“In most job-filling situations, the employer has the luxury of choosing from several well-qualified applicants, all of whom could probably do the job. It is then that the little things, like the common but often unrecognized mistakes described here, almost always come into play. Make sure you avoid them, so they don’t cost you a shot at the job.” Peter Vogt —Five Ways to Say, ‘I’m Unprofessional’ (MonsterTrak)
One of the tips is a warning against “cutesy” e-mail addresses. Are you reading this, anniepookins? :)
Via the apparently defunct Envision Entrepreneurship Weblog.
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