Use Distinctive File Name When Sending Resume via E-mail

When sending your resume as an e-mail attachment, don’t give your resume the file name “resume,” advises Jobseeker News. “Recruiters get 100s of resumes a day, so if you name your resume attachment “resume.doc” or “myresume.” the recruiter’s computer will automatically assign your resume in numerical sequence to the already thousands of resumes in the computer. So your file will now become “resume58742.doc” or something similar. Name your file with your first and last name and the word “resume.” Your file name should look like this: “johndoeresume.doc”. That way the recruiter can find faster you in the system, and you won’t become “just a number.”