Resume Submissions

Resumes may be sent to S L Collins Associates, Inc. via fax or as an e-mail attachment (preferred) or by copying and pasting your resume into the body of an e-mail. Your resume will not be forwarded to any individual or company without your prior knowledge and approval.

ELECTRONICALLY (preferred method):

We prefer that resumes be sent as an attachment to an email or from our Registration Page. Completing the questionnaire and submitting your resume via our Registration Page will provide us with all of the information we need to identify appropriate opportunities that will interest you.  We use Microsoft Word 2002 (Office XP) which recognizes most other word processing documents. If you prefer not to complete the questionnaire, click here to send us your resume via e-mail (with your last name in the subject line): Resume@slcollins.com

FAX:

Please do not fax your resume if this can be avoided.   We prefer to have all resumes in electronic format to allow keyword searching in our database. Faxed resumes are scanned into our database. Our scanners are not perfect, and sometimes keywords are missed, and formatting errors result.

MAIL:

Please do not mail resumes unless no other means are available.

Suggestions for Resume Writing:

When listing phone numbers on your resume, please indicate if those numbers are home, work, cell, etc.  Also, we are discrete (we always ask first if it is a good or bad time to talk) when calling work numbers, but please do not list a work number if we should not call you at work.   If your voice mail is not confidential, please let us know that.

Obtain an email account that you will keep with you throughout your career as you change employers (examples of free email accounts: @yahoo.com, @hotmail.com, etc.).

Avoid blatantly unprofessional email addresses and include your email address on your resume (in addition to the standard phone and address information).

Include dates of employment on your resume and include dates for each position held.

Include your duties, responsibilities, and accomplishments under each title and company. (Resume readers, i.e. the hiring company, want to be able to quickly tell if a specific skill set was applied in 1998 or 1968)

Obtain the latest virus detection software and keep it updated.

Don’t use flashing animation, or cursive fonts that are difficult to read.

Use your word processor’s SPELLCHECK feature.

We hope these tips have been helpful. Thank you for utilizing the services of S L Collins Associates, Inc. We are looking forward to assisting you in your job search.