would it be professional if i made a gmail account using my firstname.lastname(x)

[jewville]

trying to make an account on gmail is so hard cause all the usernames are taken..
i was wondering if this would be appropriate

aaron.steinbergx@gmail.com

adding the x after my last name

what do you guys think?

[jewville]

it would either have to be


aaron.steinbergx@gmail.com

or

aaron.steinberg6@gmail.com

having a number in your email just blows

[Piro21]

Just drop the period from in between the words. See if that's taken.

[jewville]

with gmail, periods dont matter.. if

aaron.steinberg@gmail is taken, then so is

aaronsteinberg
a.aronsteinberg
aaronsteinber.g

etc etc

[stuntman]

Just drop the period from in between the words. See if that's taken.

+1


with gmail, periods dont matter.. if

aaron.steinberg@gmail is taken, then so is

aaronsteinberg
a.aronsteinberg
aaronsteinber.g

etc etc

-1 for not trying. Do you just lie on the couch saying....oh there is no use....I bet you don't

[sedated_xtc]

trying to make an account on gmail is so hard cause all the usernames are taken..
i was wondering if this would be appropriate

aaron.steinbergx@gmail.com

adding the x after my last name

what do you guys think?

Have you tried the .ca option? Also, did you graduate from a university that offers free alumni email accounts? For stuff like that, I tend to use my alumni email so it's XXXXXX.XXXXXX@alumni.utoronto.ca.

[MrKap]

Doesn't really matter, it's a gmail address, making it unprofessional.

Usually professions have a brand attached to them. For example, let's say a bank manager from CIBC contacted me via email through frank@gmail.com.

I might not take as seriously as frank@cibc.com

Same goes for frank@hotmail.com

or frank@yahoo.com

ect...


If it helps though, I recently tried to grab an extra gmail just to get access to a free trial service, and used something insane like frank25341753176@gmail.com and it was actually taken.

I think they opened up a gmail.ca recently



In any event, the term that might describe frank.watson@gmail.com is personal, rather than professional. You can use professional email domains with gmail though, it takes a little bit. People will still know you are sending from gmail though if they look hard enough.

Could you imagine a police detective emailing you from gmail.ca? Or a car dealer? What about a nigerian consulate?

[jewville]

+1


-1 for not trying. Do you just lie on the couch saying....oh there is no use....i bet you don't


hahhahahahh loll olllo lol

[jewville]

Also, did you graduate from a university that offers free alumni email accounts? For stuff like that, I tend to use my alumni email so it's XXXXXX.XXXXXX@alumni.utoronto.ca.

yea but i dont want to use my university email address, mostly cause i dont want the university name on my email and second because of the interface

[neutral]

Another gmail thread lol.

[jewville]

Doesn't really matter, it's a gmail address, making it unprofessional.

Usually professions have a brand attached to them. For example, let's say a bank manager from CIBC contacted me via email through frank@gmail.com.

I might not take as seriously as frank@cibc.com

Same goes for frank@hotmail.com

or frank@yahoo.com

ect...


If it helps though, I recently tried to grab an extra gmail just to get access to a free trial service, and used something insane like frank25341753176@gmail.com and it was actually taken.

I think they opened up a gmail.ca recently



In any event, the term that might describe frank.watson@gmail.com is personal, rather than professional. You can use professional email domains with gmail though, it takes a little bit. People will still know you are sending from gmail though if they look hard enough.

Could you imagine a police detective emailing you from gmail.ca? Or a car dealer? What about a nigerian consulate?

+1.. i guess im not looking for professional but rather personal.. i already have a professional one.

i just need a personal one cause im getting way too much spam on the one im using rite now.

i just want to knw what would be better
aaron.steinberg6 or aaron.steinbergx

[jewville]

would ppl be like, wtf, aaron.steinbergx@gmail.com ?

[neutral]

A Muslim Jew? Yeah probably.

[Anonymouse]

Do you have a professional association you can get an email address from? I use first.last@ieee.org, which is a respected electrical engineering society.

Some people append the year of their birth to their email address, which you may or may not be comfortable with.

[jewville]

Do you have a professional association you can get an email address from? I use first.last@ieee.org, which is a respected electrical engineering society.

Some people append the year of their birth to their email address, which you may or may not be comfortable with.

why is it so hard for ppl to read english?

all i asked,
whats better

aaron.steinbergx@gmail.com
or
aaron.steinberg6@gmail.com

[MrKap]

What about aaron.steinberg@gmail.ca?

