[biggles2008]

KYA, on 19 Apr, 2009 - 07:22 PM, said:

How does gmail look more professional? They are all free. In the end aren't you really showing preference of company, which is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things?

Just looks more professional that Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL imo.

[skyhawk133]

I agree, I have hotmail accounts, yahoo accounts, and have used them all as my primary accounts at some point in time, but I think having a gmail account says "I'm a power user" to me. Could just be me though. Who knows. I'm sure there are many things in a resume that subconsciously trigger a decision, best to look at all of them.

[janotte]

I am fairly confident anyone here has a handful of email addresses they can use.
If you haven't, why not?

Just give out whichever one seems best for this occasion.

I don't my wear my weekend clothes to work and using the right email address for the occasion is the same story. Just like you would never attend some interviews in a suit but for other interviews you wouldn't wear anything else.

Match the impression you want to give to the impression you think the people with the money will like best.

A month after starting they'll be interested in your work and care not a fig for such trivia but getting in the door means playing smart with perception management.

"All the world's a stage..." and all that.

BTW - Your @dreamincode address could be just the right one to wow some people or start a good conversation about your involvement in a community. Yours for just $2 a month. Got mine at last after years of stupid, pointless, procrastination.

This post has been edited by janotte: 22 April 2009 - 05:06 AM