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typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:24 pm
by Anonymous User
A potential employer had a small typo in the subject line of an email to me - should I fix it in the subject line of my "RE: X" reply?
I dont want to send them a letter with the subject line all typoed, but I dont want them to think Im smug for knowing how to spell. Think maybe they wont even notice they spelled it wrong in the original subject?
Is this just not important at all?
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:25 pm
by Aqualibrium
not important...
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:25 pm
by tww909
given some of the posts on this board i wonder how that guy got a jerb in the first place.
please don't fix it. nobody will hold their own error against you, but they might hold you fixing it against you.
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:26 pm
by rayiner
Anonymous User wrote:A potential employer had a small typo in the subject line of an email to me - should I fix it in the subject line of my "RE: X" reply?
I dont want to send them a letter with the subject line all typoed, but I dont want them to think Im smug for knowing how to spell. Think maybe they wont even notice they spelled it wrong in the original subject?
Is this just not important at all?
People are pretty conditioned to the idea that Re: XXX means that XXX was the title of the mail they sent.
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:21 pm
by quakeroats
rayiner wrote:Anonymous User wrote:A potential employer had a small typo in the subject line of an email to me - should I fix it in the subject line of my "RE: X" reply?
I dont want to send them a letter with the subject line all typoed, but I dont want them to think Im smug for knowing how to spell. Think maybe they wont even notice they spelled it wrong in the original subject?
Is this just not important at all?
People are pretty conditioned to the idea that Re: XXX means that XXX was the title of the mail they sent.
Re: XXX [sic]
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:38 pm
by buddyblack
quakeroats wrote:
Re: XXX [sic]
Absolutely correct.
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:45 pm
by schooner
Change the Subject line entirely.
Instead put something like "following up on your email / Firstname Lastname's application" (use a helpful subject line, but make it entirely different). I wouldn't worry about correcting it in the part of your reply email that quotes him, but you can if you want.
I do this a lot at work when I receive subject lines that would embarrass the recipient if returned back to him. It's a nice way to keep the wheels greased.
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:51 pm
by 23402385985
Tell them how shiTTTTy their spelling was.
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:58 pm
by K.R.I.T.
You're an assclown for posting this question. Assclown.
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:09 am
by tomwelling
Obviously, you should correct it and just put a note in the body of the e-mail that states you corrected it. Nothing fancy, just a short statement.
They'll be impressed by your attention to detail.
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:16 am
by schooner
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Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:25 am
by thecilent
I think the real question to ask here is: is this really the type of firm you want to be working at? Auto-ding if you ask me
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:25 am
by thecilent
schooner wrote:tomwelling wrote:Obviously, you should correct it and just put a note in the body of the e-mail that states you corrected it. Nothing fancy, just a short statement.
They'll be impressed by your attention to detail.
Yeah, his attention to detail in a way that makes the employer feel dumb and distracts from the other parts of his reply email. The goal isn't to demonstrate your spelling ability. It's to show your interpersonal skills and problem solving (how do I correct this bad typo without risking making the employer feel stupid).
If the OP changes the subject line or simply corrects the typo, without pointing it out, the employer will see the OP's attention to detail and appreciate the tact with which he handled it.
QF woooosh
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:32 am
by schooner
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Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:37 am
by Aston2412
thecilent wrote:I think the real question to ask here is: is this really the type of firm you want to be working at? Auto-ding if you ask me
If they want to give me a $160k a year and the only thing I give up in exchange is a lack of proofreading on their part? I hope you meant auto-admit.
Re: typo in subject line of employer's email TO ME
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:43 am
by schooner
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:01 am
by Aston2412
schooner wrote:Aston2412 wrote:thecilent wrote:I think the real question to ask here is: is this really the type of firm you want to be working at? Auto-ding if you ask me
If they want to give me a $160k a year and the only thing I give up in exchange is a lack of proofreading on their part? I hope you meant auto-admit.
thecilent and I were both kidding - making fun of the way employers auto-ding job applicants (who are potentially awesome workers) for stupid inconsequential things, like a typo in your resume. (You should never have a typo in your resume, though. That is an unforced error.)
I swear, spending too much time on TLS has made me interpret regular ole' sarcasm as stupidity.
Sorry!