February 16, 2001

The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

Resumes in cyberspace / That's where they're being posted by millions

by Karin Shill Rives; Staff Writer

They used to arrive by snail mail and pile up on.......

Electronic resumes can pose their own set of challenges for job seekers as well.

"It often doesn't look the same as a paper copy, so I tell people who send electronic resumes to follow it up with a paper copy or at least a fax," said Madeline Miller, who owns and operates a national resume service in Binghamton, NY.  "If they don't have compatible software or printers, bullets may come out as strange symbols or as squares.  or sometimes a resume that's one page comes out as two pages."

She keeps telling job seekers to use every means available to contact potential employers: e-mail, telephone, mail and fax.

"I tell them pushy is good."