What To Name Your Resume

Watch this video to find out how to name a resume file to make it stand out from the rest of the job applications an example is included TWEET this vide.

What to name your resume. First imagine if you owed a restaurant and on all your advertising in the community you put your legal business name such Food Inc as opposed to Joes Catfish Shack. Your professional resume name will help you stand out and make it easier for the hiring manager to stay organized. Not putting the name you go by on your resume is a problem for many reasons and most of all because it makes it harder to get a job.

Develop a filing system on your computer to keep track of the different versions of your resume rather than using the file name for that purpose and make sure that proofed ready-to-go resumes are. With this hiring managers will know whose resume it is when you apply for jobs and it will be much easier for them to track your job application from a pile of applications and share it with colleagues involved in the hiring process. To get Ken in your corner write a short headline for your resume.

Here are our tips for naming and saving your resume and cover letter Career advice for women Best careers for women Career tips for women. A headline shows key resume selling points. You may also take it up to 20 point font.

Make sure your file name is descriptive and unique to you. If not the recipient may not be able to open your resume and you would have fallen at the first hurdle. This will help you keep track of different versions of your resume your cover letter and when you have used them to apply for jobs.

Ive been writing resumes and coaching professionals since 1999. When you save your resume after all the hard work its important to name your file name that includes your own name. After you have chosen the best file name for your resume make sure the final few letters show the correct format of the file.

Keep the font size at least two points than other writtings of the resume. Managers see instantly who you are and what makes you different from others. To save your resume as a Word document click on File Save As and type in the file name you are giving your resume ie JohnDoeResumedoc or JohnDoeResumedocx.