Hello jacob,
This is a good idea, but ... You always make personal resume for each employer so if you going to post abount 100 different resume on your site - looks very strange, if you post one general resume - it is just a general resume and you could not attract all potential employers by it. Agree? Saturday, October 25, 2003, 12:33:47 PM, you wrote: jkc> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- jkc> Hash: SHA1 jkc> Another good thing to do to attract recruiters is to post jkc> you resume on the net in multiple document formats. Make sure you jkc> keyword it up in an jkc> appropriate manner. One thing I've done is constructed a jkc> small web site about myself. I know its a bit ostentatious but jkc> when done tastefully it works. jkc> I supply the standard resume in doc, pdf and html formats jkc> and link it to supplemental information like code samples, jkc> graphics, etc... jkc> Many people in charge of hiring are now using engines that jkc> scour the Net and find online resumes meeting their criteria. If jkc> you would like to not have jkc> your personal information posted on the Net that shouldn't jkc> be a problem, just make sure that their is a way for those jkc> headhunters to contact you. jkc> Jacob jkc> Trevor Lauder wrote: jkc> | Jesse Kline said: jkc> | |>>No, it really is that bad. I sent out well over 200 letters via snail |>>mail, |>>fax, e-mail, web, etc all over Canada when I was looking for an IT job and |>>now |>>I'm managing a Domino's. So for IT, I cannot help you out, but if you want |>>something in the food service industry I may be able to hook you up ;-). |>> |>>Jesse jkc> | jkc> | jkc> | jkc> | I've noticed that the number of positions that require electronic resume jkc> | submition is quickly becoming the standard. A few months ago when I was jkc> | looking for work, I noticed most companies websites said something to the jkc> | effect that if you submit your resume in any physical form (mail, fax, jkc> | etc) or if you showed up on there doorstep and dropped one off with the jkc> | HR or the Receptionist, they would not even look at the resume and they jkc> | would throw it in the garbage. To even be considered these days, you need jkc> | to send it in some electronic form... if they want .doc then it needs to jkc> | be .doc or you won't be considered. Partly because for IT jobs jkc> | especially, it's a computer that reads through them first, not a human jkc> | being. If it's not in the format they want it to be then there scanning jkc> | engine probably can't parse it and even though you might be more then jkc> | qualified, if you don't have the right buzz words the computer won't pick jkc> | it up and it won't be considered. They probably won't consider it either jkc> | if it's in the wrong format just because it's a preliminary test on jkc> | weather we can follow simply instructions :) jkc> | jkc> | This usually only applies for larger companies, the smaller businesses jkc> | would probably spend the time reading each resume just because they jkc> | wouldn't receive as much volume (less employees). jkc> | jkc> | Cheers, jkc> | jkc> | Trevor jkc> | jkc> | jkc> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- jkc> Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) jkc> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org jkc> iD8DBQE/msILLeoSBberRbgRAj82AJ9XSeSRd3MiHBprVvDyQrt8jqsQygCeMHun jkc> R4yquTpmJ8fFQyGw7MQHxzw= jkc> =9XI4 jkc> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Best regards, Alex mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
