| The career world is increasingly competitive and the | | | | databases whenever you choose. |
| more you can do to gain an advantage over others | | | | It is always a best practice to prepare your resume |
| who are less prepared, the quicker your dream of | | | | well in advance for spell check errors and to revise as |
| medical billing and coding career success can be | | | | necessary. It is critical that you find and correct any |
| realized. Unfortunately, many people still assume the | | | | errors before submitting. A flawless medical insurance |
| resume submitted online is the same format as the | | | | billing and coding resume reveals you are the type of |
| one created to print and mail out to prospective | | | | person that pays attention to detail. |
| employers. To get the attention of employers online, | | | | Most online resume venues prefer a chronological |
| today's resume needs a different format to copy, | | | | format where the focus is on a person's work history. |
| paste and email. | | | | If you are a career changer and focusing on skills, this |
| If optimized correctly, your online resume can include all | | | | type of format may place you at a disadvantage. |
| the necessary keywords and can be indexed online, | | | | Be careful not to fall into the trap of using the |
| scanned in a resume database, or read by a real | | | | submission forms provided by an online database. |
| person in a human resources department. | | | | Writing a resume is a lot of work and your submission |
| Resume Versions to Keep Handy | | | | will be for one site only. This means you will have to |
| Scannable Version | | | | repeat your submission efforts on every database |
| This can be a less-designed version void of fancy | | | | you encounter. |
| design highlights. Bulleted lists are okay and can be the | | | | HTML Resumes |
| creative limit. | | | | Many of today's job seekers opt to create a |
| Print Version | | | | "webbed" resume version. These job seekers have |
| This is a printed resume version with bulleted lists, | | | | high hopes of being discovered by employers looking |
| italicized text and any other available highlights. This | | | | to find more than the usual information found in a |
| layout can work for printing, delivering hand-to-hand or | | | | typical resume. |
| mailing. | | | | Start with basic HTML. Avoid the overloaded pages |
| Email Version | | | | created by programs such as Shockwave and Java. |
| An email version of your resume works well for length | | | | Huge graphics and audio files are fine and have their |
| of line email restrictions. This should be text-only copy. | | | | own proper place and time for submittal. Keep in mind |
| Plain Text | | | | you want an employer to download your resume as |
| Also referred to as text-only, this version can easily be | | | | quickly as possible. |
| ready to cut and paste into online forms and resume | | | | |