if you’re job-searching, check your spam folder by Alison Green on May 28, 2007 If you’re conducting a job search, be vigilant about checking your spam folder or bulk email folder if your mail program has one, because there might be a job-related email sitting in there. At my organization, we’ve discovered that our emails sometimes get mistakenly routed to applicants’ spam folders and so some people don’t even see them. This is a particular problem when we’re emailing job applicants back to ask them to supply further documentation (such as a writing sample); when I’m particularly interested in a candidate, I’ll sometimes have our hiring assistant follow up with a phone call if I don’t hear back for a while, and often she discovers when she calls that the email is indeed sitting in a spam folder, unseen. But most companies won’t bother to do this; I do it because I hate the thought of missing out on someone good, but most places aren’t as anal retentive as I am. You may also like:how long should I wait for a job candidate to respond when I'm scheduling interviews?I branched out at work and was criticized for it, boss wants me to follow up on everything with emails, and moredrunk boss got angry I couldn't drive him, emailing thank-you's for routine office stuff, and more { Comments Off on if you’re job-searching, check your spam folder }