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Electronic Resume Tips
By Samira Belmekki
Electronic resumes are an essential tool for both job seekers and employers in today's job market. These days, more and more employers are asking candidates to submit their resumes online. An effective E-resume will get you to the next step in the hiring process. There are some key things you should know about submitting your resume to comply with different software programs that employers may be using. Here are some general tips for submitting you're an online resume.
1. Follow Instructions - Submit your resume in exactly the form that the prospective employer requests.
2. Email Address - Always include your email address and keep it professional. Don't send an email from “cutie_pie@anyemail.com” or an email with too many numbers like “email00123@anyemail.com” because it will probably be filtered and then deleted as spam.
3. The Subject Line - When responding to an advertisement, use the job title or job code cited in the advertisement. Refrain from putting punctuation in the subject line, don't use capitalized words in the subject and don't use the words used by spammers, like "free," "great offer" etc. These are all “spam” alerts
4. Use Keywords - Employers seeking applicants are relying more on computers to manage and filter applicants' resumes. Incorporate key words right from the employer's job description so companies using keyword screening will shortlist your resume for human scrutiny.
5. Make your resume scanner-friendly - Save your resume in a text-editing program such as Notepad for Windows. Plain text (.txt) resumes are coded in ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) This is one of the most popular file formats and can easily be read by different computers across the Internet.
6. Remove graphics, they confuse scanners - Avoid Bullets, use asterisks (*) instead, by the same token refrain from using underlined text, different font sizes and styles, italics, graphics, lines, borders, columns/tables.
7. Save Resume File Under Your Name - Don't save your resume file as “resume.doc”, use your name as the title of your resume file, e.g., “Barbara Smith, Web Marketing Professional”
8. Protect your Resume - Keep your Word resume from being changed by making it a read-only document.
2004 © Samira Belmekki. All rights reserved.
About the Author
Samira Belmekki is President and Founder of ForHerSuccess.com - An Internet career management resource for professional women.
For Her Success.com is an Internet employment website delivering premier employment services for companies seeking pre-screened professional help and a resource for professional women looking for a new position.
For more information please visit www.forhersuccess.com
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