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I have a variety of email accounts, and have had them for a very long time.
The ones that are rarely used are the ones clear of spam.
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Eh?
I have a variety of email accounts, and have had them for a very long time.
The ones that are rarely used are the ones clear of spam.
I would imagine it's just luck of the draw. I used to have a ton of unused email accounts- some stayed empty, others filled up to the brim in a flash.
Usually easy to guess accounts are the ones that will fill up.
e.g., $first.$last@commondomain.com
john.jones@gmail.com
john.jones@yahoo.com
john.jones@verizon.net
...
etc.
Addresses like punkinhed3629@obscure.ca?
Not so much.
You can verify if for yourself. Open a new free yahoo account, wait a few months and go back you will see it. Gmail usually takes longer to begin receiving spam since they have a much more effective way of keeping out spam.
For example so far this year I have not received one spam message in any of my Gmail accounts. I have a Yahoo account that also gets used as I use my Gmail account and I routinely get about 15 spam messages per week on Yahoo even though it's active.
Again, that's one of the reasons I prefer Gmail, spam is something that just not a problem with Gmail.
I've got a paid address and several free ones - An email with a custom domain generally looks much more professional than one with a free domain (especially for business). And since you can buy domains for about 14 bucks a year, why not?
I think what comes before the @ is more important. firstname.lastname@gmail.com looks a lot more professional than supersexystud69@gmail.com
I have a gmail account. I like it and don't see why I would change. Though for work we have a server based email that we pay for.
I'm relieved to hear that and I hope you're right. It's very shallow to refuse a work application because of a gmail-address, but shallow is what many recruiters are
I mean no offense to recruiters here, as I have even taken part in hiring processes myself — but on the other hand, I may have become overly conscious about situations where "image (read: first impression) is everything".
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I work with recruiters and I can tell you that they really don't pay attention to whether the provider is hotmail, or gmail, in fact most of what we get have gmail as their email. I agree with yg17 that they will skip over any resume that looks immature including email addresses. We get so many resumes my company can be very choosy and in this market you really want to put your best foot forward.
I've been a hiring manager for a Fortune 100 company, and I've hired for my own company, and for other people. I also hire contractors and consultants.
A gmail account is fine. Some variation of first.last@ or f.last@ or what-have-you is all good. When gmail first came out, it was viewed as the mark of someone in the know, especially on the technical side. Now, not nearly as much, but it's still fully acceptable.
There are many serious consultants with gmail addresses.
Yahoo is a bit less OK. I mean, it's got "yahoo" right in the address.
AOL brings up the back of the pack. "You've got a rejection letter."
A gmail account is fine. Some variation of first.last@ or f.last@ or what-have-you is all good. When gmail first came out, it was viewed as the mark of someone in the know, especially on the technical side. Now, not nearly as much, but it's still fully acceptable.
There are many serious consultants with gmail addresses.
Yahoo is a bit less OK. I mean, it's got "yahoo" right in the address.
AOL brings up the back of the pack. "You've got a rejection letter."
Hm. I'd edit that one a bit. For GMail, I don't think any of that is true any longer, as someone else already stated. GMail is working their way to the "AOL" of email, slowly but surely.
And as for having email at your own domain, I dunno. I think it should be broken up into 2 sections: is your domain's email hosted on your own server, or someone else's? If the former, then I'd agree with what's in the chart.
jas
Hm. I'd edit that one a bit. For GMail, I don't think any of that is true any longer, as someone else already stated. GMail is working their way to the "AOL" of email, slowly but surely.
And as for having email at your own domain, I dunno. I think it should be broken up into 2 sections: is your domain's email hosted on your own server, or someone else's? If the former, then I'd agree with what's in the chart.
I've not seen or felt any shift where Gmail is becoming more like AOL. Perhaps you can expand on your comment further.
Your second comment about having your own domain is odd because no one would know one way or the other, unless you told them.
for you with your own domains: what is the domain name?
Somehow yourname@yourname.com seems... redundant.
Somehow yourname@yourname.com seems... redundant.
If you can pull it off (probably can't), I've seen firstname@lastname.com.
You'll need a pretty unique last name for that to work though.
You'll need a pretty unique last name for that to work though.
@me.com for my primary personal account, with @gmail.com and @outlook.com for backups. @company.com for my work email (what I use most). Unless you're starting up a business, OP, I can't see a purpose in setting up your own domain just for a non-free email domain. Security is kind of up to you at that point, vs. letting Google, Apple or Microsoft's security teams handle it for you.
Like others have said, the email handle is more important than the domain (unless you're @aol.com, or @compuserve.com or something). If you send a resume from soccerdude84@gmail.com, it comes across as being too lazy to set up a professional Gmail account, which isn't good.
Like others have said, the email handle is more important than the domain (unless you're @aol.com, or @compuserve.com or something). If you send a resume from soccerdude84@gmail.com, it comes across as being too lazy to set up a professional Gmail account, which isn't good.
I use gmail and have been for what, 6 years now? I'm fine with it and it does what I need. The spam filter is good and there is plenty of storage. I use it for work and personal. Wasn't denied my current job because of using a .gmail address either.
For me: it references something I'm interested in rather than having anything to do with my name. In reality, I don't give a flying **** in a rolling doughnut what people think of my email address, the domain, etc.
jas
I have both: some free services like .live/.outlook/.gmail, now-free like .me/.icloud. But also those linked to my domains; which I have to pay for. But lots flexibility with it
email address I present to the world is in the form of firstname@lastname.net
(Yeah, I was slow on the uptake, so someone else got the .com address..oh well)
Underneath that though, the "real" email addresses are a gmail account and a paid service called Fastmail.
Why both? There was a time when gmail was rejecting some legit email as spam--and so spammy that it got dumped immediately (didn't even get placed in the spam folder so that I could potentially review it--just dumped). The only way I could be sure of getting everything was to use a paid service as a backup.
Fastmail is a great solution, if you have the patience to tweak it. They have their own little scripting language, so you can design your own spam filter, allow it to challenge everything, and then re-direct your legit email to a gmail account--one which has whitelisted email originating from Fastmail, naturally.
It was tricky, but worth the effort for me. And No, I have no connection with the company, other than as a happy ongoing customer.
(Yeah, I was slow on the uptake, so someone else got the .com address..oh well)
Underneath that though, the "real" email addresses are a gmail account and a paid service called Fastmail.
Why both? There was a time when gmail was rejecting some legit email as spam--and so spammy that it got dumped immediately (didn't even get placed in the spam folder so that I could potentially review it--just dumped). The only way I could be sure of getting everything was to use a paid service as a backup.
Fastmail is a great solution, if you have the patience to tweak it. They have their own little scripting language, so you can design your own spam filter, allow it to challenge everything, and then re-direct your legit email to a gmail account--one which has whitelisted email originating from Fastmail, naturally.
It was tricky, but worth the effort for me. And No, I have no connection with the company, other than as a happy ongoing customer.