Will using non-gmail hurt my chance of getting hired?
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Sorry to bother you but, any recommendations for several year work gap on my resume ?
As others have commented, a gap in your resume shouldn't even be a part of the conversation since it's just an absence of anything that would be relevant to the hiring process. Doesn't mean you won't be asked though, unfortunately, and I have experience being the candidate with a long gap, so I can tell you how I handled this.
Sitting on the hiring side of the table, my only concern is that you weren't just twiddling your thumbs. If you had personal matters to take care of, unpaid projects to focus on, family to look after, that is all part of life and none of my business. When explaining my own employment gap, I was frank about how my previous appointment had taken its toll on my mental health, and that I wanted to reconnect with other aspects of my life before taking on another role. I didn't go into any specifics, but made sure to mention that part of this time was spent studying stuff that's relevant in my field and exploring emerging technologies.
No matter how long a gap, it's not something you should acknowledge or attempt to explain in your resume or cover letter, and it's not something you need to bring up yourself in the interview. My view is that it's bad etiquette to even ask, and you should try to adopt this mentality yourself so that you project confidence if you have to answer the question. You have nothing to hide or be ashamed of. Your life is more than your CV.
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As others have commented, a gap in your resume shouldn't even be a part of the conversation since it's just an absence of anything that would be relevant to the hiring process. Doesn't mean you won't be asked though, unfortunately, and I have experience being the candidate with a long gap, so I can tell you how I handled this.
Sitting on the hiring side of the table, my only concern is that you weren't just twiddling your thumbs. If you had personal matters to take care of, unpaid projects to focus on, family to look after, that is all part of life and none of my business. When explaining my own employment gap, I was frank about how my previous appointment had taken its toll on my mental health, and that I wanted to reconnect with other aspects of my life before taking on another role. I didn't go into any specifics, but made sure to mention that part of this time was spent studying stuff that's relevant in my field and exploring emerging technologies.
No matter how long a gap, it's not something you should acknowledge or attempt to explain in your resume or cover letter, and it's not something you need to bring up yourself in the interview. My view is that it's bad etiquette to even ask, and you should try to adopt this mentality yourself so that you project confidence if you have to answer the question. You have nothing to hide or be ashamed of. Your life is more than your CV.
Thanks to everyone who replied with advice. Appreciate it a lot.
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The roles I've hired for require formal presentation of work/studies with a certain level of attention to detail, and more internal politics than I care to admit.
So while its never the sole deciding factor in a resume I do put weight on spelling, formatting, and general professionalism. If your email is
[email protected], or[email protected]I'm not immediately binning it, but you are starting from a disadvantage.[email protected]is always gonna be just fine though.I'm changing my name to Stephanie right now, and buying harmlessdomain.com if it's available! Then I'll always be fine!
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I'm using Proton right now. Someone suggest I should get a Gmail instead for higher chance of success. Is that true? How risky is it for Google sanning those mails in terms of privacy?
It shouldn’t matter. When you get hired, they’ll give you a new email address to use.
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I'm using Proton right now. Someone suggest I should get a Gmail instead for higher chance of success. Is that true? How risky is it for Google sanning those mails in terms of privacy?
I use [email protected]
I bought my firstlast.tld several years ago. Figure it would look good. I then put a modified resume on my domain but when I started to think about being a security professional that didn't seem like a good idea. I now have my domain bring up the IP, browser, and few other pieces of info and show it to whoever goes to the site. It either that or blank. -
I'm using Proton right now. Someone suggest I should get a Gmail instead for higher chance of success. Is that true? How risky is it for Google sanning those mails in terms of privacy?
As many have said, it shouldn't matter.
Personally, I have been known to look at email addresses because I assess everything the resume gives me. No, I don't really care what provider you choose, but it's a tiny bit of information.
So if your email name is "BigBootyQT" then I have a glimpse of your personality and how you may or may not fit in the role. That's a real example BTW.
It also might bear light in other ways, say if you're applying for a job in cybersscurity but you're using a yahoo email. Yeah, that's a negative mark.Will any of this be THE reason I ditch somebody? No. But it weighs with the rest of it. I would not disqualify somebody for a typo for instance, but it is a negative because that should not have occurred (especially of the role requires attention to detail).
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I'm changing my name to Stephanie right now, and buying harmlessdomain.com if it's available! Then I'll always be fine!
You're hired!
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I'm changing my name to Stephanie right now, and buying harmlessdomain.com if it's available! Then I'll always be fine!
harmlessdomain.comis available - I expect to see it registered by tomorrow or I'm never trusting a stranger on the internet ever again! -
They complied with a swiss court order, what's surprising there?
Alternatives like Tuta would be subject to the jurisdiction of the Germany, and Germany's laws are not as good as Switzerland, as they are part of the 14 Eyes. You don't actually believe alternatives like Tuta would defy a court order, right?
(Pro tip: Maybe use a VPN to hide your IP. ProtonVPN is subject to different laws as Protonmail and if the activist have used the VPN, their IP would not have been leaked)
They should not record the IP in the first place. It looks like you are right about using a VPN on top of their email service according to this.
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They should not record the IP in the first place. It looks like you are right about using a VPN on top of their email service according to this.
Proton can be forced to log IP addresses via a Swiss Court order (at least for its Email service)
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by moving to a different employer, i guess.
did you mean by betraying coworkers? maybe some people like that idea. I'm strongly against it.
either way, i would avoid such a company.
Ah, no, bad wording. By switching company after a few years, you get a far larger increase in payment than if you stay. At least in IT.
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I'm using Proton right now. Someone suggest I should get a Gmail instead for higher chance of success. Is that true? How risky is it for Google sanning those mails in terms of privacy?
No, they don't care unless you been denied once, auto reject, they will reject if you apply again with the same email address
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I tried, and failed hard. When I bought my domain 10 years ago, I didn't put efforts in reseaching domain reputation and got a .xyz tld. Now my mail go straight into spam folder.
If you still care and your domain is still hitting spam filters, have you setup spf, dkim and dmarc for your domain?
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I'm using Proton right now. Someone suggest I should get a Gmail instead for higher chance of success. Is that true? How risky is it for Google sanning those mails in terms of privacy?
No, I actually purchased a domain and mapped it to my proton mail, every time I share my business email, I get compliments towards how professional I am.
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If you still care and your domain is still hitting spam filters, have you setup spf, dkim and dmarc for your domain?
I think I had every thing setup correctly. SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are all green in Proton. Still, mysteriously end up in spam folder when I test with friends.
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harmlessdomain.comis available - I expect to see it registered by tomorrow or I'm never trusting a stranger on the internet ever again!I'm a pretty untrustworthy stranger on the internet, it seems. The domain is still available, and I'm somewhat intrigued by it, though not enough to actually grab it.
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