Work Search Email Account
It’s a good idea to set up an email account specifically for work search:
- Job search websites and networking sites usually require you to sign on with a user name and an email address.
- Using your work email for your online work search is unprofessional and unwise. So is accessing your personal email from work.
- You need an email address when you apply directly to employer websites.
Setting up a free email account
- Go to:
- If you’re using a shared computer, choose the most secure option—one that requires you to sign in with a username and password.
- Be sure you read and understand the user rules and privacy policy.
Naming your email account
- Use your own name, if it’s available.
- If your name is not available, try varying it (e.g. using your last name first or mixing up initials) or adding underscores or periods.
- To reduce confusion, avoid adding numbers. For example, Carr57 could be mistaken for Carr51 and both could be mistaken for a birth date.
- Make sure your account name sounds businesslike. For example, kulac.exp.plumber@workmail.ca presents an appropriate image, while kulac.yeah.flames@workmail.ca does not.
Using email for work search
- A work search email is business correspondence. It can be more casual than a formal business letter but it should still look and sound professional.
- Proofread your work search email carefully. Friends may overlook misspelled words and incomplete sentences. Potential employers do not.
- Do not use online acronyms (e.g. TTFN or LOL), text messaging language or emoticons (typed symbols) in any business email.
- Clearly identify the content in the subject line of your email so it doesn’t get mistaken for spam or junk email.
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