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Emailing CVs and Job Applications

Emailing CVs to Recruiters

When emailing CVs to prospective employers and recruitment consultants, is there some kind of email etiquette involved? The answer is yes and following best practice helps recipients deal with emails more effectively and efficiently, so increasing the chance of a reply.

Use proper email addresses

Firstly, candidates should have a professional email address with their name in it. This not only helps recruiters identify who it is from but avoids any embarrassment with some very ‘suspect’ email addresses! Recruitment is a considered process and having a weird and wonderful email addresses can be off-putting and difficult to spell. Also, ‘suspect’ email addresses have a greater chance of being picked up by SPAM filters and so not reaching the intended audience.

Fully label email subject headings

Secondly, candidates should include their name and a clear subject matter in the email heading. This assists the recipient by understanding what the email is about and helps with email filtering. For instance, an email entitled ‘CV’ is clearly not going to get the same level of attention as an email with the persons name, a clear heading and if there is a specific job vacancy, include this too. It makes the recipients life more difficult as they could receive several emails with the same heading, so the only way they are going to know who it is from and what it is about is by opening the attachment.

Clearly label email attachments

Thirdly, attachments should include your name and be clearly labelled with a subject matter to make documents easier to find, understand what they are about and forward onto other people. An admin person or personal assistant has not got time to open up attachments before forwarding emails/attachments onto relevant people – make their lives easier!

Targeting emails to recipients

Fourthly, all emails should be addressed to someone specific, include an introduction about what the email contains and contact details so the recruiter can easily come back to candidates. End emails politely and give an indication that you would welcome contact to discuss the email in more detail. Emails that are pushy and make a poor impression will often be consigned to the delete bin.

Spend a few minutes extra getting it right!

In conclusion, we have given some basic but essential tips on email etiquette. Avoid a scenario where the email is likely to be deleted – make everything easy for recipients to receive, acknowledge and deal with at the other end. Be professional and do everything you can to make a positive impression.

Seeing emails from candidates, it is amazing how people lack professionalism in their emails, so spend a few extra minutes getting everything right and presenting the information in an easy and user-friendly way. Five minutes is hardly any time at all to make a good impression and improve chances of getting a response!

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