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Topic	Does a gmail address look unprofessional to employers?
gloBal enemy 09/11/19 7:53:43 AM #23:	RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted... Your email should be something like your first name and last name @ domain Numbers or a period as a divider is acceptable and arguably encouraged so [email protected] can be Peter.parker or peterparker73 for example Traditionally, don't put your birth year in your email. Even Peterparker622 is more professional if you have a reasonably common name What's wrong with birth year in your personal email? RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted... If you have a non-English or more accurately a less western European name, you might want to leave out the surname if you're applying for certain jobs. More chance of a call back. And yes, that is racist and no, you can't sue them or prove that's why you weren't called Depends on the employer unfortunately but I'd say the bigger risk is simply the chance that someone will make a typo if your email address is very long or has spelling which is not common. I wouldn't discourage someone from using their full name though - it's not like the interviewer/recruiter doesn't already know this detail anyway, and hence I don't think would become a form of active discrimination if it were to be. --- If you can understand this, I'm 2/cosC for you. <cite>gloBal enemy posted [p:927278491] in Does a gma... [t:78002689]...</cite> <quote>RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted... </cite> <quote>Your email should be something like your first name and last name @ domain Numbers or a period as a divider is acceptable and arguably encouraged so peterparker@gamefaqs.com can be Peter.parker or peterparker73 for example Traditionally, don't put your birth year in your email. Even Peterparker622 is more professional if you have a reasonably common name</quote> What's wrong with birth year in your personal email? RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted... </cite> <quote>If you have a non-English or more accurately a less western European name, you might want to leave out the surname if you're applying for certain jobs. More chance of a call back. And yes, that is racist and no, you can't sue them or prove that's why you weren't called</quote> Depends on the employer unfortunately but I'd say the bigger risk is simply the chance that someone will make a typo if your email address is very long or has spelling which is not common. I wouldn't discourage someone from using their full name though - it's not like the interviewer/recruiter doesn't already know this detail anyway, and hence I don't think would become a form of active discrimination if it were to be. --- If you can understand this, I'm 2/cosC for you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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