Resume File Name

Select the folder youve chosen to save it in.

Resume file name. A summary of qualifications. I just had to wade through 100 resumes and I noticed a few mistakes that many people seem to make. If you never considered the file name to be that important you might be laughing at this advice.

The resume file name is especially important when you send multiple attachments in an email such as your resume a cover letter and a portfolio. Judy January 24 2014 at 340 pm I received advice that I should not send resumes in PDF only in Word or RTF because some applications dont search PDFs correctly. By naming your resume something like Joe-Smith-Sales.

Dont name your resume file Resume and other resume tips. My file name is FirstLast_Resume_JobTitle. Put your name with your surname the employers will know who the candidate is.

This is a way to brand yourself. It is important to give your resume a name which makes it clear what it is and that is yours. What goes best with a headline in a resume.

By labeling who the file is from the position they are after and the file it makes. A good file name for your resume is a great marketing tool which you can use to create your mark on the hiring managers computer. After going through 100 resumes I had a short list of 20 candidates that I needed to whittle down to 5 or.

If you have a common name you could also add your middle initial. A hiring manager who sees resume-10 as part of your file name will wonder what resumes 1 through 9 looked like and whether youre just applying for every job in town. If as you should be youre sending customized resumes to each position you apply for include information such as.