Email, Replace & Download a Resume

How to email, replace or download a candidates resume from your IdealTraits account.

Jazmyne Behnke avatar
Written by Jazmyne Behnke
Updated over a week ago

How to email a candidates resume

1 - From View All Candidates, click the candidate whose resume you want to share.

2 - In the Resume tab, scroll down to view the resume.

3 - At the top right corner of the resume, click the button that says "Share Resume."

4 - In the "Send a Resume" window, type out the email address of who you want to send the resume to and add a note in the message area. If you want to send to multiple email addresses, type out the first email, click enter, then type out the second email address

5 - Once you're ready, click "Send Resume" - the recipient will receive your message via email with the resume attached .

How to replace a candidate's resume

Many candidates apply to a job ads using their Indeed or ZipRecruiter resumes, it's an easy way to apply especially if they're doing it from their mobile device. Often times, these resumes are not up to date and you might reach out and request an updated version. Instead of having the updated resume floating around somewhere in your computer, we've given you the option to replace it. Here's how:

1 - From View All Candidates, click the candidate whose resume you want to replace.

2 - In the Resume tab, scroll down to view the resume.

3 - At the top right corner of the resume, click the button that says "Replace Resume."

4 - Your desktop files will open in a window on the screen

5 - Locate and select the resume you want to upload from your computer and it will replace the resume that is currently in the candidates profile.

How to download a candidate's resume

1 - From View All Candidates, click the candidate whose resume you want to download.

2 - In the Resume tab, scroll down to view the resume.

3 - At the top right corner of the resume, click the button that says "Download Resume"

4 - The resume will download to your computer

5 - To locate the resume in your computer, look in your downloads folder.

Tip: Move the resume download to a folder you will remember, that way you can easily locate it when you need to.


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