AIBU to have judged and not interview because of ...

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....emails addresses?

Shoot me but XXX-Bitch_troll@etc and XXX-smokes-dope@etc goes straight in the shred pile.

If you are too stupid to set up a regular email account for job applications then you are too stupid to employ. I find it more frightening they could possibly be on a jury or vote.

I writeoverview my childrens CVs. That gets them an interview. Personality would get them a job. I would never turn up to an interview with them.

You are probably NBU.

I used to deal with recruitment, and we had fairly fixed things we were looking for to weed applications. Style if email address wasn't one of them (and I don't actually remember any horrors, maybe I was lucky).

But for some roles, where good judgement and awareness of impact was a defined factor, I can see this would raise a flag (as might other curious inclusions or omissions), and enough flags would mean bin, or strong marker to examine at interview. It might not rule someone out, but it certainly wouldn't help their chances.

What I dont get is these mums who apply for their kids.

I helped DS with his CV, letter etc and have helped him with forms in the past when he asked, thats fine. But i would never apply for him and if I did I would pretend that I was him, I wouldnt write "I am his mum and he is a lovely boy....blah blah" Have these people got no sense at all?!

YANBU.

It looks unprofessional, and it's so easy to set up an e-mail account with a sensible name.

I do wonder why people don't stop and think about what kind of impression they're making with e-mail addresses like these before filling in application forms.

I wonder if the reason is that they have had those addresses for so long that what was once amusing and "sooo crraaayyyyyzzzeeeee" is now just....well their email address. Its like having a hole in the wall, when you have lived with it so long you cease to notice it until someone points it out.

I rejected an applicant because at the top of his CV was a positioning statement that started with "an outgoing Piscean, Chris's position of prop forward makes him physically fearless."
This was for a senior suit-and-tie sales role. Outgoing Piscean! WTF?

YOu rejected a prop forward? Are you MAD?! Forget the horoscope bollocks, think of the pecs

I had to select applicants to interview for a job once. I got 350 forms and had no HR to help and the normal day job to do. Anything that helped me reject a form quickly was great.

Another common mistake was just sending a completely blank email with attachments titled CV.

My favourite one was a postal entry. They had steamed open the envelope, completed the form and then put it back and marked the envelope 'return to sender' to avoid paying for a stamp.

I recently binned a '[email protected]' so you are so not BU

My username is actually the first part of my email, does it count as "kooky" or sensibly anonymous?

Sensibly anonymous isnt really what you are aiming at in a job application, IMO.
Though if it just has the word purple in it it isnt the worst by a long way...

I am STILL giggling about the tortoises :o

Another thought...

Why do some people not put any thought into how they look when they drop off their application? I know that my ex boss would ask us how someone looked/acted etc when they dropped off the CV and would use that in their selection process. So if someone just chucked it on the counter and said "Thats my application" and slouched off, then they would be less likely to get an interview than someone who politely asked if they could please drop off their application and then thanked the person.

The interview isnt always the first impression, which is something I am trying to get through to DS

They all laugh but you'd be suprised at some of the UCAS forms I still get for approval..............

Been there, done that.

"Yes I know you never check your college e-mail but '[email protected]' is not suitable "

haha. my favourite one was:
BIG_BOOTY_BE-ARCH@blahblah

I can't believe some parents ring on behalf/accompany their kids to job interviews . . . apparently here (in NZ) you are legally allowed to take a 'support person' with you when you have an interview within a govt dept, but I think that would make it worse !

I do recruitment for a preschool. [email protected] just gets ignored. I went to a college recruitment fair and when someone gave me that type of email address I said that it might be worth changing it. She looked shocked. Apparently she had that email address for years (which is scary enough seeing as she was only 18) but why hadn't anyone mentioned to her that it didn't look professional?

Then you get the 18 year olds who tell me that they don't have email. Firstly I don't believe you. Secondly, if it is true - get one now!

I spend hours telling soon to be graduates that the email address [email protected] is not going to help themselves. Nor is emailing an application and signing off stay classy

My DP's email is a bit like wrigglerstea's above. It's [email protected], but the nature of his surname and the way it conjuncts with his first name when shunted together without a space sounds like a sexual act. Let's just say the word 'cock' is in there...

We met online and initially communicated via email. When I first saw his email address I didn't know his surname and thought it was a pisstake. It had never crossed his mind, to him it's just his name. He still uses it. He maintains that people will put two and two together once they see his name associated with it

I guess that the majority of candidates applying for a position simply don't realise that their CV is quite possibly one of hundreds arriving on a recruiter's desk.

When I was recruiting, I would bin anything with a spelling error or a dodgy email address, anything unsolicited which said Dear Sir/Madam rather than my name (would have taken a 10 second 'phone call to our switchboard to have established that), and a CV from anyone with a dodgy name - Brandons, Kyles, Ethans, Jaydens etc were all rejected.

I know a smart City firm who were so overwhelmed with applications that one of the Partners made the decision that anyone's CV that mentioned badminton as a hobby would be binned!!

Bit harsh rejecting people because their parents have named them Brandons, Kyles, Ethans, Jaydens etc isn't it Schlumberger?

They can't help being called that after all. Unlike the idiots who've freely chosen silly e-mail addresses....

Back when I was at uni I needed a part time job. I went dropping my cv into all the shops on the local High Street and I made sure I dressed smartly to do it.

I shop were hiring cahiers and I went for that job. During the interview they said that on the basis that they were impressed by the smart dress, and my being proactive, they were not interviewing me for a cashier role but a supervisory one instead. (i got it despite
only being 19 at the time)

So I could not agree more about it being the little things that count.

It is so simple to get a free, straightforward email address- they don't have to get rid of one to do it.

I binned one last week: 40 something professional male, educated to postgrad level.

Two things bugged me: the email address that was his first name 'n' Emma @

And secondly he listed every single certificate of achievement gained in past 25+ years.

Please don't judge people with demon in there Emails, they are a very old (now taken over supplier). They are also very reliable and very good for real computer people because they allow freedom in how you set up your systems.

Ha ha- including his 25m swimming certificate?

I don't think I have ever come across the strange e-mails but I will always reject the ones with spelling mistakes. If you want to work in a school you really should spell check your application!