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1. Regarding your voicemail message,
it speaks volumes about you and your attitude. Clean it up. Keep it professional, as in just your name ! Remove those 30 second sound bytes. People who call you to interview are working. They are busy. Unprofessional and lengthy greetings are really, really ANNOYING.

2. Here's a small dose of reality! When screening resumes, if I see a resume with an e-mail address like "hotsexymamma0788" or anything else that might be deemed inappropriate, I delete it immediately. No matter what school, grades or S.A.T. scores, you lack judgement. Now is a time to demonstrate professionalism and maturity.

3. You have an interview. Congratulations! The company contacted you via e-mail. That contact is now in your address book. Days after your interview that person pops up on-line. You'd like to ask them a question. STOP RIGHT THERE. IM'ing or texting a company without their permission is the same as walking univited into their office. The difference is, you are not YET an employee. Don't overstep BOUNDERIES . E-mails or telephone messages are fine. IM's and text messages are not. Refer to "The #1 Interview Tip" for more info. And another thing. For those of you that expect to be contacted by a company for an interview on Facebook, think again. Perahps you only "text", but e-mail is still an acceptable form of communication for the business world. Check your e-mails REGULARLY or life could be passing you by!

4. Asking for a business card from the interviewer at your meeting provides you with a postal and
e-mail address. Either form of communication is acceptable. Follow up the interview with a "thank you" note even if the job was NOT for you or you didn't get it. If you made a really good impression on the interviewer by sending an exceptionally well written note, you are more apt to be kept in mind for something down the road. Just remember, NO IM's or text-messages.