Jan 24

When emailing a resume what format should it be, and problems with Word?



My word document has the grid lines from formatting on it. I tried to merge, but then my format changed completely. I tried to send it as a regular text file,and the format changed then too.

It was originally formatted on a Mac, now I have a PC. Do I have to start over? I really like the way it looks now–I don’t like how it looks when it gets reformatted, it’s too hard to read.

Can I send a targa or jpeg? The company doesn’t specify what format it should be.

Thanks!

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Date January 24th, 2009 Filed in Financial Services

2 Responses to “When emailing a resume what format should it be, and problems with Word?”

  1. pnk517 Says:
    January 26th, 2009 at 6:57 am

    Convert it to Adobe. This will lock in the format, and not allow for “conversion” problems.

    You can get free conversion tools at places like pdfonline.com and others.

  2. admin1066 Says:
    January 29th, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    Better to start over again using word. Word has templates for resumes and you can use those. Emailing them to people with Windows Word can open them without the format changing. Just KISS - keep it simple silly. No fancy fonts, no fancy drawings. Cut and paste your picture as well.

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