Recently a co-worker received an email from a prospective intern — a college student. And let's just say, he was less than impressed. Capital letters where they shouldn't be, missing punctuation marks, you get the idea.
For any student seeking an internship or job, I can't emphasize enough how much the details matter. Grammar 
, spelling and punctuation mistakes are almost always noticed.
You may think nothing of typos — after all, anyone can fumble at the keyboard, right? But you have to look at it from the employer's perspective. Your future employer does not know you at all. So your mistakes are doing a lot of talking for you — and they're saying you don't pay attention to details.
In today's job market, employers can afford to reject applicants on the basis of sloppiness alone. So make sure your correspondence stands out by being well-written and mistake-free.
When composing an email, run spell check before you hit "send." But don't rely exclusively on it — it's not going to catch every mistake. Read it over carefully once or twice before sending it. You want to put your best foot forward any time you communicate with a potential employer. Mistake-free writing is a great place to start.
What do you think? Are you careful about correspondence you send to potential employers?
There is no such thing as too much proof-reading!