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Politeness is worth considering in human relations; in the
employment-search process being courteous is of paramount
importance and, it always pays.
Faxing or mailing unsolicited resumes, apart from being impolite,
might be considered by many employers as an intrusion rather
than an innovative communication method. Except for a few
specific cases (such as resume banks), resumes should be mailed
or hand-carried for the attention of the department of human
resources. Nevertheless, if used appropriately, faxes are
properly quick and intimate; on the other side, if used inappropriately,
they're mostly annoying and often discourteous.
What to do if you prefer using fax or e-mail because of their
speed and convenience? Like most protocol questions, the answer
is simple and unclear: use common sense and be polite.
We don't encourage EasyJob's
users to fax or e-mail resumes unless there is not other available
alternative. Apart from being impolite, the relatively poor
quality of a faxed resume will likely result in an incomplete
evaluation of your qualifications.
Besides that, you don't know how many people share the fax
machine causing resumes to possibly become misplaced. If your
resume is illegible or lost, it definitely is not going to
do you any good.
Do not email your resume unless specifically requested to.
E-mail is also not an exact science. Sometimes the document
is not received or arrives corrupted and illegible; if you
send it as an attachment and the recipient does not have the
same software, he may not be able to open the document. In
both cases, the busy hiring manager may not have the time
to tell you that there was a problem. Furthermore, many people
are cautious of opening attached files in emails from unknown
sources making possible for your attached resume to be neglected
or deleted.
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