Hotmail address in resume-unprofessional?

[bigshotceo]

My primary email address is a hotmail.com address that is basically myname@hotmail.com. I was wondering; is this unprofessional to use on a resume? I know that, for example, chunkylover43@hotmail.com would be unprofessional, but do you think that ANY hotmail.com one looks bad?

[faken]

i think it's fine. I use my firstname_lastname@hotmail.com on my resume. Hotmail is well known! It's the same as gmail. I don't think it matters too much.. Just don't have a stupid e-mail address.

[MP3_SKY]

hotmail or any other public email is fine. Just avoid silly emaill address aka lazyboy12345@hotmail.com

LOL, I don't think they want to hire a lazy boy, haha

[jimb]

agreed. its fine as long as it includes your name.

[BornRuff]

I would stay away from hotmail. Hotmail has a lot of problems with sticking stuff in the junk mail folder that shouldn't be there. You don't want an important email about a job going into junk. Also, I do think it looks a little unprofessional.

Mainly though, every internet service provider includes a cupple email adresses with the service, so just set up one of those for buisness purposes.

[Firebot]

Hotmail.com address isn't that big of a deal, as long as the username itself sounds professional. I used hotmail.com for a long time before I got Sympatico, and used it again to land my current job after I moved and could no longer use my old sympatico address.

Use a non-web based e-mail like sympatico or rogers if you can though. You never know if you might meet a finicky recruiter.

[ZoomZoom2006]

dont you guys have an email address from the University? It's still working for at least 2 years after graduation.

[Evil Techie]

definitely stay away from hotmail

gmail has more of a professional user database so it is more acceptable in the business world

but if you are applying for McDonalds then hotmail would be fine

even ISP emails are better than hotmails

[onexeyed]

I switch between Hotmail and Gmail address. My hotmail address is quite silly but my Gmail is my name. Either way, I got interviews using Hotmail with some very large international companies and small local companies.

97% of the time, a company will contact you by telephone for an interview so I wouldn't make a huge deal about an e-mail address.

[dealtacular]

dont you guys have an email address from the University? It's still working for at least 2 years after graduation.

Every university is not like your university, and has a different policy regarding this. Also, not everyone goes to university.

I would stay away from hotmail. Hotmail has a lot of problems with sticking stuff in the junk mail folder that shouldn't be there. You don't want an important email about a job going into junk. Also, I do think it looks a little unprofessional.

Tons of people use Hotmail/Yahoo/Gmail. I really don't think the domain is analysed much. The username should be your name, and nothing like "lazyman" as pointed out in an earlier post.

I do agree about the junk mail thing, but you can avoid that issue by periodically scanning through it for real mail. Most of the time, it's not an issue.

97% of the time, a company will contact you by telephone for an interview so I wouldn't make a huge deal about an e-mail address.

Very true.

[Ziggy007]

Personally I find a gmail account appears more business like and clean than a hotmail domain.

No idea why, just a preception thing.

Might not be a bad idea to register fname.lname@gmail.com and use it specifically for your job hunt. That way you only have to log into gmail to see if you have any responses instead of navigating a crowded personal inbox.

[Evil Techie]

i even got myself my own domain name
and made a website for my profile and resume

my email is firstname@fullname.com

i was lucky that no one has my fullname domain

[MoreMiles]

Don't use any silly handle, like "cutepie@" Employers will think the person is not serious or smart enough to get a formal contact method.

[ji_hyun_jun]

I personally use my uni e-mail, colleges should come with their own e-mails too. If not, then you can use your ISP e-mail. Although in the end, I don't think it makes that big of a difference.

[blexann]

there is nothing unprofessional about FirstnameLastname@hotmail.com