I have a few job openings for our company, so I’ve been receiving a ton of resumes. Some good, some NOT so good and then the one I received today, indescribable. The particular job opportunity was for a Social Media / Internet Marketing assistant, so of course, I’m looking for someone who has a strong background in social media and Internet marketing. I open the email only to find a list of web sites that this individual has designed. I also noticed that this particular person sent the same email / resume to about 50,000 other folks in the CC line of the email. I’m instantly NOT impressed. Something kept me on the email though, rather than hitting delete, my curiosity got the best of me and I had to click some of the web site samples. My friends, the web site I saw today sent shivers down my spine. Mind you, I look at about a billion sites a day, so it truly takes a lot to make it on my radar. This particular web site landed smack dab on my web sites that suck radar as soon as the bubbles on the web site started making bubbly noises. It got worse. Next to the bubbling bubbles trickling up the page there was a message about being professional. The message indicated that this particular person (company) was a true professional. But wait, there’s more….. At the bottom of the page, big words: FREE WEB SITE TEMPLATES by StarFish or MoonFish, or something similar.
There was absolutely nothing professional about this email, job resume, the web sites that were sent as samples, etc. Bubbles and sound effects will always FAIL the professional web site design test . If you are telling the world that you are a professional anything, please make certain that your web site emulates that claim, and for the love of God, please, NO bubbles.
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