I was reading some advice blogs about looking for a job. With the economy the way it is, they have been unusually active. One comment asked the blog’s author what kind of paper would best impress the employer. Apparently, the place this person was applying specifically requested no fax, no email — paper resumes only.
This question has yet to receive an answer. Probably because no one currently looking for a job uses paper resumes. They served their purpose well once upon a time, but the world has moved past them.
If your business is still requesting paper applications, then you are creating extra work for yourself. Whereas I could school you on the environment and the unnecessary waste paper creates when you have a perfectly good electronic alternative, I won’t. I prefer to point out that requesting hard copies of resumes creates a huge stack that is unwieldy and difficult to organize.
One of the niceties of using computers is the quick, efficient organization of documents. After perusing the file on your computer, you can easily shift the unqualified candidates to one folder on your desktop, the maybes to another, and the definites to a third. Whereas this may seem like no big advantage compared to doing the same with paper applications, consider the state of the economy one more time. Your one job listing will produce triple the response you received one year ago. The stacks of paper will get quite huge.
So, even if you don’t care about the environment, going paperless is still the best idea.
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