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the copyright owner. No responsibility is assumed by the Author and the Publisher for any injury or/and damage to persons or properties as a matter of products liability, negligence, use, or operation of any methods, product ideas, or instructions published or suggested in this book.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Sunquest, Ron

Etiquette for residents, travelers and potential immigrants

to English speaking countries [electronic resource] / Ron Sunquest.

Includes index.

Electronic monograph issued in EPUB format.

ISBN 978-1-895198-56-0

1. Travel etiquette--English-speaking countries.  I. Title.

BJ2137.S85 2012               395'.0917521               C2012-900808-7

Table of Contents

Introduction

Dress (general types)

Dress (when to where)

Common courtesies

Manners

Greetings

Job interview

Professional behavior

Political correctness

Corporate culture

Public events (birth, death, marriage, gifts)

Thank you notes

Addressing other people

Body language and gestures

Table manners

Bodily functions

Driving

Introduction

Etiquette is defined as the rules of social, religious, or professional conduct. It is clear from this definition that adapted etiquette may mean different things to different people. For example, in Japan one cannot enter a house wearing shoes used outside. Similarly, one has to leave shoes in front of a mosque.

Etiquette makes our lives more orderly but also complicates it to a certain extent. Members of social, religious, or professional groups are obliged to behave in a certain manner, and if too many rules are broken, such members can be expelled from a group. In the past, rebellious behavior contributed to evolutionary changes in our societies, but today, rebellious behavior may frequently be the reason that somebody is not selected for a job or approved by an immigration officer, or even get a visa