Take spam control off your email

We all hate spam. However, if you are searching for a job, you want to put no blocks in the way of the hiring manager or the human resources people.

Here is a reply I received from a job candidate, after I responded to the first email. I highly recommend that you not do this. In this person's case, the resume was not a good match but I was sending some suggestions to help.

Subject:
Re: Re: job opening
From:
XXXXX@mindspring.com
Date:
Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:12:00 -0400 (EDT)
To:
resume@s-systems-inc.com

I apologize for this automatic reply to your email.

To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I have approved beforehand.

If you would like to be added to my list of approved senders, please fill out the short request form (see link below). Once I approve you, I will receive your original message in my inbox. You do not need to resend your message. I apologize for this one-time inconvenience.

Click the link below to fill out the request:

https://webmail.atl.earthlink.net/wam/addme?a=XXXXX@mindspring.com&id=1dO1DW7JT3Nl3qa0



If the HR person is trying to contact six equal candidates, you don't want to make the HR person do this extra step.

I've put together some other recommendations for job candidates. There is also a list of currently available job descriptions.