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bhlloy · 11-18-2010, 08:13 PM

I'm baffled as well by the concept that gmail isn't an acceptable email address to apply to jobs with. Disclaimer: I am in tech and hiring for entry level positions, but I'd say 80% of the resumes we see are gmail or hotmail. I've never even considered getting an email address with an ISP. That means I would have had to change email adresses 8-10 times in the last 15 years vs changing twice (hotmail -> gmail)

I'm even more stunned that people would use it as an indicator of whether to hire somebody or not. To me it just means this person isn't in school, if they have a work email address they obviously aren't using it to apply to jobs and they consider it convenient not to have an email address set up with their ISP. I'm sure it's a generational thing... but wow.

11-18-2010, 08:13 PM	#82
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	I'm baffled as well by the concept that gmail isn't an acceptable email address to apply to jobs with. Disclaimer: I am in tech and hiring for entry level positions, but I'd say 80% of the resumes we see are gmail or hotmail. I've never even considered getting an email address with an ISP. That means I would have had to change email adresses 8-10 times in the last 15 years vs changing twice (hotmail -> gmail) I'm even more stunned that people would use it as an indicator of whether to hire somebody or not. To me it just means this person isn't in school, if they have a work email address they obviously aren't using it to apply to jobs and they consider it convenient not to have an email address set up with their ISP. I'm sure it's a generational thing... but wow.