when mailing a resume should you fold it or send it in an 8x10 envelope?

Answer 1

8x10 envelope. it will seem a lot more professional

Answer 2

Go ahead and fold it. As the receiving end of some resumes, I'm never impressed by someone wasting money on postage trying to get my attention. What matters is a good cover letter, a professional looking resume (and contents, of course), and follow-up letter after an interview. I've never seen any manual that states to send it in a big envelope. It's a myth handed down by other job seekers.

Oh, and it would be at least an 8.5x11 envelope or you'd still be folding it.

Answer 3

I think it is always better to send a resume in an 8x10. It shows that you value this document an do not want to fold it. It should stand out a little more as well as the vast majority of resumes come folded in a standard envelope.

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when mailing a resume should you fold it or send it in an 8x10 envelope?

Answer 5

never fold your resume; always send it an 8x10 brown envelope. It makes it more business like and professional

Answer 6

Fold it in thirds like a "Z" so your name is showing when the envelope is open. However, if you send a larger envelope, it may have a better chance at getting opened.

Just make sure to use spell-check and then have someone else proof it. There is nothing worse than a sloppy resume.

Answer 7

Print resume on GOOD heavier paper - not just photocopy paper; include a cover letter and yes, send in 8 x 11 envelope. Be sure your cover letter has a header with your name address and phone #s just like business or company letterhead. SNAIL MAIL is becoming more outdated as a method to apply for a job. If the company has a 100 year history and prefers candidates who adhere to good oldfashioned practices rather than using fax and email (either they are computer/technology illiterate, can't afford a fax machine so consider yourself as a candidate for a tightly budgted pay rate, or they are opposed to trading in the typewriter for a computer "type of business/company"). However, in defense of sending a nicely printed resume along with a cover letter, professionalism will be in your favor and it shows the lengths and extra effort that you will go to in achieving or obtaining your goals. Hope they hire you.

Answer 8

As someone who used to do hiring and firing, it doesn't matter if you put it in an 8X10 envelope or fold it into a smaller envelope. They all end up in the same pile, and the ones that land on the top are the cleanest, neatest, easiest to read and have nothing fancy or too elaborate on them.

Answer 9

8 x 10 envelope... with a carefully worded and reread 5 times cover letter in 90# or brighter white paper or good quality resume paper if you want a job that is... otherwise pretty much anything, folded anyway will do. Or go to monster.com or other resume submitting sites

Answer 10

8x10. Why would you want to put you resume on really nice paper (and I hope you are) and then fold it up an make it look like crap? It's also more professional that way.

Answer 11

You'll need an 8.5 X 11 envelope. Keep your resume neat and appealing without fold lines.