emailing resume?

Question

What is the correct way to email a resume and coverletter?
As a attachment,copy and paste into the body?Both?

Answer 1

Email your cover letter in the body of the email. Attach your resume.

Answer 2

If simply adding it as an attachment doesn't solve the problem (as many others have suggested) it could be that your resume is overly formatted. Possibly with one of Word's resume templates. Hiring managers hate those templates, because they always look messed up on other computers beside the one they were created on. The best way to make a resume is to use as little formatting as possible. Use bold, underline, or italic to highlight headings. Use the enter key a couple times to seperate sections, and use the tab key to indent sections. These are very basic functions that Word has supported for years. Do not use boxes, pictures, strange fonts, and never use the resume templates. These are fine for printing a resume, but not for emailing one. If this still does not work, you can copy and paste the resume into Notepad to work with the resume as a .txt file. No formatting (no bold, italic, or tabbing). Use enter to seperate sections, and use all caps to make headings stand out.

Answer 3

If they do not specify in advt then attach resume, and write coverletter in body.

Keep well formetted text Resume ready also in case you have to include in the bosy. Make sure that the lines are less then 65 characters wide - that is generally for most text editors.

Answer 4

Many jobs I apply to .. they specifically say do NOT attach resumes.. Some will just delete your email if you do this..

It is best to just copy and paste into the body of the e-mail

Answer 5

Wait and see when the company asks for them. If it asks for emailing resumes, then ask which is better for that company.

I would send it as an attachment. ONE issue with that is if they have a different word processing software, other than WORD or WORKS, they may not be able to pick it up.
IT is best to find out from that employer what they want. THEN they will see you can follow directions.

THANKS

Answer 6

I work in H.R. and I would say that either if fine, but most common and prefered, is your cover letter/greeting in the body of the email and the resume attached.

Answer 7

First, follow the directions in the job posting. They'll generally tell you if they don't want attachments. They may also tell you what format to use - MSWord, .pdf, .txt, etc.

I have generally attached my resume as a .pdf (to preserve formatting) and write a cover letter in the body of the e-mail. Again, follow the directions in the posting as to entering the message subject (job#, etc.) and reference the attachment/inclusion in your message.

Answer 8

i always just attach it