Korean Job Discussion Forums

[AtmaWeapon]

My uncle who holds a management position at Intel told me that I shouldn't be using my college email address when applying for jobs because employers will tend to ignore you because they think that you are a recent college grad (apparently this is how it works at Intel). I use my college email because it runs on gmail and I've used it for so long it would be a pain to make a new one. If it matters, I went to a relatively prestigious school (University of California, Davis). I'm applying for education-related jobs and I have over a year of teaching experience since I graduated. Is it really necessary and worth the hassle to switch over to a new email address?

[koreatimes]

I don't understand why you are comparing an Intel job with an ESL job

I don't understand why you think you will be ignored unless you have already tried, and if so, it's not because of a college email complex.

I don't understand why you would need to "switch" anything if you already have a gmail account. Use the gmail account if you don't want it to say "from: @edu"

Spend more time worrying about the job.

[Swampfox10mm]

I don't think there is a problem. If an employer is doing that, they'd be pretty ignorant. I don't think they'd care.

[ttompatz]

[thegadfly]

You are worried that the schools to which you apply might think you are a recent graduate, based on your email address -- but in this particular field, being a recent graduate is not normally a bad thing. In fact, in some (many?) cases, schools here PREFER recent graduates. Therefore, your email address, if it makes ANY difference -- and, as others have said, I doubt that it does -- will possibly do more to HELP you than to harm you....

[morrisonhotel]

Agreed with the above, but it can't hurt to have a separate work email address, in a sensible format (e.g. [email protected]), for applying for jobs, etc.

[drcrazy]

[quote="AtmaWeapon"]My uncle who holds a management position at Intel told me that I shouldn't be using my college email address when applying for jobs because employers will tend to ignore you because they think that you are a recent college grad (apparently this is how it works at Intel). I use my college email because it runs on gmail and I've used it for so long it would be a pain to make a new one. If it matters, I went to a relatively prestigious school (University of California, Davis). I'm applying for education-related jobs and I have over a year of teaching experience since I graduated. Is it really necessary and worth the hassle to switch over to a new email address?[/quote]

I understand your pain. I hate the 1 minute 15 seconds it takes to get a yahoo email account so much that I only have about 12.

[thegadfly]

[quote="drcrazy"]

[jrwhite82]

Am I missing something here? Wouldn't the schools and companies you are applying for know if you were a recent college grad by looking at the resume that you send them?

Unless they just automatically delete your email without even opening it...

Regardless, blasting out your resume via email is not going to land you a job anyway. Well, it could land you one over here in Korea, where the first thing they want to see is a photo. If you are looking for work, you'd have a lot better shot if you made contact with someone first on the phone, so they'd be expecting your resume.

[Feloria]

I think a lot of it depends on the type of job you're looking for.

If it's just a hakwan job then your uni e-mail should be fine, but if it's for a university position it wouldn't hurt to have another account; it takes 2 minutes to set one up.

I set up another acct specifically for my job search.

One thing for sure though: have a professional sounding account!
When I was a hiring manager and I came across an e-mail like "cutegirl76", or "funtimeguy"--I would have an immediate negative impression before even looking at the resume.
"cutesy-poo" e-mail addresses and voice mail tags reek of unprofessionalism, immaturity, and a lack of intelligence.

You don't want to leave such impressions when you're looking for a job!!

[ontheway]

You should set up a separate email account for your Korean job hunt. You could get a lot of spam mail etc. Use it while you're here. Drop it when you're finished. Why is that a problem?

[koreatimes]

[jrwhite82]

[Feloria]

"E2kimchilover?" Not a problem,
but "sexyschoolgirl" or "partyguyphil?" No way!!

These tags are OK for say, an annonymous poster name on Dave's; but not if you're looking for a job.