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Submitting a resume.? |
I am getting ready to submit my resume to a few potentional employers for the hope of getting a job interview. How do i present them my resume. Do i need to put it on the special resume paper. Do i even need to put it in an envelope. Should i staple my cover letter to the resume or not. I would like all of the TRUTHFUL information you have about submitting the resume. I am truly not interested in opinions just the facts Do not staple your resume. Many companies do not accept resume's on paper anymore, they prefer computerized resumes. If you are taking the resume in by hand then you need to put it on nice paper, but you do not need an envelope. If you are sending it then of course an envelope is needed. Make sure to keep your resume to one page. Most employers won't read past the first page. I would paperclip the cover letter to the resume. If they have an application, fill it out and turn it in with the resume and cover letter. If this is a high quality job, then I would buy nicer paper. It doesn't have to be super fancy. You don't want to look like you're trying too hard. I would not put it in an envelope. It will just waist the employer's time trying to get it open. Good Luck with your job hunt. Besides setting all margins to 1", the most important criteria for setting up a professional resume besides relevant text, is "scanability." Here are some helpful tips: 1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as "Confidential Resume,"Do Not Contact Current Employer," etc. 2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer; 3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned; 4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.; 5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left; 6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly; 7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues; 8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase; 9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc. In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for seach purposes by your potential employer. If the original resume was created in Word, WordPerfect or Mac Appleworks, it can be Saved As a PDF file which then can be saved as an email attachment. Otherwise, you can simply use a scanner and scan a hard copy of the resume and then save as a PDF file. Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries. Good luck! |
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