What's the best way to send my resume?

[Azndude51]

I have a resume and cover letter that I want to send to a company for an internship. What's the best way to send it? Is e-mail an okay way to do it? I was told a specific address to send it to along with an e-mail, but I lost the address but have the e-mail. If I can do it via e-mail, should I just put it all in the text or attach a PDF or somethign?

 

[flashbacck]

hardcopy is best, but since you lost the address, email it as a word doc. Emails are more likely to get lost in the void.

 

[HyTekJosh]

Larger employers will typically have an electronic system in which they accept resumes. I would recommend checking the company's website to see if there is such a system. Otherwise email should be ok. I recruit for one of the largest companies in the world and they only accept resumes via electronic format. I've not seen an employer requesting resumes via snail mail within the last few years.

 

[doze]

Email and FAX it just in case it does not get received

 

[JMWarren]

PDF FTW.

Some people won't open Word Documents for fear of viruses.

 

[chusteczka]

LaTex format is best to display your eliteness.
PDF format otherwise. (spelling and grammatical errors are not highlighted)

If they insist on an MS Word .DOC, then call them noobs and move on to the next company that is more technologically advanced.

 

[cyclistca]

How can you convert a word doc to a pdf? Is their shareware that does this?

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: cyclistca
How can you convert a word doc to a pdf? Is their shareware that does this?

OpenOffice FTW!

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: cyclistca
How can you convert a word doc to a pdf? Is their shareware that does this?

CutePDF is one. Just search. There are free plugins. They show up like a printer.

I'd send .doc and .pdf. I sent my resume to a guy at NASA in PDF and he seriously could not figure out how to open it. After a couple e-mails I just sent him a .doc.

 

[clamum]

E-mail is fine. I've sent mine in Word format in 90% of cases, or more. I would add a quick note that if they would like it in a different format to let me know but no one did.

 

[AreaCode707]

Email it in Word format. 99% of people submit their resumes in Word, and most recruiters are used to dealing with that format. PDF can scare them. (It doesn't take much, technologically speaking, to scare a recruiter.)

Since you had a particular email address, I'd use that, but I would DEFINITELY recommend going to their site and looking to see if they have a way to apply online. That is the best way to ensure your resume isn't getting lost somewhere - once you enter it into an applicant tracking system, it's searchable, shareable, and just generally more accessible and higher profile.

<--- is in HR, has been in recruiting before.