Create an Email “Signature That Sells!”

Why?
While you are in job search, you should use every tool at your disposal to promote yourself and to feature your accomplishments and achievements – that is,
Sell Yourself!  In addition, you want to make it easy for potential employers and others to know who you are, what your focus is, and how to contact you. 

If you have not yet read “Resume Tips” on the ajobs homepage, I suggest you do so now.  The article stresses that your resume is your Sales Brochure,
and that you are selling primarily to Recruiters and Hiring Managers.  Anything you do that makes their job easier is a good reflection on you. 

Having an email “Signature that Sells” accomplishes all of those issues.

How:
Every email service (at least the ones with which I am familiar, including AOL, gmail and Outlook) allows you to customize and store an email signature to
be used on all outgoing email. 

What to include:
•  Your name as it appears on your LinkedIn profile (for example, John Adams, PMP)
•  Your job focus (for example, Pharmaceutical Sales Professional)
•  Distinction (for example President’s Club, Top 10%)
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•  Cell phone number
•  LinkedIn URL (but only after you have customized it, see ajobs.com homepage, Tool #2)
•  email address
Be certain the LinkedIn URL and your email address are hyperlinked, so the reader can just click to open new email or to open your LinkedIn profile.

Thus, your signature should resemble these samples: