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Electronic Resume Tips

When sending your electronic resume online, follow these tips to ensure you prepare an easy to read electronic resume.

Format

  • Use plain text, bold headings and use bullet points rather than long paragraphs.
  • “Save” or “save as” your electronic resume as a word file (DOC), text only file (TXT) or Adobe Acrobat (PDF.  When saving, use only standard characters for the file name and keep the file size to a minimum.  
  • Left justified is the preferred format for viewing an online resume.

Keywords

  • Electronic resumes are searched by keywords (i.e. marketing, engineer).
  • When responding to an online job advertisement, use words from the job description as keywords.
  • The more keywords you use, the better your chances are that a recruiter will see it.


 

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