{"id":2873,"date":"2010-05-25T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2010\/05\/25\/when-job-hunting-its-the-little-things-that-kill-you-part-iv\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T03:40:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T07:40:34","slug":"when-job-hunting-its-the-little-things-that-kill-you-part-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/when-job-hunting-its-the-little-things-that-kill-you-part-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"When Job Hunting, It\u2019s The Little Things That Kill You, Part IV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for another installment in this series of little oversights that get your cover letter email sent directly to the trash folder. By the way, though some of these mistakes seem obvious, I have seen all of them as I continue to recruit for our open Director of Education position. That means that there is a true need for this type of advice.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s \u201clittle thing\u201d is choosing which email account from which to send your cover letter. Think that using your \u201chighly respected\u201d employer\u2019s email address will somehow give you credibility?<\/p>\n<p>Think again!<\/p>\n<p>When employers receive cover letters and resumes from other employer\u2019s email addresses \u2013 in contrast to a personal account such as Yahoo or Gmail \u2013 the employer will have many questions about you, none of them good:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will this person use my company\u2019s resources for his\/her personal gain?<\/li>\n<li>Does this person care about how s\/he is perceived?<\/li>\n<li>Is this person even smart enough to know how to do something simple like set up a personal email account?<\/li>\n<li>Does this person think nothing of \u201csneaking around\u201d on company time?<\/li>\n<li>How loyal of an employee would this person be?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pretty simple.<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed earlier parts of this series, you can find them here, here, and here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/what-purchasing-magazines-demise-teaches-about-insolvent-suppliers\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cWhat Purchasing Magazine\u2019s Demise Teaches About Insolvent Suppliers\u201d (Edit)\">What Purchasing Magazine\u2019s Demise Teaches About Insolvent Suppliers<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/global-sourcing-ethics-goal-audit-better-than-the-national-labor-committee\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cGlobal Sourcing Ethics Goal:  Audit Better Than The National Labor Committee\u201d (Edit)\">Global Sourcing Ethics Goal: Audit Better Than The National Labor Committee<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/this-blog-has-moved\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cThis blog has moved\u201d (Edit)\">This blog has moved<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/whitepaper-wednesday-the-bottom-line-impact-of-sourcing-skills\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cWhitepaper Wednesday \u2013 The Bottom Line Impact of Sourcing Skills\u201d (Edit)\">Whitepaper Wednesday \u2013 The Bottom Line Impact of Sourcing Skills<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/increasing-the-scope-of-purchasing\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cIncreasing The Scope of Purchasing\u201d (Edit)\">Increasing The Scope of Purchasing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for another installment in this series of little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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