Does using Hotmail email address in resume disqualifies an applicant?

techie113

Is this true?

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brewboy

Uh oh, looks like I'm an "overweight woman aged 18 - 49." Learn something new every day here on TechExams
Time to update the ol' email address I guess

ramrunner800

volfkhat wrote: »

Wow... i think you just PROVED the OP's point.
Brands are "synonymous" with whatever you want to believe.

Nothing more, Nothing less.

I'm not sure I know what you mean, as OP asked a question, there was no point to prove. As far as brands simply being synonymous with whatever a person wants to believe, I couldn't disagree more, but you're entitled to your opinion.

I thought this link in the Gizmodo quote was quite topical.

NetworkNewb

Meh, I used yahoo for a long time and I get my email right away... I guess I'll stick with my inferior technology for now. Does gmail users get some special prize or something I'm missing out on? I'd sign for a gmail account to find out, but being a yahoo domain owner I probably wouldn't be tech savy enough to figure it out

beads

If you've been reading the responses going along you would see the same arch and stereotypes are still readily being perpetrated, only now with big data backing up those same arch and stereotypes!

Sometimes we come to a conclusion or "answer" and never want see any other plausibility that doesn't ring true with our own judgments. Like I said before my parents use a yahoo account. Doesn't mean everyone who uses a yahoo account is as tech savvy as my farmer parents.

- b/eads

networker050184

NetworkNewb wrote: »

Meh, I used yahoo for a long time and I get my email right away... I guess I'll stick with my inferior technology for now. Does gmail users get some special prize or something I'm missing out on? I'd sign for a gmail account to find out, but being a yahoo domain owner I probably wouldn't be tech savy enough to figure it out

It's not about reality. It's about perception. Sure you have everything you need on Yahoo, but that's not really the point here.

NetworkNewb

Forgot to put this at the bottom of my last post...my bad

disclaimer: Just joking around at the people talking down about Yahoo.

Chinook

This likely came about because of this comment on Linkedin in 2015. A CEO of some tech company claimed he refused to hire people with Hotmail addresses. The author claimed that people who used Hotmail were likely technologically inferior. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dont-hire-hotmail-users-other-tips-save-your-company-culture-kogan

As for the CEO who claims using a Hotmail account demonstrates someone who isn't so tech savvy, if you're reading this I'd like to make you an offer. I still have a Hotmail address. I got in the 90's when I started my computer career. I'll make the CEO a deal. I'd be happy to demonstrate my pen-testing/hacker Hotmail using skill set against his network & product. I'm sure I could round up some other grey hairs who would help me.

Using Hotmail doesn't demonstrate technical inferiority. It demonstrates you've probably been online for a long time. Now..using AOL ...well....

PS. Perhaps my memory is failing in my old age, but if I recall MS bought Hotmail from some guy named Smith. He worked with a partner who worked at Apple computer. They sold Hotmail to MS in the late 90's. So, Hotmail was technically a startup in the world of Web 1.0 back in the day when we used Chathouse, ICQ and other "non tech" things like Powwow (if you remember that I'm impressed).

Oh, PPS on Hotmail. After MS purchased it it was still hosted on Linux for some time. The rumour was MS server software at the time was "inadequate" to host something of that size.

Danielm7

I have a yahoo account, I send some spam to it, had the same one since 1998. I have a google apps for domains account, firstname@lastname, I use it for personal communication and job seeking only for recruiters I actually trust. The rest of them go to yahoo or another gmail address.

TechGuru80

fmitawaps wrote: »

There is absolutely nothing wrong with using Hotmail as your email. I have had Hotmail accounts since the late 90s and there is no good reason to change. An aol, yahoo, verizon, comcast, or gmail account cannot do anything that a Hotmail account cannot.

Don't use an email like 12inchsuperstudscreamingladies@hotmail.com, make it something like responsiblematurecareermindedworker@hotmail.com .

Besides, aside from aol, Hotmail is one of the oldest email services in internet history, so using Hotmail could say something to the effect of having been a long time computer person who still has a bit of nostalgia for the early days of the world wide web.

Haha keywords in an email address...such a great idea.

brewboy

Just don't plop your flip phone on the table during your interview. Should be fine

chmod

Is not like it disqualifies the candidate right away but it surely make him look unprofessional to me. I have heard the same from other colleagues.

FloOz

no, but @aol.com will

BradleyHU

smh...this is one of THEE dumbest thing i've heard in my life. Using a hotmail addy doesn't matter, it all goes thru outlook.com anyway. It got changed over to outlook about 4 years ago.

if you're worried about someone's email addy domain, and not their skills & personality, then I think you don't need to be in a position to hire someone.

si20

josephandre wrote: »

a Hotmail email address will have zero bearing on your career. anyone who tells you otherwise is ridiculous.

if I saw you using bing instead of google once on the job though, you'd have to go.

I use Bing. I use ANYTHING that doesn't feed the google machine. I don't like the invasive nature of Google and am in the (long) process of moving everything away from Gmail and to my hotmail / OneDrive. I am considering getting an @outlook email but I like having hotmail for the nostalgia.

Personally, if I saw someone using Google, i'd worry that they don't consider privacy as much as someone who uses DuckDuckGo for example.

sj4088

chmod wrote: »

Is not like it disqualifies the candidate right away but it surely make him look unprofessional to me. I have heard the same from other colleagues.

This has to be one of the silliest thing I've ever heard. Choose of email vendor has nothing to with professionalism assuming it isn't from something like sex.com

Ugly-051

techie113 wrote: »

Is this true?

Some recruiters do and some don’t more don’t care than do. But it does look more professional with a custom domain name, for example if you’re going for a technical role then setting up your own e-mail with custom domain name speaks for itself too.