You finally hear about the “dream job” you have been waiting for! You fine tune the resume, add your most current experience and off the resume goes right into the inbox of the hiring manager. You have the credentials, you are at the appropriate salary range and you even work for a similar company. You are confident that the phone will ring immediately or at the very least you should get a “We’re Interested!” email. A few days pass, you hear nothing. Then the weekend comes and goes and still nothing! A few more days goes by, you follow up, leave a message, send an email, still nothing. A few more days pass and finally the email arrives and it says…….”We’re Not Interested”.
What went wrong? Maybe they mixed me up with someone else? This can’t be!
I have seen this so many times that I truly can’t believe it still happens. I receive a great resume with the email address Masteroftheuniverse@yahoo.com or Partyanimal2011@gmail.com. You get the picture. Over the years I have seen highly qualified people be judged by their email addresses. Which is unfortunate because sometimes they never get to interview for the position they truly deserve.
So let’s solve this problem quickly. Sign up for a free email account and create an email just for your professional correspondence. This way you can still be He-Man (or woman) to all your friends but be “Susie908 or Bob515” during business hours!
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