Oops? (re: letter of application)

Adam_151 · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:26

Just sent a letter of application via email (the careers page on the website gives you a HR email address rather than postal address to send applications to)

Just realised that I haven't included my postal or telephone contact details

, have I screwed up, I'm not sure whether they would want to use a different contact method than email for replying to it?

What should I do?

Stretch · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:27

I'd say that's a pretty big screw up. The only thing you could do is post it all again with the contact details on this time.

ALLI · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:35

Not all bad. You sent it via email? If they were interested and wanted you badly (ooh sir) then they *could* email you.

Majago · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:39

That's not as bad as my housemate.

He borrowed someone else's CV to use as a template and changed all the details to fit himself, except he forgot to change the name at the top!!

Adam_151 · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:39

Done,

P.S. Please disregard my earlier E-mail, I accidentally pressed the send button before I had completed typing it, with the result it got sent without my contact details on.

Slime101 · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:55

Adam_151 said:
Done,

Thing is though, you've now made youself look like a muppet, someone who cannot even complete a simple task like typing an email without messing it up. You can basically forget about that job now...its a lost cause!

Tesla · 13 Mar 2006 at 17:09

Slime101 said:
Thing is though, you've now made youself look like a muppet, someone who cannot even complete a simple task like typing an email without messing it up. You can basically forget about that job now...its a lost cause!

I agree, either way you couldn't win I don't think.

I wouldn't employ someone for my business if they couldnt fill out an email form correctly.

Adam_151 · 13 Mar 2006 at 17:52

Tesla said:
I wouldn't employ someone for my business if they couldnt fill out an email form correctly.

It wasn't a form, it was just a sentence giving the (email) address to send letters to:

If you are interested in current job vacancies, please email your CV and letter of application to hr-recruitment@{company}.co.uk

.SJ · 13 Mar 2006 at 18:08

Slime101 · 13 Mar 2006 at 18:18

.SJ said:
Ignore all the: "OMG, you did what now? You can forget about EVER having a job in your entire life now."

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It's an easy mistake to make, I've sent off an email application before now for an IT job without attaching the documents. I still got offered the job.

Thats not what anyone said...please dont misquote people like that, its not big, clever or helpful! :rolleyes:

If the OP had simply left it as email being the only contact it would have been ok, not great but ok (altho the CV should have had postal and telephone contacts on it anyway!). By mailing them he showed that he had made a mistake on a very simple task - not somthing he should have done in my opinion and made the situation worse!

Adam_151 · 13 Mar 2006 at 18:25

What the hell, what will be, will be, no point in debating the ins and outs of it

Hilly · 13 Mar 2006 at 18:48

You could have just recalled the email using outlook....

Phantom · 13 Mar 2006 at 18:59

Adam_151 said:
Done,

P.S. Please disregard my earlier E-mail, I accidentally pressed the send button before I had completed typing it, with the result it got sent without my contact details on.

Click to expand...

thats not the best worded sentence but theres nothing you can do about it now so theres no point in dwelling on it any further. good luck and if its right for you im sure you'll get it otherwise just carry on and keep on applying to others!

Origin · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:13

hilly said:
You could have just recalled the email using outlook....

Doesn't that only work within the same domain?

Mr.Orb · 13 Mar 2006 at 19:21

Just email them telling them your cat or dog pressed your enter key

Still, better than sending it by post and not filling it all out

FC1983 · 13 Mar 2006 at 20:42

hilly said:
You could have just recalled the email using outlook....

How do you do that?

Jest3r · 13 Mar 2006 at 23:56

FC1983 said:
How do you do that?

into sent items,

tools>recall this message or something similar

xyphic · 14 Mar 2006 at 00:00

Slime101 said:
If the OP had simply left it as email being the only contact it would have been ok, not great but ok (altho the CV should have had postal and telephone contacts on it anyway!). By mailing them he showed that he had made a mistake on a very simple task - not somthing he should have done in my opinion and made the situation worse!

However, he did show that he's willing to accept that he made a mistake and put it right (rather than just ignoring it and hoping it would all be alright).

/forever the optimist

gord · 14 Mar 2006 at 00:16

They'll know your just a muppet and your email was probably filtered into the business muppet inbox.. then into the lying muppet inbox when they received your second email..

SidewinderINC · 14 Mar 2006 at 00:34

it all depends how important the job is, or how many people apply for the job

i was talking with one of the people that screen for applicants in the field that i want to get into...

it was a simple process, with each of these being, pass the test move onto the next level.

1. Address spelt correctly
2. Department correct
3. All applicant information present
4. Spelling errors
5. Grammar errors
6. Covering letter sufficient

and if you passed those 6, they would read the content of the proposal/application! if you failed at any of those stages, your application would just be binned!

as its via email you'll probably be lucky as people know computers arent the most stable of things