Email Addresses

Email addresses


There was a time back then when you had to physically ask a person how their life has turned out and you would be confronted with the “It’s been great” phrase-off. Wow… lot’s of information was just exchanged. Then obviously Facebook came into play and it’s emergency just transparentified everything. Who’s dating who? Who’s seeing who? Who is going where? And with whom?

The point of my post is work email addresses also tell a story

At the beginning of my current job, a friend said to me “wow I have like five email addresses under your name!” Of course, she exaggerated… I only have four. Putting aside the fact that I am probably acting like a career butterfly – flitting from job to job with no sense of any bloody direction… my email addresses actually tell a story.

My first email was from a small company and was my first role in Human Resources.

Firstname.lastname@company1.com.au

I obviously won’t give out my real email addresses. This email was used harder than the spacebar of a keyboard… constant emailing and ranting to a million different people. It was fun.

Then came my second email which was a public hospital in which I scored a contract role in payroll-related services.

Firstname.lastname@hospital1.com.au

Here I gained much needed payroll experience to keep under the belt in my next HR move. This was a shortlived email and I thank the lords that it was only for 6 months. Great knowledge gain, horrible manager. After I left, I heard from a birdy that there was a Fair Work investigation going on.

Then came my next email which was a recruitment administrator role in government. This was sadly a contract role and one role in which I really wished was permanent. If one were critiquing this, I could say that I was moving to a different environment and really working on more HR Skills.

Firstname.lastname@government1.com.au

And finally my currently role is again… back in a public hospital. I hope this isn’t a trend because I would seriously facepalm.

Firstname.middleinitial.com@hospital2.com.au

There. You noticed the middle initial. The hospital has two people with the same name and obviously I got the ugly latter version. But I can say that I learn much from this organisation and excelled only because of the experience from the last two organisations I’ve worked in.

Since my resignation is in place, I will be getting a fifth email. Wonder how different my life will turn out after this.

Looking back at the emails, I realised I’ve come far. I’ve started with no HR skills and worked myself up to where I am. I’m no HR expert but I’m no beginner either. I still remember the painful transition from Retail to Office work… I remember the nights where I’d be depressed because no one called back for an interview.

I forgot the reason why I posted this. Maybe just sentimental, I guess.