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Originally Posted by janusz
Could anybody in this forum who is at the receiving end of jobs applications, confirm/deny that the email address has any influence on acceptance/rejection? Speaking of averages of course, has jsmith@jsmith.tld a better chance of getting to the next step than johnny@hotmail only because the former address is more "professional"?
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Not from what I've seen. But this may depend on the company you apply in. I have seen resumes arrive with very silly names (of which they probably thought while drunk) followed by a Yahoo or Gmail address. Really silly stuff prior to the @ sign. They were hired for the job nevertheless.
I think the
average company doesn't mind, there will be exceptions of course but I think a well written letter motivating why you want the job is more important than the "from" address.
The only thing I did hear is that some companies block Hotmail emails because they had too much spam in the past from Hotmail users. But again; we probably talk about a tiny minority of HR departments here.
If you wanna be sure how picky the company is; ask the job agency if it is a problem to use your Gmail for this application. They usually know the folks at the HR departments of the companies that they work with.