In the 21st century it is essential to have an email account not only to maintain contact with family or friends, but also as a professional tool. it helps us to maintain contact with family and friends; but also to look for a job and register as users on pages that teach online courses or any type of web platform.
I’m sure young people know how to create an email account in just minutes, but older people may have some difficulties. For this reason, from the adecco foundation we propose in this post a series of very simple steps to use this form of contact, which in addition to being useful, is free.
what email platform do I use?
There are many pages that offer the possibility of creating an email. therefore, people who are in this process can choose and adapt to the web that is easier for them. gmail, outlook -previously known as hotmail-, yahooo and aol are the most popular websites that offer this service. all of them have a very similar operation.
how to create a gmail account?
1. perform a simple google search “create gmail account”; for example, and go to your website.
2.The next step is to create an account/register now. depending on the server, they will resort to the use of one terminology or another. In this option, we will be asked to enter our basic personal data – first and last name, date of birth, country/region, contact telephone number and email address that we want to use. Regarding the latter, it is advisable to use a simple and serious address in which our name and surnames appeared – or their initials – so that we can be identified quickly. It is recommended not to enter the date of birth in the email address to avoid creating situations of discrimination, especially when looking for a job.
3. username. in this case, it is important to choose it well. the reason is because it will be the email address that we will have when creating the account. It is the one that we can give to family, friends, clients, etc. it is possible that, since there are so many millions of people, we will not find an email for a simple name, for example our first name. we will have to introduce variants until we find one that we like.
4. password and password confirmation. it is necessary to choose a password and repeat it for later verification. It is important that it is secure. to do this, you must include uppercase, lowercase, numbers and symbols. It must have at least eight characters and include more if we want to increase security.
- date of birth. To create a gmail account you must be at least 18 years old.
- sex. woman, man or other.
- mobile phone number. we can recover the password if we have the phone number associated with the email. In addition, it gives a plus of security.
- current email address. Here it is appropriate to put an alternative email address, which will serve as an alternative method of communication to the gmail account. In this way, if the mobile is not operational, this email can be used to recover the key.
- anti-robot field (captcha). You have to transcribe what you see in the photograph or mark the photos that are asked of us. this is done in order to avoid the creation of automatic gmail accounts.
- location.
The password is one of the most important steps when we face the creation of an email account. from adecco foundation we recommend a password that we record easily but that, at the same time, is not easy to hack. Usually, there is a lot of use of the date and month of birth, an important month and year in your life, the name of your pet or something easy to memorize. On the other hand, it is very appropriate to alternate the use of uppercase letters with lowercase letters – for example, we can put the first letter in uppercase and the rest in lowercase.
On the other hand, as an informative piece of information, it should be added that email accounts already offer the possibility of indicating the “remember me” or similar option, in which if we activate it we can save our account and password. In this way, every time we visit our email profile, we will not have to enter either the email or the password.
advantages of email
Through these brief instructions, anyone can create an email account with relative ease and in a very short period of time. From there, you can start working and contemplate the many possibilities that email offers.
email has become a daily way of communicating both in the workplace and in the academic environment, for example. In addition, the possibility that currently exists of being able to configure it on mobile phones allows you to be connected even when you do not have access to a computer.