If you use the right keywords, you may end up on an employer's short list. It may be to your advantage to forget paper altogether. As Internet and database technologies converge, sexier applicant tracking systems can take emailed resumes and transfer them directly into a database without scanning. If you're lucky, the company will respond to tell you that you goofed. Not all email editors support RTF, though, so ask before you send.
Hypertext resumes can integrate smart verbal development with basic page design strategies.
Sometimes, a company will want you to upload your resume directly their corporate Web site. Then they'll format your data to fit their needs. In this case, forget about aesthetics. All you need to do is guarantee your resume's retrievability once it enters the electronic sea of candidates. See it now.