• It's becoming very popular these days among employers
• You can cover a wider geographic area
• You can reach more prospective employers
• It's fast and almost free
• Electronic résumés can be searched electronically by keywords
• You look up-to-date and ready to use online and computer-based tools and resources

• ASCII text, sent in an e-mail message or uploaded to a database (flush left, no special formatting)
• Formatted, and sent as e-mail attachment (be sure the recipient can receive and open attachments)
• Scannable (avoid special formatting, use wide margins, sans-serif typeface and include keywords)
• Web-based (can make use of web formatting, linking, and "chunking")
• Hypertext (chunked)
• Printable HTML
• Printable PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader)
• CD-ROM (avoids problems of privacy and confidentiality, can be both a webfolio and résumé)

• Formatting, including spacing, underlining, tabs, and margins may not transmit
• The recepient may not be able to open your attachment
• The Webbed résumé may not look the same on the recipient's browser
• Documents submitted to public databases may not be confidential: your information may be open for the whole world to see/misuse
• Links to personal information or photos may compromise the job application process
• References may not be listed without permission on the web or in open databases

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Helpful Links for more information (for history's sake: most links are now dead)

• Top 6 Online Job Search Mistakes
• 35 Ways to Land a Job Online
• eRésumés 101: Best of the Webbed Résumés
• Aimee Hall's Webfolio -- A Great Example of What's Possible!
• Michael Day's Poorly Formatted Chunked Out CV
• Cover Letter Tips and Examples from Monster.com