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Typo in email for job application

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  • 17-11-2014 5:35pm
    #1
    Traversalan15
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭


    I just applied for a job and had a typo in the email, should I send an apology email, showing I've realized the mistake I made or should I leave it? Here's the email I sent.

    "Hello,

    I recently viewed a listing for a web develpoer on ie.indeed.com. Attached is my resume and cover letter for your consideration. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

    Yours sincerely,
    [name]
    "

    The typo is the word developer, thanks for any advice.
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    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Traversalan15 wrote: »
    I just applied for a job and had a typo in the email, should I send an apology email, showing I've realized the mistake I made or should I leave it? Here's the email I sent.

    "Hello,

    I recently viewed a listing for a web develpoer on ie.indeed.com. Attached is my resume and cover letter for your consideration. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

    Yours sincerely,

    "

    The typo is the word developer, thanks for any advice.

    You might be lucky, developer is one of those words you recognise without reading fully. I certainly missed the typo when reading your OP.

    P.S. You might want to remove your name from your post otherwise the first thing they're likely to spot when they Google your name is this thread. :)


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    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,722 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    I missed it and I'm a developer! :D


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    Traversalan15
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭Traversalan15


    Graham wrote: »
    You might be lucky, developer is one of those words you recognise without reading fully. I certainly missed the typo when reading your OP.

    P.S. You might want to remove your name from your post otherwise the first thing they're likely to spot when they Google your name is this thread. :)

    Cheers Pal :)


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    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users Posts: 7,500 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    Ya I didn't catch it either.
    Id say don't worry about it. The rest of the email is fine so its not as if your whole email was in bad grammar and spelling.


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    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    I removed your name there.

    I wouldn't say there's anything to be gained from apologising and pointing it out. Developer isn't a word that you'd get wrong due to not knowing how you spell it, especially when you're a developer! It'll either be missed or ignored, your CV should do the talking.


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    Mort5000
    Registered Users Posts: 419 ✭✭Mort5000


    I missed it and I too am a devel-pooer.
    Frankly, I doubt you'd want to work for any employer that has an issue with such a mistake.


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    SPOOL
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭SPOOL


    I missed it and I am a grammar Nazi. Leave it.


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    Ri_Nollaig
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭Ri_Nollaig


    Doesn't this fall into that urban legend of a "study done at Cambridge" a few years ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typoglycemia.

    Its a typo, you clearly know who to spell developer so I wouldn't lose sleep over it.


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    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Couple of other issues:

    Hello is a rather informal way to start a letter.

    Where the letter is not specifically addressed the correct sign off is Yours faithfully.

    That all assumes you're using the British versions, and you've faithfully reproduced your letter here. You use the word resume which may connote the US style but you haven't used that either.

    I fully realise the above is pedantry of the highest order, just for future reference if you're ever applying to the 3rd High Commissioner of Timbuktu.

    Also wouldn't lose sleep over the typo tbh.


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    red_bairn
    Registered Users Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    Ri_Nollaig wrote:
    Its a typo, you clearly know who to spell developer so I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

    I c wut you did there...


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    TrueDub
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 2,639 Mod ✭✭✭✭TrueDub


    Mort5000 wrote: »
    devel-pooer.

    Genius - that word is up there with cow-orker for inspired deliberate misspellings.


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    jester77
    Registered Users Posts: 11,262 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    I saw the typo but I would just leave it and turn on your spell checker. You are not going to be ruled out based on that.

    For any job I have ever applied, my cover letter was the email. Seems strange to write an email saying you've attached a cover letter which will mean that the person reading it will have to click on the attachment and then open an application to read it.


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    I wouldn't worry too much about it, as long as everything else you sent is typo free and grammatically correct.
    People make mistakes - and swapping a letter around when you're typing quickly happens to most people

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    Ri_Nollaig
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭Ri_Nollaig


    red_bairn wrote: »
    I c wut you did there...
    yes.... :pac:


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    fergalr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,922 ✭✭✭fergalr


    Traversalan15 wrote: »
    I just applied for a job and had a typo in the email, should I send an apology email, showing I've realized the mistake I made or should I leave it? Here's the email I sent.

    "Hello,

    I recently viewed a listing for a web develpoer on ie.indeed.com. Attached is my resume and cover letter for your consideration. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

    Yours sincerely,
    [name]
    "

    The typo is the word developer, thanks for any advice.

    - Spell check resumes/cover letters so you dont have this problem
    - Don't send follow up email, makes you look insecure
    - Like others, I didn't notice it 'til you pointed it out
    - Typo due to fast typing isn't as bad as mixing up 'their' and 'there' (nothing against anyone who is bad at grammar, but that would be a big negative signal in a cover letter.)


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    #17
    Mort5000
    Registered Users Posts: 419 ✭✭Mort5000


    fergalr wrote: »
    ...isn't as bad as mixing up 'their' and 'there'

    Your sew write!
    :D


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