If you have just embarked on your career, sending a well-crafted resume to prospective employers is very important. Almost all employers and businesses prefer receiving resumes of prospective employees as Microsoft Word attachments. Depending on the email service that you use, sending a resume as a Word attachment is involves a few clicks.

How to Send a Resume As Word Attachment

Connect to the Internet through your relevant Internet service provider or other connectivity option/service.

Click on the "Internet Explorer" icon on your desktop or the "Internet Explorer" icon located on the task bar of your computer. An Internet browser window opens up.

Type http://www.yahoo.com in the URL address bar located at the top of the browser window. Sign in to your yahoo email account on the Yahoo home page. Click on the "Compose" box. The e-mail box opens up. Click on "Attach Files" tab located just above the email box. A new window with a number of blank files with "Browse" tabs opens up. Click "Browse" next to the empty File1. The directories window where all your folders and files are located on your computer opens up. Locate your resume saved as a Microsoft Word document from the relevant folder and double click on it. The resume shows up in the empty File 1 field. Click the "Attach File" tab and wait as the file gets attached to your email message. The Word attachment can be seen above the email box. After you have typed your covering letter in the email box, click the "Send" tab to email your resume.

Type http://www.msn.com in the URL address bar located at the top or the browser window. Sign in to your hotmail email account on the MSN home page. Click on the "New" link to write a new message. The email box opens up. Click "File" option under Attach link located at the top of the page. The directories window where all your folders and files are located on your computer opens up. Locate your resume saved as a Microsoft Word document from the relevant folder and double click on it. The Word attachment can be seen above the email box. After you have typed your covering letter in the email box, click the "Send" tab to email your resume.

Type http://www.gmail.com in the URL address bar located at the top or the browser window. Click on "Compose" link from the menu located on the left hand side. Click on the "Attach a file " link just below the subject field. The directories window where all your folders and files are located on your computer opens up. Locate your resume saved as a Microsoft Word document from the relevant folder and double click on it. The Word attachment can be seen above the email box. After you have typed your covering letter in the email box, click the "Send" tab to email your resume.