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how to send application : e-mail or snail mail

  • 13-06-2007 7:15am
    #1
    hunnymonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,365 ✭✭✭


    I'm sure this has been asked before but my friend the search button is letting me down.

    I have put together an application for a job. The advert says send CV to

    Dr X, Job Title, Institution, City (e-mail@institution.ie)

    Would it be better to send it in the post or is it ok to e-mail it. If e-mailing, I assume a pdf is the best format?


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    hunnymonster wrote:
    Would it be better to send it in the post or is it ok to e-mail it. If e-mailing, I assume a pdf is the best format?
    If it's an academic person (Dr X, seems pretty academic to me :)), then an emailed PDF would be fine IMO. Just stick a line into the mail saying "If you would prefer a posted hard copy of my CV, I would be happy to provide it."

    Educational institutions often have a very set application process, so if it's one of them, you may want to check it out.

    I've seen numerous companies insist on Word documents for some bizarre reason. Recruiters often insist on it so they can go and **** it up for you, but it makes no sense for a company to do so.


  • #3
    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    If its directly to the employer you should be safe enough with a PDF. Recruitment companies bitch and moan about receiving PDF docs so you have to send it to them in Word format.

    Id say email and PDF in this instance would be fine. Explain to him/her to you have attached the CV in PDF format (just in case they ain't IT literate) perhaps with a link to where they can download Adobe Reader.

    It's quite possible (in the rare circumstance) that the attachment may be removed by some overly strict email scanner - so along with the email it might be neat, or overkill, to have a link on the web to where he/she can download the PDF CV.


  • #4
    hunnymonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,365 ✭✭✭hunnymonster


    Great. Thanks for the advice.


  • #5
    jc7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 305 ✭✭jc7


    when sending by e-mail, is it better to send CVs as a pdf also? (as opposed to a .doc file)


  • #6
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Send it by .doc to small companies (that may not know about Adobe Reader), and to recruitment agencies. Some of the larger agencies won't mind the PDF's, and will know how to open them.


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  • #7
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Send a Doc and a PDF. Personally I just use Doc and noones complained. Mind you its a very nice doc properly formatted with styles and with no tables to feck it up.


  • #8
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    BostonB wrote:
    Send a Doc and a PDF. Personally I just use Doc and noones complained. Mind you its a very nice doc properly formatted with styles and with no tables to feck it up.
    Seconded. Tables imported badly make your CV look sh|te.


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