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Tips to create and post an online version of your resume.
 

POSTING YOUR RESUME ONLINE

 

If you are still using the old newspaper ad search to find your next job, you are overlooking the benefit and ease of using technology and the internet in making your job search not only more successful, but easier.

 

Putting your resume online might put your career into high gear if you know how to create and distribute your resume electronically.

 

Here are some basic steps and guidelines to get you started:

 

  

 

 

 

 
MAKING AN ONLINE RESUME
 

Move from paper to electronic-friendly

Your resume might look great in paper form but once converted to electronic format, it might be impossible to read. Word processing programs such as Microsoft Word can offer great advantages in formatting but too often this formatting is lost when your resume is broadcast or sent electronically.

 

Create a resume in ASCII format

You can create an electronic friendly resume by following these steps : Open your Word document resume; highlight the text and click “copy”. Then open up the Notepad application to cut and paste your resume into this new document. The Notepad application will format your resume into ACSII text so your resume can now be read in email format.

 

Be sure to place keywords in your resume

If you are going to send your resume to a bank or online database, then you need to be sure that employers can find you. If you want a marketing job, then your resume needs to include keywords such as marketing, sales, public relations, marketing and sales, etc. The keywords need to be placed throughout your resume and in several variations to ensure that employers can locate your resume within the thousands that might be in the resume bank.

 

Choose Your Resume Bank Wisely

While some resume banks offer their services at no cost, others may have a monthly fee. No matter which you choose, you need to consider some of the benefits or drawbacks on the particular service you choose. Some resume banks are going to give you national exposure but is that necessary if you don’t intend to leave your immediate geographic area? Other resume banks might be run by a professional association or a network of businesses but these might be the same places where your employer might discover that you’re job-hunting.

 

Privacy

It’s important to remember that even though you are going online to look for a job that you don’t want to reveal too much personal information in your electronic resume. Use discretion when giving personal data. Don’t include a social security number for example. Most resume banks have good guidelines about how you can let an employer know about your skills without giving up private or confidential information.

 

Using resume banks or databases available on the internet will help you cast a wide net in your search for employment. Take some time to prepare a strong resume, search out the best resume banks or databases based on your needs and then cast your electronic resume into the sea of career opportunities!

 

 

 

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