Does your email address say you are old or ready to party?

Sometimes we can shoot ourselves in the foot right from the get go. 

Take your email address. Could it be keeping your from getting jobs? It could be if you are relaying information that you hadn't intended. 

See if you can spot what I am talking about in these examples: 

What does your email signature say about you?

Add an email signature!

I had a friend who applied for a job by sending an email to the hiring manager as specified in the job ad. She ended it with … drum roll, please …

Thank you for your consideration, Laura

Note that her closing contained no last name, no phone number, and no other useful contact information. Fortunately she had attached her resume so the hiring manager could find out more information about her, but Laura’s omission of an email signature speaks volumes about Laura.

It says she didn’t know how to add an email signature or that she hadn’t bother to include one, which says she is not professional … or careful … or technically proficient in her email program … or proactive so that the hiring manager can contact her easily right from her email rather from opening her resume.

How to add an email signature