Format For Emailing Cv's
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Format For Emailing Cv's
Good day to you all.
I have a question regarding the format in which to send cv's by email if the job advertised does not specify a preference in program type e.g. pdf, word etc.
thanx
I have a question regarding the format in which to send cv's by email if the job advertised does not specify a preference in program type e.g. pdf, word etc.
thanx
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When emailing CVs or applications I use PDF so there is no concern regarding formatting.
I sometimes do a copy-paste of my CV in the bottom of my email. I have a text-only version that I am sure will show up correctly in the email. I write in the body text that I have done this in case of technical problems. You never know, sometimes people are weary of opening attachments, spam/filter problems, etc. However, this is usually to recipients that have not specifically requested an online CV.
Good luck.
I sometimes do a copy-paste of my CV in the bottom of my email. I have a text-only version that I am sure will show up correctly in the email. I write in the body text that I have done this in case of technical problems. You never know, sometimes people are weary of opening attachments, spam/filter problems, etc. However, this is usually to recipients that have not specifically requested an online CV.
Good luck.
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You definately have to watch out with word, I wrote my CV on one version of word, I then tested it on my laptop, which has another version, just to check that the formatting worked, which it did. No problem I thought.
I then proceeded to send out my CV to all and sundry, only to find that when I opened the CV on a third computer at work a couple of weeks later, it suddenly was one and a half pages long due to the column formatting being out of line (it looked terrible)
I am now a pdf convert!
I then proceeded to send out my CV to all and sundry, only to find that when I opened the CV on a third computer at work a couple of weeks later, it suddenly was one and a half pages long due to the column formatting being out of line (it looked terrible)
I am now a pdf convert!
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Greekboy, Openoffice.org can save directly to PDF, as well as M$ Office formats. It's free and downloadable from OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite
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Out of interest what software do you use for writing pdf documents. Been searching the web and there are loads. Some are very expensive too.
At home I use convertword2pdf.com/.
Simple upload the file and then download the PDF version. It's free and you'll never be without it so long as you have internet access
The site above will convert many documents, see here.
Good luck.
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When I don't have Acrobat Pro handy I use this site:
PDF Converter - Convert to PDF Online Free
Takes a few minutes after you upload the .DOCX file and then they'll email it back to you as a PDF.
PDF Converter - Convert to PDF Online Free
Takes a few minutes after you upload the .DOCX file and then they'll email it back to you as a PDF.
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I think my lawyer would be concerned to hear this. When I asked him why he always sends letters etc as .pdf's he said that it was so they can't be modifed and then sent on, thus misrepresenting what was in the original. I've also noticed that accountants and IFA's often do the same.
Unlike me, he's quite a high-tech sort of person (I'mn a Luddite) so seriously, just how easy is it to modify/overwrite a .pdf?
Unlike me, he's quite a high-tech sort of person (I'mn a Luddite) so seriously, just how easy is it to modify/overwrite a .pdf?
