10 Job-Hunting E-mail Subject Lines

If you’re job hunting in 2015, you’re almost surely prowling online. You might use a search engine like Indeed or go direct-to-the-source, but either way, you’re probably sending a lot of emails. The hardest part about this remote search is also the most common: never hearing back. It’s not uncommon to feel like you’re throwing application emails into the great abyss, and while this has as much to do with the volume of applicants as much as anything else, sharpening up your own presentation is one of the only ways you’ll earn yourself better results and finally get some callbacks.

To be fair, when you’re applying for a job, every aspect of your application should be on point, from the resume and cover letter to the more mundane details like when and how you should follow-up. But one of the most overlooked steps in sending out a digital application is the most important: the email subject lines you’re using. In our clickbait-driven digital world, you might think an aggressively attention-grabbing subject line is the key to getting noticed. And while that’s definitely true in part,  you want to maintain your professionalism first and foremost, and at all costs. (That means don’t use ALL CAPS or exclamation points, for example.) Most of all, you want to get across as much relevant information as possible so a hiring manager or recruiter is opening the email blind.

Read on for a list of ten examples of useful job hunting email subject lines.

• Job Application: Kurt Thomson for IT Architect
• Referred by Rachel Thomson for Night Shift Supervisor Position
• Job Candidate: Experienced Research Assistant In New York City
• Tracey Fraser Following Up on Public Relations Position
• Application for Registered Nurse Position
• Your Next Systems Analyst – 4 Years Experience
• Social Media Editor Interview Request
• Communications Director With 12 Years Experience
• Application for Counselor Position (Job Code #534790)
• Meeting Follow Up Re: Account Executive Position – Ella Buckland

Spice things up with your own versions of a catchy email subject line, but use the above examples as a guideline.