Re-formatting resumes for email

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Dudes, make me look good. I love you all.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 22 March 2004 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)

rule 1: comic sans is a bad idea

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 22 March 2004 23:21 (twenty-two years ago)

You must turn your comic strip superhero tale of your employment history into ASCII art.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 22 March 2004 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

(See Putting your blog details on a job application, C or D? for further information)

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 22 March 2004 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

rule 1: comic sans is a bad idea

Jim, you can do way better than that.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 22 March 2004 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

bump!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

In case this isn't clear enough, I'm talking aout when you have to include your resume/cv in the body of an email, not as an attachment.

But then maybe that's obvious, I don't know.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

in what situations would you have to do that? the use of HTML email is always a bit of a dodgy area

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:29 (twenty-two years ago)

WHATEVER WILL BE EASIEST TO READ
(why is this such an issue?)

― dean! (deangulberry), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I believe your question is answered herein Résumés

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, my question has been answered thank you. Perhaps it might be common sense then why one should format ones resume in a certain way in order to get someone to notice it and read it properly? Then, it would make sense that someone who did not get it would have a poor resume and likely, no job.

― dean! (deangulberry), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:55 (twenty-two years ago)

in what situations would you have to do that?

Jim, 1 in 3 employers here asks for resumes to be submitted that way.

Mary - thanks.

Dean - I'm afraid it's poo tacos for you, old chap.

(x-post)

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to have a hilarious resume. It was awesome. It my picture on it. On a playing card! As if I was the Jack of Clubs!
I didn't get any jobs from it.

If I'm including my resume within the body of an email, I usually just keep it as basic and clean as possible. Mind you, I haven't benn hired from that either.

― Huck, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 05:03 (twenty-two years ago)

It's an issue because what looks nice and pretty on your email app. might look a lot uglier on the employer's. Use popular/common/basic fonts, set it at normal 12 pt size, and don't use "smart quotes". And if you can, test it out and print it up on different apps (PC & Mac).

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 05:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, send it to yourself, so you can see exactly what they are getting. I think you will have to lose any lines and replace bullets with asterix.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 05:05 (twenty-two years ago)

FWIW, I got a couple jobs from a resume that was sent in email without ANY formatting other than using the space and the return. The font was plain-text courier.

Formatted text in email always looks ugly and hard to read, so I would just send it plain text.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 05:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Elvis OTM. Plaintext all the way.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 05:15 (twenty-two years ago)

A lot of the job sites I look at want your resume attached in Word format...

― Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 08:06 (twenty-two years ago)

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