In our high tech society, recruiters and hiring managers probably don't receive many resumes through the regular mail. What's interesting is that some of our experts have stated that they won't look at a resume that isn't submitted electronically; however, most merely express a preference for emailed resumes because it's convenient and eco-friendly.

"I prefer resumes via email," says Craig Kasco, recruiter for 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, "as it not only cuts down on paper, but also demonstrates that some technical knowledge is present as well."

Tina Hamilton, PHR for HireVision Group, says "For most modern hiring managers - we need the resume to come electronically. Some have elaborate data base systems and some simply maintain applicants via spreadsheets. Either way, we need to be able to electronically file the resume. Sending by mail or fax usually requires extra effort on our part to enter the resume into our system. It is also not very eco-friendly."

Karen Wright, operationg director for KMSU 89.7 FM, likes to receive resumes via email because she can "file them electronically and not have more paper clutter."

"I like to share the document with others in my organization and the email makes it easy to do so," says Debbie Anglin, principal for Anglin Public Relations.

Steven Himmelrich of Himmelrich Public Relations, is one who prefers email, but will accept paper resumes. "Asking candidates to respond via email allows me to see how they use the Internet, how they write both email messages and cover letters, if they understand how to format a document so someone else can open it, etc.," Himmelrich says.

Susan Peppercorn, founder and CEO of Inspiring Career, points out that "company Web sites will state the preference of the company and hiring manager. Unless explicitly stated by the company, the method used to submit the resume usually doesn't matter. What is more important than how the resume is submitted is for the applicant to follow up afterward," she advises.

Linda Pophal, HR expert and business journalist, has no particular preference as long as the resume is well written and meets her standards for originality, grammar and punctuation, and a willingness to acknowledge the roles others played in the completion of projects.

Like Debbie Anglin, Carol McLaughlin, branch manager of Spherion in Canton, Ohio, likes to share resumes, so email submissions work better for her. "This allows me to forward to clients, as well as add to my computer system's search function. By saving the resume to my computer, it allows me to find it quickly or search for it via certain skills or background contained within the body of the resume."

"We only accept resumes that are emailed to us," says Tom Ruff, founder of the Tom Ruff Company. "It is too time consuming to forward resumes that thave been mailed to us and in our industry, clients won't accept them."

Regardless of how you send your resume, as long as it meets the standards specified by the recruiter or hiring manager receiving it, you should be fine.