Personal or University Email while Networking?
Pretty straightforward - should I use my .edu email account for networking emails (alumni, cold, everything) or just stick to my gmail? I know the benefit of using an .edu account includes the receiving end might see that .edu domain and hopefully (if they're alum) that'll hook them, but are there any downsides to using your university email? Besides the fact that all your emails are one big muddled mess, for those of us who like to compartmentalize. I prefer using my gmail, but it's so overridden with junk and spam that it's just about as neat as using my school ID, which is also overridden with junk & spam (except from real people). Regardless, it's still separate from using an email specifically for on-campus business. Any advice is welcome...
I think you're overthinking. Just use whatever email you frequently use on a daily basis. Don't switch over to .edu just because you think alumni will look at it and think of you highly. If your school is on your resume, they will already take note of that.
If your subject is something like "Harvard student question" or "Princeton junior inquiry", it doesn't matter. I used Gmail because I did not want to lose access to my email and am pretty OCD with archiving old emails.
I don't it really matters, but emails sent from a Gmail address have a higher chance of being flagged as junk / spam.
Use your school email. It only increases the odds of engagement, and there are no meaningful downsides
College E-mail Address Domain or Gmail? (Originally Posted: 06/29/2017)
Hey all,
I am a finance professional with ~5-6 years of experience - previously did IB and now on the buyside. Since graduation, I have been using a college affiliated domain for sending personal e-mails (e.g., xyzschool.edu), but wanted to know your thoughts on whether it begins to look unprofessional or somewhat childish as you move through the years.
I am a little weary of creating a new e-mail address just to appear more in line with what others have, but wanted to get some opinions on this. I am beginning to reconnect with headhunters, which prompted this thought. Thanks.
I've always found @gmail to be the safest bet – however, if you're on a upenn/harvard/target network, that might weight it out. Seems more like personal preference to me.
If someone is going to give you heat over what email domain you're using (within reason..), I think that's childish.
Thanks, appreciate the response.
Great username
Gmail/Hotmail vs. Uni mail (Originally Posted: 09/11/2012)
Hi all,
First of all I would like to thank you for all the articles and forum postings, as they helped me a lot so far in terms of internship acceptances. Usually I am searching the forum but I couldn't find a specific answer to the following questions:
1) What looks better (more professional) on a resume: name@gmail/hotmail.com or [email protected] ? (yes I am attendending a Dutch Uni :) )
2) At the moment I have [email protected]. Is it better to change it to [email protected]? (or is there even a better combination?)
Furthermore, my uni is a non-target school.
I know that this is a somewhat subjective question and that better is a broad and relative term, but I really hope you can help me out with some tips.
Thanks in advance!
You are overthinking this. Try to avoid hotmail though.
Change it to something interesting, like [email protected].
Make a gmail "first [email protected]
what happens when you leave uni?
I made a hotmail, so I can make the joke Xxxxx.yyyyyy@ hotmail .com, spelled M A I L. not many get it but if you do, 100% interview.
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Any of those will last you for life in any situation. Do not use Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL or anything else. Gmail or Outlook only. I would advise against university emails (unless you are networking with alumni) as they will become defunct when you leave.
this.
agree NO hotmail, yahoo or AOL or any other domain.
1) university - if yours doesnt expire when you grad (mine didnt) 2) Gmail - with a first last combo (avoid throwing numbers in there)
^^this^^
If you have an @bangbros.com, that is ok too
hahahahaha.......+1
Gmail or Uni, i dont think it matters. It matters more on the content of your email and what you're requesting imo.
Hahahahaa, the bangbros comment made my day :) Of course an email account doesn't land you an interview, but I was just optimizing my resume and I stumbled upon that. Thanks for your replies, they answered my question.
gmail vs. college webmail for networking after graduation (Originally Posted: 12/28/2011)
Would it be useful to retain the .edu address for reaching out to alumni or should I create a gmail account for email/networking after graduation? I've been using my school email address to do almost everything for almost four years...
Gmail and have your old school email forwarded to your gmail account. Your email should say where you went to school possibly the subject line as well.
Gmail for sure, unless you have a screen name that is unsavory. Make sure it is professionally appropriate and easy to remember EX: [email protected] or [email protected]
Do Bankers' emails automatically filter out ".edu" email addresses as spam? (Originally Posted: 06/07/2016)
Title says it all, I heard from a classmate that many bankers autofilter ".edu" emails and I'd be better off using a gmail account. I am currently interning for a commercial bank that gave me an email, but I might not be able to take time off it to get coffee with an IB hiring manager, and I'm worried the email address will get disabled after the internship ends.
What type of email do you think I should use?
Sounds like your classmate's trying to punk you. That's ridiculous - the vast majority of students will use their school e-mails during recruiting.
Regarding your company e-mail: 1) Please do not recruit for other jobs using your current firm's email. They can see that stuff and 2) It will definitely be disabled once you leave.
I appreciate it, as you can tell I'm new to the corporate world.
No.
hahahahah, I dated an investment banker one year ago. Whenever I asked for his help, he told me to use my university email instead of gmail......
Your classmate is either giving you shit or completely talking out of his ass (more likely). In general, don't listen to your fellow undergrads about shit like that.
Yeah dunno why .edu addresses would be filtered out.
If u have a .com email u will get ignored
Hotmail.com
Never again will you be ignored.
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