Posted by Andrew DeFaria on 01/31/06 16:55

veg_all@yahoo.com wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> A job offer with a gmail address? Not on your life!
> your response is ridiculous. more than half of my clients who
> represent mid sized businesses use a yahoo, hotmail or gmail account.
> im fact I often email them back from both a yahoo and personal
> business account in case their spam filters blocks one for some reason.
IOW can't afford a real email address and good spam filters or are too
technologically illiterate to figure out how to use them. Tsk.Tsk. And I
want to either get a tech job from them or work for them because.....?

I'm sorry but I agree with Jerry on this one. Having and using a
gmail/yahoo/whatever email address and using it for business purposes
says something about yourself. Much like if one worked for an upscale
Wall Street firm or law office and came into work in shorts and a tank
top as opposed to business casual or even strict suit and tie. And what
you are saying to me is that you don't know squat about the product you
are peddling. Sometimes this is good, like the clueless car owner that
barely gets his car to make it past the garage door - to a shrewd auto
mechanic this might be a good day! But mostly WRT head hunters and other
employers in the technology field it more often means that they merely
insult my intelligence and/or wallet with their offer, IOW a waste of my
time. There are many out there who do business right. I'd rather work
with/for them. YMMV.
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