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is it resumé or résumé or resume??

i'm apply for a job and i have a resumé that i am about to send in.. but i dont know which is the right spelling. no accent, just the over the second "e" or over both? i tried using a on-line dictionary and it said all three where right (gota love technology with half a brain.. or no brain...) so yea

is it:

resume

resumé

résumé

?

thanks for the help, the person who gets me the job gets voted as best answer ;-)

Update:

ok let me add this now that i have 2 answer. which one would your high school english teacher tell you to use?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    The third one.

    Actually, all three are acceptable, but the third one is the most common.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    1

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  • 1 decade ago

    I am a resume writer and as you can see, I use "resume" as my default. That's because we've all had to change from using "résumé" since Internet searches don't always recognize the accent marks.

    Technically in the U.S., "resume" AND "résumé" are correct and readily accepted. I don't know about "resumé."

    It's a small point. Don't worry. Of greater importance is the content of your resume.

    Jared R.

    http://theresumestudio.com/

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    How To Spell Resume

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  • 1 decade ago

    In the Webster's New World Dictionary, the main listing has two accent marks, but it specifically says that the other two versions are accepted ways to write it. I think most folks in the US just use resume.

  • 1 decade ago

    I would go with the second one, although I have seen it spelt without any accent as well. (esp U.S.)

    Eg resume - a summary of your academic and work history.

    A curriculum vitae or CV.

    Source(s): The Free Dictionary.
  • 1 decade ago

    the second one. the first one says resume, which is a word in itself. the accents on the e's are pronounced like 'ay'. they're french.

    [Origin: 1795–1805; < F, n. use of ptp. of résumer to resume, sum up]

    i.e. you're summing up.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    it's the second one. it's french and the accent above the last e makes an 'ay' sound

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