by Todd Hicks

Created on: October 20, 2008   Last Updated: November 16, 2011

Are you looking for a job while occasionally seeing employment ads that want you to E-mail your resume? Would you like to communicate with others electronically while helping the environment and saving money on postage costs? If you plan to enter the job market or make money online, you must have an E-mail address. You will learn how to open an E-mail account and maximize your use of it.

The first thing you must do is sign up. A great E-mail services site to try is Lycos. Once you see the site's interface, or main web page, click the "Sign Up" button.

After you click this button, a screen will appear showing a "Sign in information" section and an "Account Information" section. When you see the "Sign in information" section, do not give up on the process thinking you already have to possess a user name and password. You are merely supposed to type in the user name and password you want to use. When you make it to the "Email Address" line, type in the E-mail address you want to use. It is a good idea to choose a password that has at least one capital letter and one number for security purposes.

Protect your private information. To lower your risk for becoming an identity theft victim now or down the road when you dispose of your computer, never check the "Save information" or "Remember my password" button even if you own your computer. When you are finished looking at your E-mail, click the "Log Out" button.

Protect your job. If you ever have access to the Internet at work, do not use the Internet or send E-mail messages for personal use. Even if there is no written policy forbidding this, you could jeopardize your chances for getting a promotion because you could portray yourself as an employee who is not professional.

Use your E-mail wisely when you apply for a job. Use an E-mail address that sounds professional it is okay to use an address that has your real name in it. When you submit your resume and cover letter by E-mail, follow the instructions of the employment ad closely. Unless you are instructed to submit your resume as an attachment, you should just copy and paste it into the message box. The subject line of your message should indicate you are replying to a specific ad or applying for a specific position. Never use a subject line in which all letters are capitalized.

You should look at your junk folder daily because not every message you want to see will always reach your in-box, or "desired messages" folder. To speed up your time deleting the messages

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