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Ask your parents how they landed their first job and you will hear stories of mailed applications and hand-written thank you notes. As the job search has moved online, many traditional rules of job searching have gone out the window. How do you navigate the do’s and don’ts of electronic applications? Here are a few tips:

Always Start with the Instructions You are Given.

Sounds obvious, but this still trips up a lot of people. The posting says no phone calls? Don’t call. No attachments? Paste your resume in the email.

Sending Your Resume

If you are asked to attach a resume (or if no instructions are provided):
- It is ideal to transfer your Word document to PDF. With different software and versions floating around, this will ensure that your format is unchanged and your resume is readable.
- Name your document ‘FirstName LastName Resume’ to make it easy to pull up your information later.
- The subject line should be the title of the position you are applying to.
- Paste your cover letter in the body of the email. Be sure it is brief. You can attach it is as well but this saves you the stress of writing a unique message in the email.

If you are asked to paste your resume in an email or website:
- Create a new resume using plain text software like Notepad. This automatically removes formatting and allows you to create a ‘clean’ version.
- Paste it into an email, and then email it to yourself to see how it looks. Pasted resumes should be “fixed” to still be readable.
- Paste the resume below your cover letter. To avoid all difficulties with writing you can also buy a resume.