Prevent Quick Deletion of Your Email

6) Attach with caution!

MS Word documents are the safest form of resume attachments. Always send your resume as a .doc or.Text unless a recruiter specifically requests otherwise.

While formats like PDFs may seem harmless, Adobe isn’t as widely accepted as MS Office. Don’t give a recruiter a single reason to throw your correspondence in the trash bin. And if a recruiter or job listing specifically says “no attachments”, be sure to follow the rules!

7) Two-dollar words, please.

William Faulkner said about Ernest Hemingway: “He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”

Hemingway retorted: “Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?”

While these two Nobel Prize winners might have an interesting debate about words and art, when it comes to your e-mails, you should avoid the long, confusing, “ten dollar” words. They're to tough to read and understand:

“I am a seasoned, world-class operating executive who redefines value-added metrics to leverage world-class retention strategies and synergies cutting-edge partnership implementations to achieve innovative relationships.”

Now, C'mon, you know you've heard stuff like this come out of your mouth, on accident, on occasion, so just let this be a friendly reminder that keeping it simple is the best way to keep your e-mails successful.

8) Make your request clear.

When writing back and forth by e-mail, it is very easy for vague words cause confusion. Don’t use vague words, but rather make it clear what you want the reader to do and in what timeframe by being precise:

“Can you please confirm our phone interview for 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 6th?”

And, in turn, be very clear about the actions you’re going to take, being as specific as humanly possible:

“I followed up with Lindsay and she’s requested additional references from my time at Apple. I’ll have those to her by 4 p.m. Wednesday.”

9) Delete every word that is not absolutely essential.

After you’ve written an email, please go back through and delete every single word that is not absolutely essential to achieving your meaning. Just like everybody else today, recruiters don’t have time to read through wordy cover letters, so keep it simple!

For example, you might replace:

“I am an award-winning sales executive who has proven on numerous occasions to greatly increase the productivity of employees under me and raise revenue company-wide.”

With the much shorter and more meaningful: “Increased company revenue by 70%.” Fewer words mean more likely to be read!

Thanks for stopping by. I wish you all the best with your online business, and, may you be blessed and prosper. Please lets communicate, share a comment or question and I will get back in touch with you.

Maurice- Founder of Success With a Home Business emailmaurice@successmawithahmaomebusiness.com



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Thanks Maurice, this is a very smart and innovative blog, a common yet not so obvious subject to think about.
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