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These days, it is expected that you'll be asked to submit your resume electronically.
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Attachments can also sometimes get messed up when the receiving computer tries to decode the information in a different way than your system coded it. In other words, there are many reasons to learn how to create effective formatted ASCII resumes.
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Tips for ASCII and scannable resumes: do not try to use bold, italics, underlining, or special fonts as these do not appear in ASCII text (try using capital letters for emphasis instead); keep things simple do not use tabs (use the spacebar if necessary) don't use bullets (you can use asterisks or dashes if you want) left justification is standard; use hard carriage returns to insert line breaks and make sure lines are no longer than 65 characters in length use nouns instead of action verbs to describe your skills and experience consider putting a skills/keyword summary section near the beginning proofread to make sure everything looks right after saving it to ASCII text
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