Killer Resume

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While Love Bug and Killer Resume have brought about a renewed awareness, virus-harboring email attachments are nothing new. According to Network Associates, makers of McAfee security applications, more than 53,000 viruses are on the loose today. Because of this major threat, it's never been a good idea to attach your resume to an email, unless recipients specifically request it. Most recipients in the know prefer that you include your resume directly in the body of a plain-text (ASCII) email.

If you send your resume as an attachment without permission, recipients may delete your email before they even read it. Some recipients don't know that only a few file types can harbor viruses, so they delete all messages that include attachments. Even if you send an ASCII attachment that can't harbor viruses, recipients might delete it anyway.

Now that Killer Resume is circulating hot on the heels of Love Bug, it's likely that hiring personnel will delete far more unsolicited resume attachments than they will read.

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