         HOW TO MAKE YOUR ELECTRONIC RESUME


After viewing this scrolling text and pressing [ESC], you
will see three buttons. The first button will copy all of
the necessary files to a floppy in your A: Drive and
rename certain files so that you can use them later.

The second button will do the exact same thing except that
it will move the necessary files to a floppy in your B:
Drive.

The third button will create a directory on your C: Drive
called RESUME, and copy all files to that directory. This
is the one recommended. You can then copy all files to
floppies in either the A: or B: drive and make duplicates
as needed.

Once you have made your choice, you can then use your word
processor or the included text editor (TE.EXE) to make it
your resume instead of Mortimer Goldfarb's. Poor Mortimer.
Please don't use his resume as an example for yourself. It
does do a pretty good job of showing you a couple of
different layout examples. If you like one of the layouts,
use it for your own. Experiment a little, make use of
so-called "white space."

To change it from Mortimer's resume to your resume, just
use any text editor to type over Mortimer's words. You can
of course lay out the text in any way you want. It is
STRONGLY suggested that you use the same layout in each
category. Looks more professional.

IMPORTANT!
Set the left margin to 0 and the right margin to 55 in
your text editor. If you use the included public domain
text editor TE.EXE, press [Ctrl], [Q], & [M] at the same
time to set your margins. This is necessary so that the
text will show up correctly in the view window.

Your resume must be your own creation. You have three main
subjects, Work History, Skills & Experience, and Personal
Information. You can of course subdivide these three main
areas to as many sub-areas as you wish. Notice that
Mortimer's Personal Information is divided into 4
sub-areas, Education, Health, Marital Status and Goals.
Yours may include Courses Studied, Languages Spoken, Golf
Handicap or whatever. It is important that you have a
design goal in mind when you compose your own Electronic
Resume.

There are two main schools on resumes and how they should
be composed. The traditional is chronologic, beginning
with your last job and following with the next to last and
so on. The other is a Targeted Resume. This is the one
preferred by most employers today. It includes a work
history (dates are not usually given) but is written
specifically for the position applied for.

That is one of the benefits of your Electronic Resume. Not
only does is set you apart from the crowd and convey a
technological comfort to your potential employer, it can
also be easily edited and revised for EACH AND EVERY
DIFFERENT JOB YOU MIGHT APPLY FOR.

Back to the technical stuff. Let's assume that you are
going to click the button to install necessary files to
your C: drive. Once you begin this action, a directory
named RESUME will be created on your C: drive and a number
of files will be copied. One or two will be renamed. Once
this is done, the only thing that you have to do is use
your word processor or text editor (TE.EXE) to put your
information in place of Mortimer Goldfarbs.

THE INCLUDED TEXT EDITOR
Is named TE.EXE and is a handy little editor. I wouldn't
want to write a novel with it, but it is perfect for quick
& easy, down & dirty text editing. To be able to use it at
anytime, just copy it to a directory that is in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file PATH statement.

I have a directory named UTIL that I use for little
goodies like this. Once you make the directory, just add
it's name to the PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

Once this is done, you can now invoke the Text Editor from
anywhere, any directory or hard or floppy drive. Just type
TE [Enter] at the DOS Prompt. TE will ask what file you
wish to edit. Just type the path and file name, if the
file doesn't exist yet, TE will create it for you.

TE.EXE will be copied to disk along with your other files.
Leave it and use it, or delete it when finished. It is not
necessary to include it on the floppy or file you send as
your resume.

If you use your own word processor, be sure that it has
ASCII capability. This is the format the text files must
be created and edited in. ASCII is also sometimes called
DOS text and usually has the file extension *.txt. Most
word processors allow you to work with and save files in
this format.

These FILE NAMES MUST REMAIN EXACTLY AS THEY ARE;
HISTORY.TXT, PERSONAL.TXT and SKILLS.TXT. If you change
anything in the names of these files, the program will not
work. It must be able to call these three files. When you
are finished editing them, be sure and save them with the
same file name. If you have different files for different
jobs, you can save them as HISTORY1.TXT, HISTORY2.TXT, for
instance. When you are ready to copy them to a floppy, use
DOS's REN command to change the file names back to the
original.

Example: REN HISTORY1.TXT HISTORY.TXT [Enter]

Typed exactly like that, history1.txt is renamed
history.txt and can now be used by the program. Do this on
your floppies rather than your hard drive, that way your
original files (history1.txt history2.txt etc.) will still
be intact on your C: drive, RESUME directory (c:\resume).

Or, you could call it Tequila.txt if you were applying for
a job with a beverage distributor for instance. I don't
care what you call it, as long as you name it back to it's
original name (history.txt, personal.txt, or skill.txt)
before sending it off. The program calls on these specific
file names. If you send your resume off with a file named
persnl3.txt instead of personal.txt it won't work. You
will probably be embarrassed.

TEST your resume before sending off.

You can also upload all files to Electronic Bulletin
Boards etc. If you're cruising the help wanted ads in
Compuserve for instance, and see something that catches
your eye, compress your resume files, write a note (cover
letter) to whomever posted the ad and attach your resume
file. Call it HIREME.ZIP (PKzip) or HIREME.EXE (ARC).

You WILL make an impression.

                          REVIEW

Use A, B, or C to copy needed files to either A:, B: or C:
drives.  If you are copying files to a floppy drive, be
sure you have a formatted floppy in the drive.

Use included Text Editor or your own word processor to
edit the following files: PERSONAL.TXT, SKILLS.TXT,
HISTORY.TXT.

THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO DO. Just type your information
in place of Mortimer Goldfarb's. Again, each of these
three files are formatted a little differently and it
is strongly recommended that you use only ONE format in
each of the three files. Make all three center titled,
or all three side titled in other words.

Once these files are edited to your satisfaction, your
resume should be ready to go.  Just copy ALL files to
the disk of your choice, slap a label on it that tells
the user to type GO [Enter] and you're all set up.
Just mail it or drop it off wherever you're applying
and wait for the phone to ring.

If you choose button C (make directory on C: called
resume and copy necessary files), after editing the
three files you then copy all files to your
destination disk.

Example: After editing the three text files in
C:\resume, at the DOS prompt in the RESUME directory
(C:>Resume) type; copy *.* a: [Enter]. This will copy
all files to drive a:. Slap a label on it and it's
ready to go. Simple.

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Don't despair, if nothing else you've learned enough
here to set yourself up as an employment counselor.
You can also make Electronic Resumes for a fee once you
register this program.





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