Sending your resume through E-mail

Sending your resume

E-mail
While e-mail is the most convenient way to send your resume to employers, the problem is often this - sometimes, when you send your resume to companies by e-mail, they write back saying the document was garbled or not attached to the e-mail correctly.
If employers can't read your resume, how are they going to hire you?

This can make you look all thumbs when it comes to technology. Worse, it can bring your job search to a screeching halt. So, how do you make sure your e-mailed resume is readable?
Here's how.

Most people send their resume either as an attachment or in the body of an e-mail message.
But, for maximum results and minimum headaches, I recommend that you do both.

First, send your resume as an attachment. Almost all e-mail programs (Eudora, AOL e-mail, etc.) let you send attachments, which are documents that ride along with the e-mail.
When the reader gets your e-mail, they can "open" (download and read) whatever document you have attached. Word for Windows is the most popular word processor (to my knowledge), so use this format for your attached resume, if possible. WordPerfect is another good choice.

But attachments aren't foolproof. They may get scrambled during transmission and become impossible to open. Or, the reader may not have the same word processor as you, preventing them from reading your attached resume. Then there's the old Mac/PC problem - if your resume was written in a Macintosh format, it won't be readable by a PC (and vice versa).

So, to make sure everyone can read your resume, you should also copy and paste the text into the body of your e-mail message. In your word processor, simply highlight the entire text of your resume, and copy it into the clipboard (short-term memory). Then, switch over to your e-mail program and paste the text into your message.

That's it! When you e-mail your resume as both an attachment and with the text in the message itself, you can be certain that one way or another, your resume will get read.