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As the job market evolves to meet
the demands of an electronic age, so must the savvy job seeker.
Larger employers are now scanning electronically the hundreds
of traditional resumes that they receive. More and more
prospective employees are mailing their resumes to companies
that openly solicit submissions via the Internet. Thus, a resume
sent electronically will most likely end up in a database with
hundreds of others. It is widely advised that you maintain your
resume in a style and format conducive to automated retrieval
systems. You do not necessarily have to rewrite your existing
resume, but consider creating scannable and plain-text versions
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Resources:
Guide to Sending resumes electronically
Tips
and guidelines for sending resume & cover letter via email
How
to send "scannable" resumes
Email
Attachments:
Send your resume as an attachments
Sending
Attachments with Yahoo
Preparing
your resume for sending over the computer
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When sending an resume via
email:
Copy the text of your resume directly into the email, whenever
possible. This does 2 things..
1) You have the most control over what it looks like, and
2) viewing and printing the resume can be done in one place.
If you are sending an attachment, ask the individual what word
processing software they use, including the version. If you
have MSWord 7.0 and are sending it to an office that is still
using MSWord 6.0, they can't read it. If you are uncertain of
what software they are using, save your word processing file
in .txt or .rtf formats.
Left justify all information within the resume. Many searchable
resume systems do not understand indenting or columns. And while
they will all understand key words, when the resume is printed
by the company, the formatting will not look like you intended
it. |
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ELECTRONIC Resume Tips:
Remove bullets, graphics and other special characters. Many
databases or emails still do not recognize these, and they will
choose a character they do understand, making your resume again
appear differently than you intended.
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