Alison Doyle: Check Before You Send

Remember those old words of wisdom that it's not so much what you say, but how you say it that is important? Well, how you say it, is as important when communicating via email as it when have a conversation in-person.

Check Before You Send (Excerpt from Chapter 2, Alison Doyle's Job Search Guidebook)

Spell check and proofread your email just like all your other correspondence. One client I worked with had the wrong phone number in her email signature and on the resume she had sent out in response to many job postings. She corrected it, but she might have already lost out on good opportunities because the employer wasn't able to reach her. She was also embarrassed because it was an employer who informed her by email that the phone number wasn't correct.

Think before you hit the Send button, especially if what you are about to send isn't positive. For example, a hiring manager contacted me after she had, very politely, notified a candidate that she wasn't going to be hired for an open position. The candidate hit Reply and sent a two-word response: "your loss."

This was particularly unfortunate because the hiring manager was considering the candidate for another position. She just hadn't mentioned it yet because she wasn't sure when it would become available. The candidate, because of her hasty and rude response, ensured that the employer wouldn't be considering her for any job opening.

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