| When you see advertisements for flight attendant | | | | attachment to the email unless the airline specifies |
| jobs and you know that you do meet the | | | | that you do so. When it does want it sent in this |
| minimum requirements, you should give some | | | | manner, the ad will usually tell you to send it as a |
| thought to applying for one of these jobs. Since | | | | text document, in which all the formatting will be |
| most airlines advertise for the flight attendants | | | | lost. The process of sending a resume in this |
| they need online, you can also submit your | | | | format is as follows: |
| resume electronically. The best thing to do is to | | | | * Compose your resume as a Word Document |
| submit both an electronic and a hard copy just to | | | | * If you use Microsoft Word, use Page Setup. |
| make sure that the airline does receive it because | | | | The margins on the left and right should be set to |
| strange things do seem to happen to documents | | | | one inch. |
| transmitted online. However, make sure that the | | | | * Choose Select All from the Edit menu |
| ad does not specify that the airline will not accept | | | | * Change the font to Courier Size 12 |
| hard copies. | | | | * Then save the document as Text Only |
| The online questionnaires that airlines have do not | | | | * Launch Notepad from the menu of the hard |
| take the place of sending a resume or an | | | | rive |
| interview. They are just surveys that airline has | | | | * Open your resume in its text format |
| of determining whether or not you would be a | | | | * View it to see what it will look like when the |
| good fit for the company and whether you would | | | | airline receives it. |
| be able to work well with its other flight | | | | If you have bullets in your resume, they may |
| attendants. It is something like a pre-screening in | | | | show up as question marks. It is best to use |
| which you do receive a score for the answers | | | | dashes before the points instead of bullets. If |
| you give, although you will never know what that | | | | there are line breaks before the end of a |
| score is. | | | | sentence, you now have a chance to make |
| There are guidelines you should take note of | | | | corrections. |
| when submitting a resume online through email. | | | | When you are satisfied that your resume looks |
| While it may look perfectly formatted to you on | | | | fine, open your mail to send an email message. |
| your screen, the recipient may see something | | | | Insert the address to which you should direct the |
| completely different and this will ruin your chances | | | | resume and use the title of the job application as |
| of even getting an interview. One way you can | | | | the subject. Compose a cover letter in the email |
| solve this problem is to email the resume to | | | | and then copy and paste the resume into the |
| yourself and then see what you think of it. | | | | body of the message. When you click send, you |
| You should not try to send your resume as an | | | | have just applied for the job. |