How To Email Your Resume

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How to email your resume:

As some email filters block some emails with attachments & many don't trust opening an attachment anyway, some choose to include their resume in the body of the email message.

Sometimes employers ask that a resume be included in the body of the email message or they may instruct applicants not to send attachments. In these instance,:

• Open your MS Word resume & click copy, then paste it in the body of your email.

• Send a test email to yourself to see how your email will look. If you have different email applications try them all to see how the email will look.

• Adjust the email, as some of the fancy characters will disappear.

• You still need a cover letter which can be inserted at the top of the email, then followed by your inserted resume. See sample email cover letter.

• Once you create your email containing your cover letter & resume, you can re-use it as a template for future applications by editing it each time for the specific job. 

• You can use the same email template for online applications, by cutting & pasting.

If there are no instructions reference attachments, you can attach your MS Word resume, but ensure that you follow up quickly to ensure the email & attachment were received & the employer was able to open the attachment.... etc.

Employers expect your emailed resume to be free of grammar, spelling & structural mistakes.