From the formatting of resumes and cover letters to researching the companies, there are so many nit-picky things job hunters have to worry about when applying for jobs to ensure they are taken for the utmost consideration by the company they are applying to.
A video posted by popular TikTok user Jackie (@jackiecaves), who has 218,000 followers and shares career advice-related content, highlights just one more thing job hunters have to worry about: What to save one’s resume as.
Jackie used the darkly humorous and popular “I need to buy a gun” sound to share her regret of submitting her “resume for a position but quickly realize the file is saved as ‘resume.'”
“This is your PSA to make sure your resume is NOT saved as ‘resume’ It’s a minor (and some will say knitpicky) detail, but it’s important! My recommendation is to save it as ‘Full Name – Month Year Resume,’” Jackie elaborated in the caption.
@jackiecaves This is your PSA to make sure your resume is NOT saved as “resume” 🫠 It’s a minor (and some will say knitpicky 😅) detail, but it’s important! My recommendation is to save it as “Full Name – Month Year Resume” 📁 #resume #resumetips #jobs #jobsearch #careeradvice ♬ I want to buy a gun – Teagan
Indeed, many helpful blog posts about searching for jobs recommend applicant save their resumes as a PDF and like this: “Firstname-Lastname-Resume.pdf.”
Jackie’s video amassed over 536,000 views within a day. Viewers disagreed with her recommendation and argued that if a company cared about how a resume was saved, the company isn’t the right fit for them.
“Tbh if I’m not getting interviews because my Resume is saved as ‘resume’ the company is not a good fit for me,” one viewer wrote.
“Tbh if a job is that picky, i don’t wanna work there,” a second agreed.
“Nah, if a company is making a big deal over something so trivial, then I dodged a big bullet,” a third stated.
Others shared the humorous ways their resumes are saved.
“Mine says ‘Copy_Resume_,’ one person shared.
“Wait mine says new resume,” a second commented.
“I did this but i spelt resume wrong,” a third said.
Update 4:30pm CT, June 15: Jackie told the Daily Dot she worked in Human Resources for three-and-a-half years. She shared why she thinks having one’s name included in the file name could only help.
“It’s just highly recommended to include your name,” she shared via Instagram direct message. “Recruiters download many resumes because they’re working with multiple candidates on multiple positions at a given time.” Having your name included in the file name will only help you.”