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Sample: Resume Converted to ASCII for Online Submissions
This resume meant for online submissions was re-formatted
into ASCII (pronounced ask-ee; stands for American
Standard Code of Information Interchange).
It has become the Industry Standard for submitting online.
Here are 2 reasons to do this second version of
your resume:
Reason
#1) Optical Character Recognition
Software (OCR)
The last thing you want after working so
hard to compose a great resume is for it to be eliminated by software
before it is ever seen by a human. OCR software, used by many large
companies today, is designed to scan through hundreds of resumes in
search of particular, pre-programmed keywords. If it doesn't
find those desired keywords, your resume may never be seen.
Reason #2)
Translation of Characters, Fonts and Punctuation
Anytime a document is shared between two computers, there is the potential for trnslation problems. Characters, fonts & punctuation may translate differently by the receiving computer. Bullets may turn into question marks; other Word formatting like Bold or Underline, may also be altered.
Doing your resume in ASCII eliminates that problem, and it can easily be copied/pasted into the body of your email without distortions or changes.
Although the conversion may be a little less aesthetically pleasing, it will at least be readable.
Notice the document snugs against the left margin. Bullets are changed to simple asterisks (*), the Shift of the 8 button.
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