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.

Perhaps they just don't have internet access. If they are 18 they probably live with their parents so whether or not there is internet access in the house is not their choice. I doubt they would be able to afford it plus a computer themselves so i wouldn't hold it against them at that age.

Neither would I Poo.

When I was job hunting and lived with my parents my mother moaned about my phoning potential employers and running up her bill.

I'm beginning to realise it's all part of her plan to get me to stay with her forever like Norman and Mrs Bates

Schlumberger - you seriously need training on recruitment. You could potentially get yourself and your employer into a lot of hot water with an attitude like yours.

I'm not easily shocked but I find it amazing that such clueless incompetent people are involved in any process that involves making decisions.

Yes- it's just the 69 I object to, not just any random number- it's usually teens that do this to be fair........

Limited. I assume you got out!?

My parents never had internet access and have never had a computer. They are poor so suppose i see it as discriminating against those less well off to rule out their children based on that. Harsh.

The number in the email address is just stupid!

Stupid to rule out for that reason i mean.

When my last place were advertising for my maternity cover I helped to sift through the pile of CVs.

It was a secretarial role, all with spelling mistakes and all 'sexy' email addresses were binned. Quirky was ok though. Out of a pile of about 40 on that basis only 3 got to interview.

They did ask people to apply with a hand written covering letter and it was surprising the number of applicants that wrote in pencil/tore a note out of a pad/stuck a post-it on top

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.

Wow! The wanting them to know your name sounds almost egotistical and the jaydens thing is discriminatory.

poopoo surely they can use computers at the library (assuming no-one has shut down their local one?) for free/ very cheap?

Perhaps. But i think young people living with their parents should be given some leway.

Wanting them to know your name is not egotistical: it says "I have cared enough about this job to find out a little about your company". It speaks of a certain attitude, the willingness to do the thing carefully.

The Brandon/Jayden thing is disgusting though. It says nothing about the individual or their attitude at all.

Another one and about the Jayden thing - nobody chooses their own name at birth! Yikes.

I'd be put off by silly nicknames like if they put Jonnyboy instead of Jonathan etc. Although I guess you can't tell if it actually is a nickname or if they have it on their birth certificate! Still, it's surely sensible to use your full name generally.

I quite agree about the 69 thing (yes it's the fact it's 69 rather than just any old number). Why would you take someone seriously who referred to oral sex in their email address? Other numbers are fine - I have one in my sensible email, I'm sure it's fine unless 217 is some sexual position I've never heard of! :o

I agree.

I have 2 email addresses - one is my personal a/c and whilst it isn't a 'sexy' type address, it isn't 'professional' sounding.

I have another which is just my [email protected] which is the one I use for professional communications.

I think it shows a lack of awareness to not do similar.

My silly email is a quote from Black Books :o my employers probably wouldn't bat an eye at it, because they know that I'm geeky and don't give a damn about fitting in (my locker/bag etc attest to that). So they would just see it as 'me'. But there's no way I would have risked it when applying.

A few years ago I was taken on via a competitive graduate recruitment scheme for a well known retailer. Very good pay for people straight out of uni, plus fully expensed new Audi. You would have thought that people would realise that this demanded high standards in the application process, but no, apparently not. As part of my training rotation I was placed in Head Office helping assess the next round of applications. Applicants were asked for a CV with covering letter and a clear photo. Degrees were to be 2.1 or better (all stated in the advert.) Some of the applications were laughable. One guy attached a photo of three blokes on the beach drinking cocktails in their budgie smugglers with an arrow in biro pointing to one with 'me' written on .

A single spelling error or omission meant that the letter and form went into the bin. As did an ill-judged photo. Or a ridiculous email address. A HUGE amount of applications were weeded out this way. Interestingly, the firm also had a list of Unis and subjects that would recruit from (they didn't mention that on the ad) and unless you were on the list the application went in the bin as well. Basically the Russell Group plus a few additional Universities and a list of subjects they selected as being academically rigorous and competitive.

:o but what are budgie smugglers?

notyummy that is interesting - is that for Aldi?

limited your mum sounds like a scream (scream with laughter or scream in rage, you pick )

<a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=budgie+smugglers&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=H4LUR7RVYTIfoM:&imgrefurl=bytesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/05/budgie-smuggling-and-politicians.html&docid=aV2DX9k_jdC_7M&imgurl=1.bp.blogspot.com/-aEbGeCd34mg/T6P3UTY7H8I/AAAAAAAAHFo/oGXxJ81jd8o/s1600/Budgie%252B6.jpg&w=363&h=550&ei=4kXkT5zqNcqr8APGh_yaCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=177&vpy=154&dur=2807&hovh=276&hovw=182&tx=114&ty=146&sig=101188871570464260049&page=1&tbnh=154&tbnw=95&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:112" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">For Fuzzpig

At the playschool we once got an (unasked for) application letter from a young girl.

She'd done a one year very basic childcare course, way below minimum industry standards so we would have had to fund further training. She had no previous work experience at all not even a Saturday job and she spent most of the covering letter stating her 5 year plan which basically involved using us to get training and then setting up her own playschool after a few years. It was riddled with shocking grammer too.

Needless to say we did not interview

grammar

Yep, we do a lot of recruitment and I bin anyone with a dodgy email address too. Also anyone who includes a photo (they are told not to include one - we had one of a woman in a fur coat, with nothing underneath it once - it was tastefully covering her nipples though - why she thought this might get her a job as an economist, I don't know), has a CV that is too detailed... If I get 200 + job applications, I can afford to be choosy.

I do find the arrogance of new graduates quite breathtaking though. We had one applicant who didn't get through the sift and emailed us saying "I don't appear to have been invited for interview, surely there is some mistake here. Hello? Did you not read my CV and realise that I have a double first from Cambridge and could do this job standing on my head?"

Bless her. I emailed back and said that unfortunately for her, the field of candidates was very strong, and the successful applicant also had a double first from Cambridge, an MSc from LSE and 8 years experience in the field. It's a pity, as we had a slightly more junior position coming up, that she would have been a good candidate for, but due to her subsequent email, she was removed from the list of potentials.

We also ask the receptionist if people were polite to her. Anyone who isn't immediately gets rejected.

That was for Summer

Yes Getorf!

That's priceless MrsS