Internet resources are becoming increasingly common and useful in today's job market, and websites like CareerBuilder^TM, Monster^® and Craigslist can offer a fruitful bounty of job opportunities. However, the nature of the internet lends itself to the peculiar trend of more casual, less professional communication. It seems that even the most seasoned of job seekers can forget basic rules of professional contact when it happens to be in the form of an e-mail.

And yet, there is no place where good form is more important than in electronic communication. When you send out your resume in the mail, or hand it to someone in person, you can print it on nice, heavy paper. You can present yourself as a professional in ways other than what is actually written on the page. But that's not an option in an e-mail.

With an e-mail, the job hunter has only one chance to make an impression, and that's with the words typed on the page. Employers who post ads on websites like Craigslist and CareerBuilder^TM - which are beginning to eclipse newspaper ads - will judge the job hunter not only on the resume they send, but on the body of the introductory e-mail - the grammar, the eloquence of communication, and the ability to create a professional tone. Job hunters who begin their e-mail casually, with “Hi, how's it goin’?” as they would write an e-mail to a friend, will find themselves passed over- no matter how good the resume.

The key is a good cover letter, and it should make up the body of the e-mail.

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