Your E-Mail Name Could Hurt Your Career Advancement
Article Overview: What do email addresses like "Pookie Bear," "Hot Mama," and Sexy Stud" have in common. They could all hold up your advancement or even stop you from being hired.
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Your E-Mail Name Could Hurt Your Career Advancement
Unprofessional e-mail addresses can hurt your chances just as much as unprofessional e-mails. It is important to set something up that says something about your personal brand that is professional, not offensive and that will make someone look at your application.Business e-mails are a tool and that tool represents you.
So
- Separate your personal and professional e-mail addresses.
- Choose wisely
- Avoid sexual, politicaland religious references
- Avoid vulgar language
- Don't use your current work e-mail to apply for jobs
- No unnecessary use of cuteness
- Watchout for uppercase overkill
Bottom-line: Don't let your e-mail address overshadow your resume.
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Dianne Floyd Sutton is President of Sutton Enterprises, author, trainer, educator, expert witness, coach and actor. She has over twenty years of combined experience in Human Resource Development (HRD) processes, Diversity, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), and Communication training. Sutton Enterprises (SE) is a full service human resource development organization which offers a variety of Human Resource Development (HRD)services, i.e. training, keynotes, facilitations, EEO interventions, organizational development, etc. For more information about SE go to www.suttonenterprises.org
Dianne Sutton has the skills to create a safe learning environment where diverse participants are able to ask questions, experiment with new behaviors and development new skills. She also has the ability to present models and techniques in a straight forward, clear and humorous manner. She started her career as a mathematics instructor in the St. Louis, Missouri Public School System while attending graduate school at Washington University. Before founding Sutton Enterprises in 1987, she held a variety of positions at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in training and employee development.
Her most recent publication is Workplace Etiquette: A Guide to Thriving and Surviving in Today’s Workplace. In 2010 Dianne was awarded the Spencer Logan Leadership Award from the Training Officers Consortium (TOC) in Washington, DC. This is the organization's highest honor. For more information go to www.trainingofficers.org
Dianne is on a civility crusade as Ms. Etiquette. Ms. Etiquette offers a down-to-earth, in-depth presentation peppered with real life examples and appropriate humor. She demystifies the rules and gives insights into behaviors that increase respect, collaboration and trust in the workplace. Check out Ask Ms. Etiquette for answers to questions about appropriate etiquette in the workplace at www.suttonenterprises.org
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