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eCV helpful hints

Helpful hints to ensure your CV gets seen by prospective employers when you apply online.

The e-cv or e-resume, short for electronic CV or Resume, is a vital tool for today's job-seeker.

But what exactly is an electronic cv or resume? Whilst opinions vary about what is or is not an electronic cv, it's a broadly used term that covers several types of cv's. What ties these cv types together is mode of delivery. Rather than traditional modes of cv delivery - snail-mail, faxing, and hand-delivery - e-cv's are delivered electronically -- via e-mail, submitted to Internet job boards, or residing on their own Web page. Then there are sort of middle-tech cousins of e-cv's, scannable cv's - used less and less frequently these days - that are in print format but are ready to become electronic cv's through optical scanning.

• 1. You absolutely MUST have one.
• 2. Your e-cv must be loaded with keywords.
• 3. Your e-cv must be achievements-driven .
• 4. An e-cv is not too difficult to create.
• 5. Text-based e-cv's are pretty ugly, but you can dress them up a bit.
• 6. E-Cv's are highly versatile.
• 7. You must tailor the use of your e-cv to each employer's or job board's instructions.
• 8. Take advantage of job-board features to protect yourself and get the most out of posting your e-cv on the boards.
• 9. A few finishing touches can increase your e-cv's effectiveness.
• 10. Use your common sense

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4. An e-cv is not too difficult to create.

It's surprisingly easy to create an e-cv once you get the hang of it. There's more that one way to create a text-based e-cv, but the most common method involves saving your word-processed (usually Word) resume in text (.txt) format, re-opening it in a text editor program, such as Wordpad, Notepad, or Mac's Simple Text, and then making a few adjustments in it.