Career
tips and advice
Small
mistakes that can ruin your job search - Part 1
I was going through some resumes last week and noticed something
odd - the email address. In today's internet world, the email id
often is the first mode of contact between the job seeker and the
employer. First and foremost, keep a professional email id.
Follow a simple rule - you will get judged by everything you put
out there on your resume.
Here
are some of the email ids I saw while doing my searches last week.
- zooguy@xyz.com
- barbie@xyz.com
- hunnybunny@xyz.com
- johnyjoker@xyz.com (he must be the funny guy!)
- committed2u@xyz.com (looking for a date?)
- and here is the killer...miss_behaving@xyz.com
(I don't even know what to say...)
Mind you, all the people above I have referenced to are professionals
working in Fortune 100 companies.
Second,
your email address should be short and easy to type and should project
a professional image.
It should not look like this: anthonyrmacalexanderjr@xyz.com. What
a mouthful!
One
of the most common mistakes we see is not including an email address
on your resume. Always include an email address, and be sure to
check your inbox (and your SPAM folder) regularly. It is also a
good idea to provide an alternate personal email address - sometimes
recruiters use bulk email software to send out job descriptions.
And some of the popular email providers like hotmail/yahoo may block
that email. And please, personal email addresses only. Don't use
your company e-mail id!
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