I’ve noticed a good majority of my peers and friends have email signatures stating their major, class, year, and positions on campus, and club affiliations. I’ve been considering making one, but I’m not sure whether it’s expected or just something people do for funzies.
What’s your thought on them? Necessary? Useless? Do people even notice them?
I don’t often notice them, but I do think they look professional. If you have any positions of note, it may be worth adding. Just make sure to walk the fine line of giving yourself due credit and making a paragraph of your accomplishments. One or 2 position titles is enough, along with your year and major.
I don’t really pay attention to them most of the time. I don’t have one.
If you do make one, definitely don’t go too far with it. Listing every single instance of campus involvement seems more like shameless self-promotion. Listing a couple of the high points is probably okay though.
I think it’s sort of awkward to list club affiliations and positions unless you’re like the president of your school’s student government. My email signature is just my full name, year, University, and email.
Yes, I should have qualified my comment a bit more. If one of your high points is serving as the president of the Magic The Gathering Club or something like that, it’s probably not worth including in an email sig.