The combination resume is often a good choice for individuals who have not had positions that relate directly to the desired job, but have acquired pertinent skills through other means. Preparing Resumes for the Electronic Age Resumes may be formatted for e-mailing, posting to Internet sites, or scanning. These digital resumes include the same information other resumes do, and they come in the same varieties chronological, functional, or combination. But digital resumes use simpler, technologically friendly formatting, and they emphasize keywords. Plain Text Resumes Resumes that are e-mailed or posted to Internet databases are designed for computer use.
Plain text contains no special formatting codes, so every computer can understand it.
This will eliminate formatting codes. You can use the computer s built-in text editor application, such as Notepad for Windows or Simpletext for Macintosh, to edit the resume. The success of your resume depends, in part, on the number of keywords it contains the number of times its words match the words requested by a manager. You can add keywords to your resume by scrutinizing job announcements and, where appropriate, copying their exact words when describing your skills. Fill your resume with important nouns the computer will recognize, such as professional organizations and industry jargon.