Revising Your Text-Only Resume
from
Internet-Ready
to
Email-Ready

(Use this method when you have ALREADY CREATED a Text-Only Resume for posting online at a web site)

• Open MS Word and pull up the document that contains your Text-Only resume for posting online (i.e., Karen's Internet resume.
  
  
• Click on FILE in your toolbar and select SAVE AS:
  
  
• Under "File Name," type in a new name for this document (example: Karen's Text-Only Email Resume).
  
  
• Under "Save as Type," make sure that the 3-digit extension is still .txt. If it isn't, click on the down arrow to the right and highlight TEXT ONLY.
  
  
• Click on the SAVE button to the right.
  
  
• Make sure your name and contact information (email address, phone number, etc.) is shown at the TOP of your resume. Your NAME should be the only item that appears on the first line at the top of your resume. Then, again, on SEPARATE lines list your STREET ADDRESS (2nd line), CITY, STATE, ZIP (3rd line), TELEPHONE NUMBER (4th line), and EMAIL ADDRESS (5th line).
• Do NOT put your Social Security Number on your resume. Email is easy to for "hackers" to get in and read personal information.
  
  
• Double check again to make sure the length of your longest line is no longer than 65 characters. To check this, Click and block out one of the longest lines on resume (make sure that only ONE line is blocked out). Now click on TOOLS and WORD COUNT. Read what is says for "characters with spaces." The number should read 65 or below. If it is a higher number, move the last word on that line to the next line (Return Key) and make visual adjustments to your resume. Repeat this same step for any lines that look like they might be longer than 65 characters.
  
  
• Lastly, click on FILE on the toolbar above and PRINT PREVIEW. View your text and click on CLOSE. Rearrange your text as needed. Do a line-by-line review of your document to make sure there are no odd-looking wraps, extra spaces, or words scrunched together in the body. This may include inserting commas between items that were once in columns.
  
  
• You have now created a "Text-Only Resume for Email Posting"

Click here to go back for further instructions on how to "cut and paste" your resume.