Kinda reminded by John Oxton’s rant on lack of email manner, I’ve been noticing a steady increase in the number of people who apply for Jobs at Mirashade without care or consideration for a greeting of any kind.

In fact, it get’s even worse… today I’ve had a number of applications without an email message at all, the applicant simply attaches their CV and presumes that this is sufficient. Well, do they really think that I can be arsed to read their CV when they provide me with no introduction, no synopsis, not even a “Hi, find my CV attached, cheers.”

With this in mind I hereby present my top five do’s and don’ts for email composition when applying for a job.

Do:

1. start your email with a suitable greeting
2. introduce yourself in a single paragraph
3. give your email some context
4. send the email from a personal email account
5. spell check and proof read before you hit ‘send’

Don’t:

1. use a generic email to apply for jobs
2. attach a CV which is in an unusual file format
3. be too kooky or weird
4. send the email from your workplace address (You’ll look like a slacker)
5. make spelling mistakes

So, do you have any tips of your own? It’s hot and muggy in the office so I’m gonna take my socks off now and get back to not responding to all these rude job applications.