{"id":3014,"date":"2011-09-26T08:09:03","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T12:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/executivecareerbrand.com\/?p=3014"},"modified":"2025-07-08T05:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T09:34:37","slug":"when-job-search-email-goes-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/executivecareerbrand.com\/when-job-search-email-goes-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"When Job Search Email Goes Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Never assume that the email you\u2019ve sent has reached its destination or that it has been read by the person intended.<\/p>\n

Recently I opened an email with a scathing message from someone I didn\u2019t know. She bashed me for ignoring her previous email inquiring about my services. Problem is, I never received her first email.<\/p>\n

I immediately sent her an apologetic reply explaining that I hadn\u2019t received the first email . . . that this happens sometimes for no apparent reason . . . that I always respond to inquiries in a timely manner. I expected an apology from her in return. What I got was another angry email denying that this could have happened, and reiterating how unprofessional I was to not respond to the first email.<\/p>\n

She obviously didn\u2019t believe me.\u00a0Sometimes email never gets delivered to the addressee – it’s lost in space. Sometimes it lands in the addressees inbox, but spam filters grab it before the addressee ever sees or knows about it. Sometimes delivery stops dead, from one email message to the next with the same person. It’s happened to me quite a few times, when I’ve been\u00a0the sender and the receiver.<\/p>\n

Susan P. Joyce, Editor and Publisher of Job-Hunt.org, a top Internet employment portal, said in her article about email and spam filters:<\/p>\n

Spam filters are not perfect. So a “good” message, like one from you responding to a job lead, may not be received. That’s called a “false positive”, and it happens with more frequency than you think.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Usually, you don’t receive a message letting you know that your message was not delivered. So you never know what happened to your message. You just don’t get a response.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In her article, Susan goes on to outline some do’s and don’ts to avoid spam filter traps. She also went on to explain how you can use this unfortunate situation to your advantage:<\/p>\n

It is a legitimate reason to call an employer to check to see if they received your message. And, MAYBE, when you have them on the phone, you can –<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n