Faxing resumes
The title of my post should convey my opinion of that practice. However, the guy said to do it, so . . . .
(1) Set up a plain cover page with a heading that gives your name, address, phone number, cell number and e-mail address. Put on separate lines the man's name, name of his company, phone number and fax number. Set up a line that states total number of pages in the fax, including the cover page. Set up on the page a "Remarks" setting, and type something like, "As requested, per our telephone conversation of (date)."
(2) Next is your cover letter. Type in bold just above the inside address, TRANSMITTED BY FACSIMILE (XXX) YYY-ZZZZ, with (XXX) YYY-ZZZZ being the fax number. Change all "enclosed" and "enclosure" in your cover letter form to "attached" and "attachment."
(3) Your resume goes last.
You can call after you fax your materials to see if they were received. But, depending on the place, I wouldn't necessarily ask for the man specifically to see if you materials were received. Especially in a corporate job. You might torque him off.
I'm old-fashioned. I don't like to fax resumes. For one thing, something is lost in the translation from paper to electric impulses and back to paper. The characters garble, sometimes. Some fax machines don't pick up characters well and your well-written, well-laid-out, professionally-style resume looks crummy upon receipt. Moreover, many places scan resumes and crummy-appearing copy scans poorly, and maybe inaccurately. When you mail materials, they arrive nice and fresh and ready to convey the good impression you intended them to convey. I feel that method is more professional. That's my .02 and I know that many people will disagree.
Good luck with getting the job.
