E-mail has now developed into a mainstream form of communication and it’s hard to imagine how we managed without it. Recruiters will normally ask for you to e-mail a CV rather than fax as e-mail often provides superior speed and quality of transmission.

If you don’t already have an account, you will find it useful to set up an e-mail account whilst you are looking for a new job as it offers you the opportunity to send and receive messages from recruiters, network contacts, companies and other people you will be dealing with.

The best thing with web based e-mail is that you can access it from anywhere, be it an Internet cafe or your own PC.

There are a number of free e-mail services available via the internet. They are free because they are supported by advertising. This type of e-mail account is independent from that provided by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) which is often only accessible via a PC with the ISP’s software installed. Read the full story

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