Santa Clara University

Electronic Resumes

• Step One: Create a text version of your MS Word resume.

  • In your Word document, choose “Save As” and change the file type to “Plain Text.”
  • Give the file a new name so you can easily tell the two apart.

• Step Two: Open up your text document and clean it up so it’s computer-friendly.

  • Make sure all text is flush left with no tabs.
  • Make sure your name, address, phone, e-mail and LinkedIn profile link all appear on separate lines.
  • Make sure all headings are on separate lines with a blank line before and after.
  • Consider capitalizing (ALL CAPS) any items that you may have previously had bolded or italicized.
  • Bullets have been replaced by asterisks (*). As you read through the text, make sure the bullets are still identifiable as such and have not run together.

• Step Three: Cut and paste your text resume into a web application form.