Electronic Resumes
Electronic resume samples, examples, templates and formats are
linked below, along with posting (pasting into online forms) and
writing tips. Includes electronic resume templates you may download
for free.
Electronic resume means that an otherwise-traditional
paper resume is properly prepared for electronically storing, distributing,
tracking and searching via the applicant-tracking software many
job banks, employers and recruiters use these days.
To have the best chance at landing interviews, you must know how
to format your electronic resume to take advantage of the software.
The four most practical reasons for creating an electronic resume
are listed below.
1) So you may post (paste) the contents into
online resume forms, such as at job banks and employer sites.
2) So you may paste the contents into email to
send electronically to employers and recruiters.
3) So you may hire a resume
distribution service to do both of the above for you.
4) So employers may easily scan the paper version
of your electronic resume into applicant-tracking software, using
optical scanners.
Other names for an electronic resume include:
- ASCII (pronounced "as-key")
- Email
- E-resume
- Scannable
- Keyword
- Plain-text (.txt file type)
Regardless of whether your electronic resume is in a chronological,
functional, combination or technical format,
it's the layout, fonts and keywords that count most for scanners
and applicant-tracking software. That's what the links below are
about.
See the Resume and Letter
Center for scannable resume writing tips and samples
from certified, professional writers.
See also Resume Books, Resume
Writing Software, Resume
Writing Services and Resume
Distribution Services.
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Tips for a Better Electronic Resume
The creators of the Resume
Maker brand of resume-generating software, offer these tips
for composing an electronic resume (or any resume for that matter),
with or without their software.
Advice
and Samples
Scannable resume writing tips with samples. Includes lots of resume
writing tips for other styles, along with dozens of before and
after samples with critiques. Free from a professional resume writing
service.
Assistance
Creating Your Electronic Resume
Your resume is your calling card and an employer's very first impression
of you. You don't get a second chance. If you don't feel comfortable
writing your own electronic resume, consider letting ResumeEdge
do it for you.
ResumeEdge is
the leading resume writing service on the Web and hires only professional,
certified, resume writers. They'll work with you one-on-one until
you're satisfied, guaranteed. See Resume
Writing Services for more.
Consolidated Resume Writing
Tips
If instead of piecing together resume writing tips from the Web,
you'd prefer them all in one place with plenty of samples and examples,
consider buying a good book on the topic. Click the link above
for a list of good books.
Scannable Resume Design
Formatting and writing tips with a link to samples,
in our Resume and Letter Center.
Download
Entry Level Resume Template
Resume templates for many different majors in a choice of file
formats, including plain text for electronic uses. Download for
free from CollegeGrad.com, which caters to college students and
recent grads. The only catch is that you must agree to honor the
copyright terms, a reasonable request.
Download
Resume Template
Microsoft offers several flavors of free resume templates, already
formatted with example paragraphs you may edit and save. Although
none are called electronic resume templates at this writing,
many are formatted with that purpose in mind or easily converted
to plain-text (.txt) resumes for the purpose. You can preview the
templates in your browser, but must have Microsoft® Word installed
on your computer to edit and save them. See also the tips for
creating separate sections for your cover letter and resume in
one Word document.
Electronic
Resume Example
Plain and simple, as it's supposed to be. It's scannable and also
suitable for posting into job-bank forms and pasting into email.
Electronic
Resume Examples and Tutorials
Award winner, author, teacher, Webmaster and electronic resume
expert Rebecca Smith, serves up free examples, tutorials and resources.
Electronic
Resume Sample
A sample of a plain-text format that'll work well for email, job-bank
posting and optical scanning.
Electronic Resume Samples
"After" samples of electronic resumes (scannable) improved
by certified, professional, resume writers. Part of our Resume
and Letter Center mentioned earlier on this page.
Electronic
Resume Writing Software
Discover the easy, inexpensive way to write both the electronic
and traditional versions of your resume. Some of these software
packages also help you to easily create a Web-based resume, email
and broadcast your electronic resume, job search multiple employment
sites at once, write electronic and traditional employment business
letters, organize interviewing, networking and job fair appointments,
and even practice interviewing.
Electronic
Resume Writing Tips
Monster.com offers lots of resume writing tips, including those
for electronic resumes. Also offers traditional samples, including
technical.
Register
with "My Monster" to manage your job search, post your resume and customize
your jobs by email options. It's all free.
Formatting
Email and Scannable Resumes
Guidelines for preparing your resume to be scanned by an optical
scanner or fed directly into applicant-tracking software from email.
Includes tips on creating a keywords section.
Scannable
Resume Format
Guidelines for preparing your resume so employers can easily transfer
it optically into a computer database (applicant-tracking software).
Also includes tips for sending your resume in email or posting
it in job-bank resume forms in ASCII (plain text).
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