You have a problem with Canada?

The 6 is better, typically when people use x's as a replacement I take offense to it for some reason. Like thx. It's snide.

The x after your name could mean any number of things but usually it's a negative association.

The 6 is a little more sporty.

[jewville]

What about aaron.steinberg@gmail.ca?

You have a problem with Canada?

The 6 is better, typically when people use x's as a replacement I take offense to it for some reason. Like thx. It's snide.

The x after your name could mean any number of things but usually it's a negative association.

The 6 is a little more sporty.

there is no gmail.ca

i was just adding the x, not replacing it for something

but cool, i'll use aaron.steinberg6

[Typhoonz]

The one with the number.

[jewville]

The one with the number.

the only thing is having a number sounds so bad, growing up i hated it when ppl had numbers in there email and now im one of those guys that has a number

aaron.steinberg6@gmail.com

i'm kinda feelin

aaron.steinbergx@gmail.com

[Brandon]

......or you can buy a domain with your name or a variation of it if it's not available (initial.lastname, firstname.initial, or a .ca or .net domain, etc). Then host your email for free at google apps (http://www.google.com/a/).

This would cost you about $10/year for the domain.

[pupazzo]

You can add your year of birth after the name.

[jewville]

Removed

nope, you might have registered it cause you clearly got too much time on your hands

[Brandon]

......or you can buy a domain with your name or a variation of it if it's not available (initial.lastname, firstname.initial, or a .ca or .net domain, etc). Then host your email for free at google apps (http://www.google.com/a/).

This would cost you about $10/year for the domain.

http://www.namespro.ca/

aaronsteinberg.ca is available....
You could have me@aaronsteinberg.ca

[MrKap]

Again, that is more like personal, rather than professional.


Why not just get a @me.com email?

https://auth.me.com/authenticate?service=mail&ssoNamespace=appleid&formID=loginForm&returnURL=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWUuY29tL21haWwv&anchor=undefined

They probably use google apps... Actually it looks like it's an Apple product.

So I guess that's not a possibility since gmail rocks

[iEyeCaptain]

try putting your middle initial in the middle?

aaron.t.steinberg@gmail.com

[setell]

try putting your middle initial in the middle?

aaron.t.steinberg@gmail.com

+1 Was going to suggest that. My brother had to do it as his name is too common. For once I am happy about my weird ***** name. :cheesygri Can't speak about others but I claimed my name in all the free emails for the in case situation. Who knows if there is another person with your name out there!

[yao416]

Try aaron.steinberg1314520@gmail.com

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[Mulder and Scully]

As someone who received a lot of resumes, interviewed and did hiring, unless your email address is a name/word/phrase that's really socially unacceptable, no one cares. I might take notice for 2-3 seconds if you have a weird email address, but after that it's just another name/word I use to contact you and I think nothing more of it. [firstname].[lastname]@ makes no difference versus [firstname]3987234@ or anything else. It's been known for a long time now that trying to get your real [firstname].[lastname]@ for any email is very, very difficult considering all the billions of email addresses out there. Some of us who've worked at large companies can't even get that for our work emails.

[YippoHippo]

why is it so hard for ppl to read english?

all i asked,
whats better

aaron.steinbergx@gmail.com
or
aaron.steinberg6@gmail.com

You can't make your own decisions?

[Winkle]

As someone who received a lot of resumes, interviewed and did hiring, unless your email address is a name/word/phrase that's really socially unacceptable, no one cares. I might take notice for 2-3 seconds if you have a weird email address, but after that it's just another name/word I use to contact you and I think nothing more of it. [firstname].[lastname]@ makes no difference versus [firstname]3987234@ or anything else. It's been known for a long time now that trying to get your real [firstname].[lastname]@ for any email is very, very difficult considering all the billions of email addresses out there. Some of us who've worked at large companies can't even get that for our work emails.

Yup, I used a gmail address for job applications, didn't have any issues. I did create a new specifically with my full name in it. I don't think it's any "less professional" if you're unemployed anyway, as long as you don't use some sort of weird web handle or having something inappropriate in the address.

OP, I had the same issues as you and ended up throwing in my middle initials between my first and last name in full to make it work.

[Thai]

Gmail's not bad at all as far as professionalism goes. Just don't use Hotmail or Yahoo, etc. I have all my domain addys funneled to my Gmail. Use it as a catchall. Love it.