How to Create a Text-based Resume

By Katharine on May 5, 2009 9:50 AM | Permalink

This posting is a guest entry from the Career Doctor, Randall S. Hansen, PhD:

Anonymous writes:

How do you put a resume in ASCII format? Is that the same thing as text only? Please advise.

The Career Doctor responds:

The easy answer is yes … ASCII and text-only basically mean the same thing — a resume that is stripped of all formatting, making it easier to place into databases.

But there is more to your question because there are some fundamental differences between a regular formatted resume and a text resume. Although the similar “scannable” resume is rarely used anymore, you can learn all about these differences, in Scannable Resume Fundamentals: How to Write Text Resumes.