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Article: 'Textspeak' sabotaging younger job seekers? omg....thanx!!!!!!!!(Career Connection)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 24, 2008
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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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