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Digital Resume Format

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Here are some tips I picked up in AIRS RealTools Newsletter today (written by Michael Foster). The article was specifically speaking of resumes you submit as an applicant that get input into a candidate database at a corporation and creating the best resume format under those circumsances:

 

The Digital Resume Format

Much of the time and cost savings gained by having applicants submit their resumes electronically is lost if your systems can’t read them and you have to pre-process them by hand. An effective e-resume is more than a simple transfer of text from an applicant’s old resumes into an e-mail message – and it’s well worth educating your prospective applicants about the best ways to create and submit them.

First, remember that you want a machine to read the resume and be able to interpret and retrieve it successfully. That means the message has to arrive in, or be converted to a plain text format. Also, search engines tend to stumble over graphics, fonts, bullets, indents and strange characters – so very simple and straightforward documents are best. Here are some formatting tips you can make your applicants aware of, to streamline your own workflow:

· Use only Helvetica, Arial, or Times Roman Fonts

· Use 10, 12, or 14 Point Size Fonts

· Make sure the entire document is left justified

· Set margins for approximately 65 characters

· Use spaces or dashes to emphasize text

· No bullets

· No graphics · No wing dings or special characters

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  • Anonymous
    March 24, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    March 24, 2004
    Hi Heather,

    Great tips! However, I was always taught that one should follow the common "format" for doing a great business resume, while also carefully working in those little "oomphs" that make it stand out...for example, some people print their hard-copy resumes on beige paper, some people use non-intrusive fonts (albeit non-standard ones), and such.

    Of course, this amps up the risk factor of being rejected on principle for not confirming to that de facto standard. I've been on both sides of the argument. :)

  • Anonymous
    March 24, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    March 26, 2004
    Teaching tips

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    April 01, 2004
    65 characters? What does that work out to in inches?

  • Anonymous
    July 15, 2004
    Need help to create a better resume format

  • Anonymous
    July 22, 2004
    i am a graduate engineer in industrial & production engineering & presently persuing M.E. degree fro sgsits indore(mp),india.i want best format for my resume. please help me.

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    December 16, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    November 28, 2010
    Reread your manuscript out loud, either to yourself or to a friend or fellow writing partner, making sure that the words sound good and that what you are saying is sounding like you want it to sound.

  • Anonymous
    November 29, 2010
    That's a good one! I do that with blog posts too :)