If you’re applying for a new job, or emailing anyone anything important to be considered for some sort of internship, opportunity, investment, etc.. please do not use an email address that is something like “SexyChick42″. I mean, seriously, if someone is looking for signs of professionalism, which email do you think would get more serious consideration: the email/resume from “SexyChick42″ or the email/resume from “Jane White”? I spent some time today screening and deleting emails from a number of people like “SexyChick42″ for a job opening, and I was almost laughing at how unprofessional some of the applicants seemed! When all you’ve got is 1 chance to make a good impression with that opening email, it is probably worth taking a few minutes to set-up a new free email address.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Jeremy Osborne // Mar 20, 2008 at 8:59 am
I guess it all depends on the job you’re screening for
2 Todd // Mar 20, 2008 at 9:44 am
ha ha jeremy, this is true. i can think of a couple industries where this sort of email would actually help you get noticed.
3 J // Mar 26, 2008 at 11:50 am
LMAO that is hilarious. I do freelance web design so it doesn’t matter to me whether or not someone is professional, but I do snicker to myself when I get emails from “sexys4u” or when people actually take the time to put in their full name but it has a typo.
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