You Still Need Hard Copies of Your Résumé

I repeatedly get inquiries regarding my résumé service from people who say they don't need hard copies of their résumé. But it is still important to have hard copies to:

• Send after e-mailing your résumé as an attachment to employers and recruiters
• Distribute to your contacts and at networking events
• Take to interviews (you should take 6 copies to interviews)

A recruiter friend of mine told me that she used to receive 30 hard copies a day, now she receives 3 and reads all of them. On Mondays, she receives so many e-mailed résumés that she deletes all of them.

Taking a little more time to send hard copies can give you an advantage over other candidates for the job.