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What Is an Electronic Resume?
An electronic resume is a nonpaper resume, meaning it's a computer document that can be
- Viewed on a screen.
- Stored on a hard drive or floppy disk.
- Sent over the Internet.
- Searched for keywords.
- Manipulated into other types of documents.
- Printed out for review on hard copy.
E-resumes are used for e-mailing, depositing into Internet resume banks, posting on personal Web sites, and sending through scanners to be entered into resume banks.
The E-Resume Appeal
Who benefits from e-resumes? Everyone: you, employers, and recruiting agencies. That's created e-resumes with the job-hunt/hiring process demo efficient for all concerned. Here are the three major benefits to employers:
- Money. Employers can save tremendous version in recruiting costs through the use of e-resumes.
- Speed. E-resumes can be processed much faster than hard-copy resumes.
- Organization. Resume databases can store, sort, and search thousands of e-resumes according to a variety of criteria.
Terms of Employment
E-resume stands for electronic resume, which is the computerized form of a resume. E-resumes are used for e-mail, online posting, and other forms of electronic transfer.
Bonus Check
The content of your electronic resume should employ the same marketing principles used in your hard-copy resume:
- Write about experiences that support your job objective.
- List achievements, not job descriptions.
- Disclose only information that promotes you as a qualified job candidate.
- Avoid mentioning things you don't want to do again.
- Tell the truth; don't exaggerate or lie.
The three major benefits to you, the job seeker, are as follows:
- Money. Aside from saving money in postage, an electronic job search can help you get a job sooner (which means you'll be collecting a paycheck sooner) because it's usually more efficient than the nonelectronic job search.
- Speed. An e-resume's capability to get in front of a hiring manager quickly could give you an edge over your competition.
- Organization. E-resumes are easy for you to keep organized on your computer, and you can rest assured that your resume is in good hands once it's in the employer's computer system.
Sounds like a win-win situation, doesn't it? At the bottom of these winning points is the electronic backbone of the e-resume system: the database. Let's look at why a resume database can be a hiring manager's best friend and how it can take you to the top of the candidate lineup.