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Stupid E-Mail Tricks
Ensure that there is a separate e-mail account set up (preferably
HTML-based) for your job hunt - Hotmail is a good choice;
integrates well with Outlook Express, so you can set up separate
profiles yet still check your e-mail from work. You simply install
Microsoft Messenger at work with your Hotmail e-mail info, and it
will tell you if a recruiter e-mails you about an opportunity. Make
sure you do not enable the setting that automatically logs you in
with your password unless you are at home. Yahoo and Netscape are also good choices.
Never use your real name as part of the e-mail handle. Keep it
clean, but untraceable - i.e. Jane Smith becomes
tech0050@something.com. Recruiters and employers can e-mail you back
about your status on a job - and instead of BCC'ing (blind carbon
copying) you and your competitors, they can put all of you in the TO
line. Then you know who your competition is... but they also can
recognize you. What if they're working at the same company as you,
and they tip off your boss? You don't want to run the risk. (Taken
from a true recent incident.)
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