There are times when you need a text version of your resume to paste into an online database. If you are told to “copy and paste” your resume into a little box on a web site, you use the text version. (If given a choice, do use the upload or browse button to attach the regular version of your resume instead.) A text version of your resume means that:
- Everything is left side justified.
- There is no bolding.
- There are no bullet points.
- It is a plain vanilla version.
If you try to paste your regular version when a text file is needed, bullet points may come out as question marks or the number 7. Spacing becomes jumbled. This is not the impression you want to give to a potential employer. If you create one text version, you have it on your hard drive and don’t have to fuss with changes anytime you need to use it again.
To create a Text file, try the following:
- Open your resume
- Click File, Save As
- In the Save As Type Box, select: Text Only or Plain Text.
- Rename document
- Now open this text file document
- Check document and make minor changes. Remove any heading for page two as you don’t know how this version will be viewed or printed by the recipient. If you have used a table, there might be some extraneous symbols that need removing.
- Save it to use any time you need a “cut and paste” version of your resume.
These directions are for PC users and I would enjoy hearing from Mac users about how they handle the need for Text versions.
See sample that follows. sam_smith_text_example[1]
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FUNNY EXAMPLE FROM A RESUME
Experience: “Child care provider: Organized activities; prepared lunches and snakes.” Read more at: http://jobmob.co.il/blog/funniest-resume-mistakes/#ixzz0YGOtn621
Recent Posts
If you are recently laid off, start with the bottom listed blog, Ouch—Job Lost—How to Get a Fulfilling New Job, and then work your way up to the top.
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- The Resume—Putting it All Together
- The Resume—Work History
- The Resume—Summary
- The Resume—General Comments
- The Resume—Your Ticket
- Get Rid of the Rocks
- Reinventing ourselves
- But I don’t know What I want to do When I Grow Up
- How Much Do You Like Yourself?
- The Leaving Statement
- A Continuation of Perspectives
- Change your thoughts and you can change your world
- Harder to get a job while “in transition”?
- Ouch–Job Lost–How to Get a Fulfilling New Job
Thanks to tech guru David Behrens (http://neptunestudios.net), and editor M. C. Pastoret.
