The Proper Way To E-Mail A Resume

If you email your resume to employers and they can’t open or read it, what chance do you have of getting called for an interview?

Roughly zero.

So, how can you e-mail your resume to ensure that employers can read it?

For best results, send your resume INSIDE and ATTACHED to your e-mail. That way, even if you have Windows and the employer has a Mac, for example, you’re sure that your documents can be read.

The cover letter and the Resume must be a single unit.

Follow these steps before e-mailing your resume to employers:

1. Copy and paste the text of your resume and cover letter into the body of an e-mail;
2. Attach the document (in PDF form) to the e-mail; (Check out http://www.PrimoPDF.com to create PDF’s in Windows for free)
3. Send a test message to yourself and a friend, to see how the whole thing will look and print — if it’s a mess, adjust and test until it works.

Action Step: Practice emailing your resume following the instructions above. Send it to at least 2 friends and ask them to report on what they see. Do this until you’re 100% certain you’re emailing your resume correctly.

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This job hunting post was adapted from content provided to by my good friends Kevin Donlin and David Perry, co-creators of the Guerrilla Job Search System which is reviewed here.

Kevin and David have been interviewed by Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fortune magazine, and the Christian Science Monitor about their method to finding a job.

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