Frequently Asked Questions

Why doesn't my selected color scheme show up in my resume?

You'll need a full license to do that. See Viewing Different Color Schemes. Also see How to Order a Full License.

Where is my resume?

In the same directory where your raw resume data resides. Click on "Where is the Resume?" in the File menu.

My brother downloaded your program and started his resume. Now I have voluteered to help him out. But the program on my machine can't read his resume data. What do I do to remedy this?

Only fully licensed copies can read resumes produced by Interactive Resume Builder on other machines. See Shareware vs the Fully Functional Version and How to Order a Full License.

Now that I've acquired a full license, when I bring up my brother's resume it says something about a missing template. What's a template and what do I do?

Each resume has a template associated with its raw data. The template contains the job experience categories and their selection lists. See Adding or Modifying Job Description Categories. By default, your template is a file named "template.txx" and is located in the "templates" directory. Your brother probably has a template located in the same place on his machine. You'll need to copy his template and resume to a directory other than where yours reside. Then after opening his resume, go to the Template menu and open his template. At that point, the correct template will be associated with his resume.

I don't have a web site. How can my resume be made available to potential employers?

Yes! The resume is stored in an html file (with extension .htm) and is ready for deployment to any web site. But, unlike many html files, your resume does not have any links to external files (except our webite, of course). This makes it easy to send via email like any other file. The potential employer can view the resume in Internet Explorer on his own machine in the same way as it would view it over the internet.

The program also produces your resume in Word and text formats. You can email either as an attachment, but be aware that many companies do not allow their employees to receive attachments of any kind. In that case, you can either get space on a web site and send the link in the body of the email message, or you can paste the contents of the text file into the body of the message. If Interactive Resume Builder is running, you can paste the resume as text to the clipboard directly without having to save the resume and find the text file that was written out.

I sent my resume to a colleague and she's having problems viewing it.

Because we use more advanced features of the browser, we recommend using at least version 6.0 of Internet Explorer to view the resume. We have tested Netscape 6.2 and have found the display to be presentable though not quite as nice as Internet Explorer 6. Netscape does not implement many standard features correctly and we have bent over backwards to provide workarounds that bring the presentation up to an acceptable level.

Internet Explorer can be obtained free directly from Microsoft:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp

I sent my resume as an email but my friend can't view it.

Some email programs will embed html files in the message but others cannot read html. Try sending the file as an attachment. If the problem is that your friend's email reader won't allow opening html attachments, make a copy of your file and rename it with a .txt extension. Send the .txt file as an attachment and tell your friend to save it to disk and rename it with an .htm extension. From that point, double clicking the file should bring up Internet Explorer.

The program also produces your resume in Word and text formats. You can email either as an attachment, but if your friend's problem is the inability to access email attachments you may want to try a different strategy. You can either get space on a web site and send the link in the body of the email message, or you can paste the contents of the text file into the body of the message. If Interactive Resume Builder is running, you can paste the resume as text to the clipboard directly without having to save the resume and find the text file that was written out.

A lot of online job boards want me to type my qualifications in a series of fields in a form, then paste my resume into a tiny 3 X 3 box. (Please tell us about yourself here. Write legibly.) Can Interactive Resume Builder be of help?

Yes! Bring up the HTML version of your resume in a separate browser window and use the categories as a guide for filling in these annoying forms. When it comes to pasting the resume itself, in Interactive Resume Builder go to the File menu and select Export As... then Text to the Clipboard. Then click on the box where you want to paste your resume and press Ctrl-V.

Interactive Resume Builder saves a text version of your resume whenever you exit the program or select Save from the File menu. This text file is identical to the what is pasted on the clipboard so you can use the contents of this file just as well.

Is there anything I should do before sending out my resume for others to see?

Of course you'll want to take a good look at the resume looking for typos and omissions. One way to spell check the resume is to output the resume in Word format and load it into the word processor. Misspellings and the correct spellings can be readily seen in that program. Be sure to make the necessary corrections to your resume in the Interactive Resume Builder program. Of course, if you have any program (such as an email client) that has a spell checker, you can put your resume on the clipboard (via File menu Export As... then Text to the Clipboard) then paste the resume into that program for spell-checking.

What are the benefits of obtaining a full license?

Our color scheme is nice but you probably would like a scheme that reflects your personality or profession. Not all professions require or even encourage a conservative look and feel to the resume (and others may require an even more conservative look, too). And, of course, making corrections to your resume after the 14-day limit has expired would also be nice.

These are just a few of the benefits of full licensing. See Shareware vs the Fully Functional Version and How to Order a Full License.

Can I still edit my resume data after the 14 day limit?

Yes, even if the license has expired you can still use the product to edit your resume data. But, the program will not produce an html, Word or text output file unless fully licensed after the initial 14-day period.

My jobs are appearing in the wrong chronological order.

Use the product's up and down arrows provided to move the entries.

I would like one my job experience categories to show up in the summary.

See Deciding What Will Appear in the Summary.

How do I account for my university degrees?

See Listing Education and Training.

At my last company, I worked a lot longer doing roofing than painting but my resume says I had equal experience in each area.

See Accounting For Years of Experience in Each Category.

Is there somewhere I can go for more help?

We occasionally post updates to our web site including updates to this help file. Visit

http://www.highermath.com/irb.htm

Send help queries to

irb.support@highermath.com

I would like to make some suggestions for improving the product.

Send gripes, suggestions, wish lists to

irb.support@highermath.com