This subject is probably one of the first I should have posted about because of the importance, but nonetheless I have seen 3 examples today and need to address it. When you as a job applicant submit your resume to an employer, make sure that you send it in Microsoft Word, or as a pdf attachment. Every once in a while I see a resume show up in some file extension I have never heard of before. 10 times out of 10 I can’t open it either. Most times (unless I am in need of super resumes) those emails end up deleted. You may be submitting your resume and not even realize it is never being seen because you are sending it in a format that is impossible for the vast majority of us to open.
To be safe, always save and send your resume in MS Word. Why? Because it is by far the most common program out there, and if a hiring manager or company isn’t using it, I would be worried about them. RTF is in theory the safest. Rich Text Format (RTF) is a standardized way to encode various text formatting properties, such as bold characters and typefaces, as well as document formatting and structures. By saving a document in RTF, you can open the file in many word processors and other RTF-aware software packages with much of its formatting left intact. Many word processing programs will allow you to save a document in RTF when you select Save As... .
To further help, I am including links below to a few quick tutorials on YouTube. I get questions about how to save documents all the time, and this should help those who are in need of a brush up:
Saving a Document As a PDF, RTF, DOC, or TXT File
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEKT07N6QSw
Saving documents in different formats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYXCnsi9hIM
Converting A Microsoft Word Document To Adobe PDF Format
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zerocdgGB2g
Word 2007 Save As PDF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ChN-1dHsM&feature=related
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