Employers can't open my attached e mail resume!!!! HELP!

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I am sending out tons of cover letters and resumes. The employers are listed on job search engines. They ask that you "click here to apply" It opens their e amil address. I typed in : "Please find my cover letter and resume attached with this e mail." The employers ARE NOT ABLE TO OPEN the attachment(s). PLEASE ADVIS

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Dazed and Confused
 
What program did you use to create the resume ? They would have to have the
same program or a program reader that is compatible with the program. . Jym



colleen said:
I am sending out tons of cover letters and resumes. The employers are
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listed on job search engines. They ask that you "click here to apply" It
opens their e amil address. I typed in : "Please find my cover letter and
resume attached with this e mail." The employers ARE NOT ABLE TO OPEN the
attachment(s). PLEASE ADVISE
 
Thanks for the speedy response, jym! i typed my cover letter in Windows XP, and my resume was professionally done by someone who e mailed it to me. I guess he used Word.
 
I am sending out tons of cover letters and resumes. The employers are listed on job search engines. They ask that you "click here to apply" It opens their e amil address. I typed in : "Please find my cover letter and resume attached with this e mail." The employers ARE NOT ABLE TO OPEN the attachment(s). PLEASE ADVISE

Signed,
Dazed and Confused
 
Colleen;
Windows XP is not a word processor.
What word processor did you use to write the cover letter?
Do not assume the resume is in Word.
Both should be in Word unless otherwise stated since most have Word.
You need to find out.
Email the package to a trusted friend and see what they get.
Can they open it with Word?

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


colleen said:
Thanks for the speedy response, jym! i typed my cover letter in
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Windows XP, and my resume was professionally done by someone who e
mailed it to me. I guess he used Word.
 
You don't mention that you have actually attached the resume file.
Just typing "Please find my cover letter and resume attached with this e
mail." won't be enough.

Regards, Len

colleen said:
I am sending out tons of cover letters and resumes. The employers are
Click to expand...
listed on job search engines. They ask that you "click here to apply" It
opens their e amil address. I typed in : "Please find my cover letter and
resume attached with this e mail." The employers ARE NOT ABLE TO OPEN the
attachment(s). PLEASE ADVISE
 
Jupiter: thanks for your help. I have windows XP. I went to WORD and typed my cover letter (s). The resume writer DID use Word when he originally emailed me my resume. It was 2 years ago if that makes any difference, but he did use WORD. p.s. I HATE Technology..LOL!
 
Hey Len;
Please find my check made out to you for $57,000.00 attached with this post.
Wes

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colleen said:
I am sending out tons of cover letters and resumes. The employers are
Click to expand...
listed on job search engines. They ask that you "click here to apply" It
opens their e amil address. I typed in : "Please find my cover letter and
resume attached with this e mail." The employers ARE NOT ABLE TO OPEN the
attachment(s). PLEASE ADVISE
Signed,
Dazed and Confused
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Assuming, you are actually attaching a file to your email and your possible
employers do not have a program that opens a Word document you could:

Open your resume in your copy of Word and copy and paste it into your
email.

If your possible employers have the free Acrobat Reader, you could
convert your resume.doc file into a resume.pdf file. Adobe offers a free 5
conversions online trial at:
http://createpdf.adobe.com/index.pl/2692008607.96048?BP=IE . You will need
to registrar to use the trial.

Don
 
Try sending the attachments in RTF format - open cover note & resume
in Word then save as file type RTF

John Allen
 
colleen said:
Jupiter: thanks for your help. I have windows XP. I went to WORD and typed my cover letter (s). The resume writer DID use Word when he originally emailed me my resume. It was 2 years ago if that makes any difference, but he did use WORD. p.s. I HATE Technology..LOL!
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I a guessing from what you say that you have Windows XP and you have
Microsoft Word (a word processor that runs on the system XP). Since you
have Word, try opening the document that you created in your own copy of
Word and check that it's not corrupted or something.

Recommendation: In today's world ... don't let on to your potential
employers that you hate technology.
 
I created a document in Microsoft Works Word Processor. I then saved it in My Documents. I then e-mailed several people and included an attatchment with the e-mail of my document. Everyone opened the e-mail, but could not open the document, or it was just a bunch of x's adn o's. Please advise.
Tyler
 
Tyler;
The recipients have to have MS Word to read the file.
Save as *.rtf instead of *.doc.
 
You saved in Works format and your correspondents don't have Works.
Find out from them what type of word processor they have (probably
Word). Send them the file in the format they have. Or pick a generic
format like *.rtf. Use Menu: Save/As command.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms
 
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