Job
offers and correspondence with employers can be swallowed up by spam
filters. They don't really cause you much grief, but can cost you an
opportunity, so don't use them.
If you are looking for
a job,
TURN
OFF YOUR SPAM FILTERS! Periodically, I’ll speak
to a candidate, send
them an email, and not hear from them. I often guess that
this means that
the candidate isn’t interested, and move on. A few weeks later, the
candidate
will call me and tell me that they just found my email in their spam
folder,
which they only check once or twice a month. A few weeks wait may cost
you a job
offer, so you need to turn off those spam filters, which don’t
differentiate
well between porn ads and legitimate contacts. You may have
to endure
some bootleg Viagra solicitations, stock tips for bogus companies and
make-a-million-dollars-quick propositions from the Deputy Minister of
the Treasury
of Nigeria, but that is a small price to pay.
