Emails to Gov.in Canada
 

Hi all

Have been trying to apply and submit resumes to a gov. department in Alberta. For some reason always comes back returned by mail delivery system. I know for sure that the delivery address is correct and on several occasions have phoned to get alternative mail addresses to use. They all seem to be returned saying something in all the guff that comes back about policy denied. (Their address finsihes with .ca).

Anybody in the computer know (i'm sure your out there!) and could shed some light would be appreciated. My OH reckons they may have some kind of filter which may prevent us from sending - what do you reckon?

If need be I could resort to sending it by fax but since I've finished work today and it's now Friday it wouldn't go until Monday.

HELP! I'm being driven nuts and my phone buill is gonna be skyhigh at this rate.

Alison

Re: Emails to Gov.in Canada
 

Do the emails have any attachments that might contain viruses? Or do they contain hyperlinks? When I used to work for the Feds, emails like that were blocked.

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They likely don't allow attachments with names ending .exe .zip .doc and so on. Can you send your resume as a .pdf ?

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Rather than just filtering the attachment types perhaps the gov IT gurus are blocking any email which even contains reference to resumes, unless its going to an HR type?

My employer routinely blocks email containing a whole bunch of keywords. One that caught me out was "mortgage" as I was emailing back and forward to sort that out. Never got anything through the filter.

Just a thought.

presumably any government addess contains .gc.ca

Re: Emails to Gov.in Canada
 

I've been on the Gov site and it allows you to apply online and attach resumes to the mail. There is no mention of resume in the header or my mail and the file isn't an .exe or .zip file although is a word .doc.

May try the .pdf route. Anyone know how to convert a .doc to a .pdf file? Though I was fairly computer literate - how bad am I.

Thanks guys

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If you dont have full adobe acrobat to do it there is a freeby program called cutepdf you could google for.

Sounds weird. You dont think they would use an IP filter to filter out non canuk applicants? Is there any title line?. A lack of title can also trigger filters.

Re: Emails to Gov.in Canada
 

That's only the Feds.

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You could also save the Word document as .rtf (rich text format), that might work. Another issue though, if you're sending it to a government department they're likely to actuallly print it; have you checked that it'll print nicely on the paper size used here? (Not sure what it is, I never print anything, but it is different from that used in the UK).

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One other thing is that I have tried to send a test email with no attachments at all and this has since come back ????

Re: Emails to Gov.in Canada
 

In that case, I can only think of two possibilities. One is that you have got the email address wrong. The other is that you have an infected computer and you're mailing out a virus.

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Sounds like they have anti spam software, and if you are not in there address book then your emails are returned. I have had this problem here in the states too. Police and other government agencies all seem to have this software nowadays to cut down on spam and email virus attacks.

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Another possibility is they don't accept applications from outside Canada. Government offices generally won't hire anything except Canadian citizens who reside in Canada, so why take application emails from other countries?

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Hi
From my families experience e-mailing CV's may be a waste of time they some times they are just deleted without being opened. When you arrive take it in, in person chat to people, here every thing evolves around networking. Work is also difficult to get. You really have to force your self on employers, chase the jobs they wont chase you. When you send applications follow them by a phone call this may help.
Good luck

Re: Emails to Gov.in Canada
 

Who exactly is it that you are trying to email? Can you put the email address up on here so perhaps someone could see if you have the correct one or not?

Are you trying to email a Federal Government department in Alberta or are you trying to email an Alberta Government office?

Re: Emails to Gov.in Canada
 

What's the exact error message you're getting? That should tell you the problem :)

If you're not sure, maybe you can copy and paste it here - removing the person's name though.