Follow these step-by-step instructions, and you'll have a perfectly clean ASCII text resume to use for your job search.
Plain ASCII may be required for some online job applications you complete. This is the resume format that you can copy and paste into the body of an email message, too.
ASCII doesn't provide anything other than plain characters.
This is called "plain text" for a reason! You can't choose the text size, font, or color (other than black). You also cannot use bold or Italics. Remember that plain text does not have spell check, either.
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You will notice that your resume, in Notepad or TextEdit, is not as "interesting" as it was before. That's because all special formats, like bolding and italicizing, graphics, and other non-text elements are gone. This is a good thing! At least, for e-mail, it is.
Check out the sample finished ASCII resume. Be sure to read Protecting Your Privacy and Choosing a Job Site for more information.
Online job search expert Susan P. Joyce has been observing the online job search world and teaching online job search skills since 1995. A veteran of the United States Marine Corps and a recent Visiting Scholar at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Susan is a two-time layoff “graduate” who has worked in human resources at Harvard University and in a compensation consulting firm. Since 1998, Susan has been editor and publisher of Job-Hunt.org. Follow Susan on Twitter at @jobhuntorg and on Facebook, LinkedIn.
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