# Fancy paper for resumes a thing of the past? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-paper-for-resumes-a-thing-of-the-past/239840 "2004-04-13T19:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-paper-for-resumes-a-thing-of-the-past/239840/21 "2004-04-15T00:18:24Z")
I think that is excellent advice **Harriet the Spry**. Stuff I hadn’t thought of, but I agree with it. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-paper-for-resumes-a-thing-of-the-past/239840/22 "2004-04-15T05:08:56Z")
When I was vetting resumes, bad quality and cutesy colors went straight into the trash. You wouldn’t believe the shit people would send in- badly greyed-out xerox copies, pink paper with designs on it (looked like a shower invite or something). I even got one written in pencil once. Good quality white paper only. No folds, no staples, header or footer to ID each page. We will make multiple copies. ---
**Author:** ![Tokyo\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tokyo\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tokyo_Mann)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-paper-for-resumes-a-thing-of-the-past/239840/23 "2004-04-15T07:11:14Z")
> [@roxx222](#): > > An extra question… When sending a resume by E-mail, am I supposed to paste the resume straight into the body of the E-mail or send it as an attachment? It looks much better in Word, because I have it arranged in columns, but if people never open attachments, maybe I should change the format. I much prefer getting resumes in Word documents. Unformated ones in the document just don’t look good. ---
**Author:** ![iamme99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/57b2e6/32.png) [@iamme99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamme99)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-paper-for-resumes-a-thing-of-the-past/239840/24 "2004-04-15T08:27:59Z")
> [@roxx222](#): > > An extra question… When sending a resume by E-mail, am I supposed to paste the resume straight into the body of the E-mail or send it as an attachment? It looks much better in Word, because I have it arranged in columns, but if people never open attachments, maybe I should change the format. I haven’t sent a paper resume out in many years. I always use email. I usually send in PDF format. If you send in Word, there is a lot of hidden data that can get you introuble, if someone knows how to find it. ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-paper-for-resumes-a-thing-of-the-past/239840/25 "2004-04-15T10:07:45Z")
> [@roxx222](#): > > An extra question… When sending a resume by E-mail, am I supposed to paste the resume straight into the body of the E-mail or send it as an attachment? It looks much better in Word, because I have it arranged in columns, but if people never open attachments, maybe I should change the format. I recently applied to about 8 jobs via e-mail/internet attachment. 7 of the 8 specifically requested either MSWord or PDF format. The 8th didn’t specify what it preferred, so I sent an MSWord. The rest got PDF. ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-paper-for-resumes-a-thing-of-the-past/239840/26 "2004-04-15T10:08:59Z")
> [@caphis](#): > > I recently applied to about 8 jobs via e-mail/internet attachment. 7 of the 8 specifically requested either MSWord or PDF format. The 8th didn’t specify what it preferred, so I sent an MSWord. The rest got PDF. Pet peeve of mine. Change “either MSWord or PDF format” to “either MSWord or PDF”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-paper-for-resumes-a-thing-of-the-past/239840/27 "2004-04-15T10:11:43Z")
> [@iamme99](#): > > If you send in Word, there is a lot of hidden data that can get you introuble, if someone knows how to find it. …what? Run that by me again? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-paper-for-resumes-a-thing-of-the-past/239840.md?page=1)