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Electronic Resumes
Electronic resumes (or "e-resumes") have moved into the mainstream of today's job market at lightning speed. A typical Fortune 1000 corporation processes as many as 2,000 electronic resumes per day. Approximately 25% come directly through the company's web site, 25% come through major online job banks such as Monster.com, 20% arrive via email, and the rest get entered into a company's resume database through scanning devices.
HELPFUL HINT: If a company has a website and you can apply at their site directly, you should do this rather than applying through a job bank such as Monster.com. By applying directly, you will increase your chances of an interview.
KEYWORDS are extremely important when creating an e-resume. Employers search resume databases using keywords. Keywords are words, mainly nouns, that describe your education, skills and experience. To determine which keywords to use, pay attention to words that the employer uses in the job description.
NOT ALL E-RESUMES ARE THE SAME -- A different type of electronic resume is required depending on the method by which it is being sent. You should save each type of resume on your disk and give it a different name so that you can find it easily later (i.e., Susan's Text-Only Internet Resume, Susan's Text-Only Email Resume, Susan's Scannable Resume, Susan's HTML resume, etc.). It is best to start with a regular resume (the one with bullets, bold, etc. that you will be mailing, faxing, and delivering in person) and then creating your e-resumes from that one.
NOTE: Even if you are mailing or faxing a resume -- especially if it is a large company with an HR Department -- it is best to make a phone call to personnel or the hiring manager and ask if they prefer a "scannable" resume. (You never know when a company uses a scanning process for all resumes that they receive.)
View the links below to see which e-resume you should use according to the method by which it will be sent.
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Emailing Your Resume
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Directions for emailing a resume by either attaching an MS Word file or by using the "cut and paste" method for a Text-Only resume.

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Scannable Resumes
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Directions for making a scannable resume when employers want to convert a hardcopy resume into an electronic format that is input into a database system.

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