Tips for Job Search Email Success

Email plays an increasingly important role in our work in and out of the office. In fact, the most popular web mail service, Yahoo! Mail turned 10 years old in October, 2007 with 250 million users. TechCrunch reported in February that Yahoo leads the pack followed by MSN with 228 million and Gmail with 51 million users.

Many job seekers rely on email in their job search just as much as they rely on email for personal entertainment or communicating with friends.

These 5 tips will help job seekers use emails effectively in the job search.

1. Be professional with job search emails. Grammar still matters and punctuation is still important. If you had help with your resume from a career counselor, resume writing software or from anyone else, your resume and cover letter probably looks really good. Your emails need to maintain the same high standards and should look as edited and proofed as your resume does.

2. Make sure the email subject line includes your name and the document attached. Eg Joe Jobseeker – List of References.

3. Think seriously about not adding a quote to your email address for the job search. If you chose to add one, think about whose quote you use and what the recruiter might think about you when they read it.

Read the complete article with all 15 tips at BullsEyeResumes.com