More and more employers are asking job seekers to submit their resumes using the company's online tool for easy scanning. Scanning your resume enables the company to search your resume automatically for keywords that match your qualifications with their job requirements. The closer the match, the more likely that your resume will be flagged for a follow up.

Trying to figure out how to include the right keywords in your resume is a challenge. When preparing a resume for a specific job, read the job posting or job description carefully and make note of the keywords used in it to see if they are included in your resume. You can then revise your resume accordingly.

Preparing a resume for online submission requires a few additional steps. Here's what you need to know.

1. Open your resume as a Microsoft Word (or similar) document.
2. Select "Save As" from the File menu and name your resume something like VictorSmith-MktgCoord-Text. Click "Save as type" and choose Plain text.
3. Close the document.
4. Now open the plain text version of your resume in WordPad (on Windows) or TextEdit (on Mac OS) and see how it looks. You may need to reorganize your name and address and place every item on its own line.