Article: 'Textspeak' sabotaging younger job seekers? omg....thanx!!!!!!!!(Career Connection)

By Sarah E. Needleman

The Wall Street Journal

After interviewing a college student in June, Tory Johnson thought she had found the qualified and enthusiastic intern she craved for her small recruiting firm.

Then she received the candidate's thank-you note, laced with words like "hiya" and "thanx," along with three exclamation points and a smiley-face emoticon.

"That e-mail just ruined it for me," said Johnson, president of New York-based Women For Hire Inc. "This looks like a text message."

Hiring managers like Johnson say an increasing number of job hunters are just too casual when it comes to communicating about career opportunities in cyberspace and ...

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