Canadian Workplace Canadian Business Handshakes and Phone Behaviours
Canadian Workplace Canadian Business Handshakes and Phone Behaviours demonstrates the way a handshake and a telephone greeting are expected to be handled in a Canadian office. The video runs three minutes and comes from Canadian Workplace, a channel of short clips on workplace customs in Canada. A narrator describes each point while it is acted out on screen.
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How It Helps Your Business English
The video shows a handshake performed the way Canadian employers expect it: a firm grip, eye contact, a smile and two pumps of the hand. It then turns to the telephone, where a candidate answers pleasantly, with enthusiasm and courteous words. Each point is acted out on screen while the narrator explains it.
You watch the three minutes before an interview or a first day in a Canadian office and copy what you see: the grip, the eye contact, the smile, the two pumps, then the words used to answer a call. Practise the handshake with a friend and say the telephone greeting aloud until it sounds natural, so the gesture and the tone come without thinking.
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