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E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:32 pm
by prelaw10
This is a silly question, I know, but I had to ask.
My undergrad e-mail will expire soon. What is an appropriate e-mail address on resumes (for law school and jobs)? Myname@gmail is taken. Is it ok to have myname followed by a number? Any other suggested formats?
My school also offers
myname@schoolnamealumni.com (something like that). Should I stick with my school alumni e-mail?
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:34 pm
by Bildungsroman
Try messing around with initials to get your name in gmail. name####@gmail looks like something a middle schooler would choose.
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:36 pm
by cardinalandgold
Your name with a number should be fine. If you are worried, just go ahead and use your alumni email address. The main thing to remember is to keep your email professional. So long as your email isn't
hoez4life@gmail.com or something equally horrifying, you will be fine.
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:38 pm
by de5igual
it'll look better though if you could avoid numbers. if
yourname@gmail.com is taken, try
your.name@gmail.com,
yname@gmail.com,
yn@gmail.com,
y.name@gmail.com, etc. maybe try adding a middle initial
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:39 pm
by Tautology
Your only choice is to legally change your name to something gmail still has.
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:52 pm
by kalvano
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:07 pm
by prelaw10
Thanks for your responses!
your.name@gmail.com,
yname@gmail.com,
y.name@gmail.com -- all are taken.
However, your.name0, your.name2, your.name5, your.name10, your.name88 are available. Which one looks the least annoying? (i'm going to guess 88 looks the most annoying).
I wonder if anyone claims other people's potential Gmail addresses just to be mean.
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:09 pm
by jayn3
i want that email address.
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:09 pm
by Tautology
The 0 looks least annoying to me, but did you try throwing your middle initial in there at all? That would be even less annoying.
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:05 pm
by kalvano
Try your middle initial.
I had to do it
YourMName@gmail.com because some other asshat had the nerve to have my name.
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:07 pm
by paratactical
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Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:10 pm
by tadams86
paratactical wrote:prelaw10 wrote:Thanks for your responses!
your.name@gmail.com,
yname@gmail.com,
y.name@gmail.com -- all are taken.
However, your.name0, your.name2, your.name5, your.name10, your.name88 are available. Which one looks the least annoying? (i'm going to guess 88 looks the most annoying).
I wonder if anyone claims other people's potential Gmail addresses just to be mean.
Just don't be the idiot who chooses 420 or 69 or some such thing.
You mean they dont like that i have 69 at the end of my email? SHIT!
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:15 pm
by paratactical
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Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:20 pm
by tadams86
Ah yes it was the @hotmail.com thing, got ya. Well luckily my email is
IHAVEAHUGER69@gmail.com
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:20 pm
by holydonkey
kalvano wrote:Try your middle initial.
I had to do it
YourMName@gmail.com because some other asshat had the nerve to have my name.
+1 I did the same thing. Good advice!
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:23 pm
by Holly Golightly
paratactical wrote:
You'd be amazed. I was trying to hire someone to help with a huge case and I got a resume with an email address that was
terriblerockband69@hotmail.com. I couldn't believe it.
Oh yeah, I had a great time reviewing resumes/interviewing people to replace me last fall.
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:24 pm
by paratactical
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Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:25 pm
by kalvano
Should be immediate disqualification for still living back in 1998. Hotmail? Really?
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:25 pm
by paratactical
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Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:31 pm
by kalvano
paratactical wrote:kalvano wrote:
Should be immediate disqualification for still living back in 1998. Hotmail? Really?
When we agree, it must be really really bad.

Let's go log on to a BBS and bitch about it.
Hang on, though, I need to replace the trackball in my mouse and the cord for serial input keeps getting in the way.
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:50 pm
by happy187
should I go with
first.last.jr@gmail
or
firstlast.jr@gmail
as all combo's of first and last name were taken, and i am an unofficial JR (father and I have same first middle and last name, but no JR on birth certificate) these both seemed safe to me.
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:05 pm
by holydonkey
you could also add esq at the end of your name if firstlast is taken.
holydonkeyesq@geocities.com
Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:25 pm
by Miniver
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:50 pm
by 094320
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Re: E-mail address?
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:57 pm
by UrbanAchievers
Nightrunner wrote:Be careful with "88."
This should be emphasized.