HeathensOnline.com

Like any good Heathen I am gainfully employed (while it’s true that we need fewer clothes than most, we require astonishing amounts of booze). And like most of you out there to become employed involved the creation and distribution of that time honored document: the resume.

It just so happens that the company I now work for is searching for a new employee and as such we’ve been receiving a fair number of resumes. I’ve seen more than a few such application in my career, but many of these that we’re getting are showing a new and troubling trend. Really stupid email addresses.

Normally I could care less what email address a person uses. If you want to express your individuality and have an email address of hairymonkey@whatever dot com then please, go nuts. But when submitting a job application you might want to try something a little more, shall we say, business-like. The specific email address that caused me to ruminate upon this subject shall alas not be revealed in this post as I don’t want to open the Heathens up to litigation (even though we have a very good attack lawyer) but I’ll give you a completely made up one that is eerily similar: keptdownbytheman@whatever dot com.

Seriously.

Now I’m not suggesting our friend here is not, in fact, kept down by the man. In fact I venture to say that the man has in all likelihood beat him down like Ike on Tina. But there’s a time and a place for such information. It almost reminds me of a friend of mine who happens to be Jewish (and looks the part) and asked a potential employee of his why she was looking to leave her current employer. The reply? “‘Cause they pay like Jews.” This really happened.

Really. Go to Gmail. It’s free. In fact if you’re that hard-up (and want to REALLY impress people) shoot me an email and I’ll set you up with a HeathensOnline.com address (note: may require cupcakes, booze, or other payment. Subject to approval. Limited time offer.)