Before you set up that email address stop and think about something…
How will this be received by the person opening the email?
As humans we do make judgements, rightly or wrongly and your email address will be picked up on. Are you using the email address you set up 15 years ago when you were leaving High School?
In my 8 years working in Recruitment you can bet I have seen some corker’s for email addresses. Usually we laugh it off and chat to the individual about it. More recently due to video interviewing we find ourselves sharing email addresses with hiring manages. Can you guess what’s coming? Some have made judgements on email addresses. It has never affected an interview but it could.
Ask yourself is that really the best email address to use?
Let me use some examples…
We were speaking about email’s in the office just yesterday and it turns out my colleague Jo – Recruitment Coordinator had a pretty awful email address back in the day. One she was too embarrassed to share. When she started using her email in a professional manner she quickly realised it had to go! Kerri-Ann – Director & Founder at H2 admitted that she has never had an embarrassing email, do we believe her? I on the other hand most certainly have, it may still exist somewhere out there in the universe but I simply cannot disclose!
Always remember your CV is a representation of you, the first introduction to a future employer. So my advice to you…
- Your email address should not be suggestive, flirtatious, generic, silly, or funny.
- It should be professional and easy to remember.
- Don’t include your date of birth.
- It should include your name, preferably first name and last name.
- Keep it simple.
Think before you set up that ‘funny’ email address – if you are going to use it for applying for jobs or in a professional setting, you may not want to consider setting up an address just for when you are job searching.
Thanks for popping over to our blog. If you are looking for a new position within the Engineering or Technical space then say hello and let’s see how we I can help you.
Before you set up that email address stop and think about something…
How will this be received by the person opening the email?
As humans we do make judgements, rightly or wrongly and your email address will be picked up on. Are you using the email address you set up 15 years ago when you were leaving High School?
In my 8 years working in Recruitment you can bet I have seen some corker’s for email addresses. Usually we laugh it off and chat to the individual about it. More recently due to video interviewing we find ourselves sharing email addresses with hiring manages. Can you guess what’s coming? Some have made judgements on email addresses. It has never affected an interview but it could.
Ask yourself is that really the best email address to use?
Let me use some examples…
We were speaking about email’s in the office just yesterday and it turns out my colleague Jo – Recruitment Coordinator had a pretty awful email address back in the day. One she was too embarrassed to share. When she started using her email in a professional manner she quickly realised it had to go! Kerri-Ann – Director & Founder at H2 admitted that she has never had an embarrassing email, do we believe her? I on the other hand most certainly have, it may still exist somewhere out there in the universe but I simply cannot disclose!
Always remember your CV is a representation of you, the first introduction to a future employer. So my advice to you…
- Your email address should not be suggestive, flirtatious, generic, silly, or funny.
- It should be professional and easy to remember.
- Don’t include your date of birth.
- It should include your name, preferably first name and last name.
- Keep it simple.
Think before you set up that ‘funny’ email address – if you are going to use it for applying for jobs or in a professional setting, you may not want to consider setting up an address just for when you are job searching.
Thanks for popping over to our blog. If you are looking for a new position within the Engineering or Technical space then say hello and let’s see how we I can help you.