Hiring managers/ recruiters etc. Very Important question. Thanks for checking this out!?

Question

I have pasted below a direct quote from one of the many on-line job search engines? (the errors are real too)
Would you say this is an accurate statement? Are they really saying that I need to re-create my resume in the body of an email?


Tech Format:

Hiring managers have short attention spans. These people will not click on a link and visit your website. They will not read an attachment. Therefore, you must include your resume in the email text.
The email should be in ASCII text. Most hiring managers do not use applications that support HTML. Make sure you're not sending HTML email by checking the preferences of your mail client. your mail client.
Set your page width to "narrow" (60 characters max. per line). Use a hard return at the end of each line if you are in doubt.
Forget about trying to line up vertical columns, etc. They will not hold their alignment. They will look silly.
All headings should be capitalized. Lists should be set off by dashes (-) or asterisks

Answer 1

Somethings are true in your quote.

Most people tend to have a small attention span. Clicking on someone's link is not only time consuming, it's dangerous since your link could be to a site forbidden by the company.

From what I have heard, the ASCII text thing is true since some of them want to scan the resume in their own system and so they prefer to have non-bold ASCII text since simple text has no other characters behind it.

Your email letter should have in the content, the position you're applying for, and why do you qualify for the position not your whole resume. The email letter is to simply intrigue the hiring or screening person to further check out your resume. The link won't work..I wouldn't click on a link if I were screening the resumes. ..Just cut and paste, it's not as hard as you think. ..Good Luck, ..Bob

Answer 2

Most places want your resume in Word format as it is the most popular and widely used format in business.