Online Resume Tips
I started by using Google Docs to convert and publish my resume as a web page then integrated it into a WordPress resume page.
The page’s URL and Title are both important parts of making your resume “search friendly” to leading search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. When deciding on a URL and title consider what search terms you want people to find you with. The more targeted and specific the better.
Online Resume/CV
Remember most people won’t know your name, they’ll be looking for something about you like “ruby on rails developer” or “resume writing consultant”. These are the terms you’ll use in your page’s URL and page title not “Jim Littlefield’s Resume”. Only people looking for my name will find me that way!
In my case I am currently in the top results for “software sales resume” on Google, Yahoo and Bing. After doing some keyword research, I’ve decided a better set of keywords would be “software sales executive atlanta”. The next time my site is indexed we’ll see what kind of progress I’ve made.
Being found in search engines is just part of the puzzle job seekers should also be using Linkedin (http://linkedin.com) to promote their visibility on the web. LinkedIn lets you add weblinks, one of them should be to your resume. Be sure to change the default “My Website” to one of your keywords (e.g. “Software Sales Executive Resume“) You can see an example in my LinkedIn profile.
One last point, if you want to search for other people’s resumes you’ll likely need to use some advance search techniques. Here’s a search tip; search for “resume software sales executive -jobs -sample”. The “-job” and “-sample” will remove most of the resume sample sites and job listings sites from the search results.
I’m giving some thought to writing a paper/article about using the web be found for jobs. Right now the web is very lopsided on the side of job requisition posting vs. job candidate posting. I’d like see more people post their resumes online. What do you think about that idea?
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I found your site on Google and read a few of your other entires. Nice Stuff. I’m looking forward to reading more from you.
Thanks for posting the article, was certainly a great read!
Finding a good job can be pretty troublesome. Especially when you have high expectations.
Here are some tips that helped me land the job of my dreams:
* Plan out your CV, if you’ve never done a CV before, this is the time to learn.
* Think about all the jobs you are qualified for. This may lead to discovering additional jobs you could land.
* Look for jobs in every possible source : internet, newspaper, radio and other media. Ask your friends that have similar jobs if there may be an opening in their company.
* Don’t just send the resume by email and wait for an answer. You need to call them and have them confirm the job opening and receiving your resume.
Finding a job is pretty much a job in itself and it’s all about how well can you market your abilities.
A common ” Resume Writing Tip ” for jobseekers is to judiciously incorporate in their resumes, keywords relevant to their knowledge / skills.
No justification required for this.
But how can jobseekers get the HR Managers to ” notice ” those keywords as soon as they open the resume ? Each resume will likely get no more than 5 seconds to make a first good impression.
Of course, if HR Managers are using ” Resume Rater ” software to ‘ rate ‘ all incoming resumes then there is no problem.
Not only will keywords get highlighted automatically, but even the resumes will get ranked in the descending order of ” relevance “.
I would not be surprised if many jobseekers are themselves rating their own resumes before sending to recruiters !
After all , ” Resume Rater ” can be freely downloaded from nearly all websites listed on first page of Google search results.
Regards
hemen parekh