If you have had your email address for a number of years then the odds are that you chose it when in your mid-teens.

What seemed witty and amusing then can look downright ridiculous now.

We see email addresses like “crazychick1972@hotmail.com”, “daftasabrush1981@yahoo.com”. You get the idea.

If you have an email address like this on your CV it can really work against you.

Get a new email address from gmail or Hotmail that doesn’t make you look like you’re still 15 years old!