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I have seen many resumes over the last 10 years working as a hiring manager.

One of the pet peaves that get’s me is when someone has a cute, funny, or offensive email address.  Remember, email addresses should be at the top of the resume, so it doesn’t take long if I’m going to exclude an entire resume.

sugamomma@hotmail.com - I hope you have a suger daddy to take care of you because I’m not going to call.

fratboybeerbong@yahoo.com - You must be too young or still in college.  My business is too important to have someone come in hung over every Friday morning.

ihatebush@gmail.com - Keep your politics out of this.  Unless you’re going to work for a political organization, I don’t care about your politics.  We’re in business to make money, that’s the bottom line.

Have a professional email address, even if it’s with yahoo, hotmail, or gmail.  You can use your first name and last name.  If that’s already taken, be creative and use your initials or a hypen or a dot in there someplace so you can secure a decent email address.

Since the email address is at the top of the resume, it’s going to tell me if I should even consider looking at the content.  Keep it professional, and you’ve made another step to getting an interview.

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