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How to get your resume into a resume bank?
By now, you're dying to get your resume into a resume database, right? It's a simple task. Basically, there are three ways to do it:
- Send your hard-copy resume to an employer who uses resume scanning.
- Submit your resume to a company via e-mail.
- Post your resume on an online resume bank.
To get the lowdown on how to prepare and deliver your resume for each of these methods, turn to the following three chapters. You'll find out that it's all within a few clicks of your mouse!
Career Casualty
It's very easy for a poorly created e-resume to fall through the crack s. If an employer can't open or read the version you submit, she can delete it with a click of her mouse. For that reason, it's well worth your time to learn the technical aspects of creating the particular type of e-resume you plan to use.
Electronic to Paper
A manager may print out an electronic resume so that he can read it in its hard-copy form. Here's what might happen:
- After receiving your resume as an e-mail, the manager may print it out to read before sending the electronic version to the company's resume database.
- The manager could print out your e-mailed resume and then have the hard copy of your e-mail scanned into the company's resume bank.
- The manager might download your resume from an online resume bank and print it out to review.
You see, your e-resume could be read by a human being after all. So as you go through the following chapters, pay attention to tips on how to make your resume look good as well as be technically sound.
Bonus Check
If you list an acronym (such as CPA in your keyword section, also list the acronym's spelled-out version (Certified Public Accountant). You want the term to be noticed whether the hiring manager keys in the acronym or the spelled-out term of that job qualification.
Also, if a keyword has different forms (such as "accountant" and "accounting"), list both forms in your Keyword section so you're sure to match the exact word the manager enters into the search engine.
The Least You Need to Know
- An e-resume can be e-mailed, posted online in resume banks, and sent to employers to be scanned into their resume databases.
- Electronic resumes may be printed out by an employer or entered into a resume dat abase for automated candidate selection.
- Keywords are essential in order for a resume to be spotted by a resume database search engine.
- E-resumes have different formatting requirements depending on how they will be used (e-mailed, posted to an online database, or scanned).