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Virtual resume writing allows you to apply online, create your resume in a template, and post or e-mail your resume in seconds. These new methods can cause problems for job hunters. If you are writing a resume to be sent virtually, follow these tips to be sure you impress employers.

You need to test by opening your document in the different programs and see if it's rendered correctly before you decide to send that to employers. If the company is giving rules regarding the e-mailing of resumes, you must take note of that too and stick to it. Sometimes they will be the one who will tell you what to write in the subject line. You have to follow them. Otherwise, if you write your own subject line or if they cannot open your document, they will simply trash your resume.

Also, you must use standard fonts and it is helpful if you check its size. The standard and best font size is 11 or 12 points. Bigger fonts will look unprofessional and it will make you seem like you are attempting to take a lot of space. And when you’re writing any smaller your words will be difficult to read. When writing, use tools like "fit to page" in order to condense your content and adequately space it. Use margins cautiously and be sure it will make room for your text without leaving a huge space in any edge of the document.

Do not use strange or tough to read fonts. Surely, using strange fonts isn't the technique to make your resume stick out. This is the way to make HR throw your work to the side the keep from going blind. Reading off a computer screen is bad enough without attempting to decipher fonts. Your possible employer is not a kindly professor. He or she is not going to change your font for you but toss your resume in the trash.

Double check your attachments, make sure they are indeed attached and make sure all links are working. If you have an online portfolio, you might have included links to that in your resume. Be sure you test these links. Once more, in particular if you are e-mailing, make sure that anything you have mentioned as attached in your e-mail is attached. In the e-mail's body, ensure that your resume writing style is formal. Further, adopt a professional e-mail address that does not use nicknames or an awkward host.

More than the paper method, you need more proofreading and editing of your resume writing in the digital world because you will be using links and other things that cannot be accomplished in paper writing. Spell check and review your writing. Do not rely on the autocorrect features. Sometimes printing your document and proofing on paper can present you with another standpoint and you might catch mistakes you would otherwise miss.