Comments on: Say Goodbye to Traditional Resumes – Say Hello To Virtual Resumes (URL’s) http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/say-goodbye-to-traditional-resumes-say-hello-to-virtual-resumes-urls/ Your #1 source for personal branding and career development online. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:46:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Best Resume Websites and Tips « Ideamuse’s Weblog http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/say-goodbye-to-traditional-resumes-say-hello-to-virtual-resumes-urls/#comment-16868 Best Resume Websites and Tips « Ideamuse’s Weblog Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:18:26 +0000 http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-16868 [...] http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/say-goodbye-to-traditional-resumes-say-hello-to... [...] [...] http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/say-goodbye-to-traditional-resumes-say-hello-to... [...]

]]> By: The Future of Your Personal eBrand is a URL « Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/say-goodbye-to-traditional-resumes-say-hello-to-virtual-resumes-urls/#comment-14594 The Future of Your Personal eBrand is a URL « Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:43:50 +0000 http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-14594 [...] still holding onto my future prediction that instead of a resume, video resume, cover letter, portfolio, business card, and references [...] [...] still holding onto my future prediction that instead of a resume, video resume, cover letter, portfolio, business card, and references [...]

]]> By: Dave - Resume help http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/say-goodbye-to-traditional-resumes-say-hello-to-virtual-resumes-urls/#comment-13614 Dave - Resume help Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:07:38 +0000 http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-13614 Dan, great article and indeed the wave of the future. One of my best friends was interviewed for a job as pilot for Abercrombie. And he went to a Kinkos for his initial interview - but only because that's the way they had all the pilots interviewing follow the same plan. I don't think the best match will ever be made by simply putting your resume out there and having the hiring manager find you. Strategies involving the human element will always get the best job. Because, unless you're desperate, you don't want just any company - the potential employee should always have the capability to pick and choose his or her company of employment - for that dream job. Kind regards, Dave Jackson Dan, great article and indeed the wave of the future. One of my best friends was interviewed for a job as pilot for Abercrombie. And he went to a Kinkos for his initial interview – but only because that’s the way they had all the pilots interviewing follow the same plan.

I don’t think the best match will ever be made by simply putting your resume out there and having the hiring manager find you. Strategies involving the human element will always get the best job. Because, unless you’re desperate, you don’t want just any company – the potential employee should always have the capability to pick and choose his or her company of employment – for that dream job.

Kind regards,
Dave Jackson

]]> By: Nathan Snell http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/say-goodbye-to-traditional-resumes-say-hello-to-virtual-resumes-urls/#comment-13411 Nathan Snell Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:07:30 +0000 http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-13411 Hm, to clarify my last sentence: When encouraging people to start a dynamic resume (eg: with a blog) perhaps emphasis should be placed on professionalism with personal aspects vs. personal with some professional aspects. Hm, to clarify my last sentence: When encouraging people to start a dynamic resume (eg: with a blog) perhaps emphasis should be placed on professionalism with personal aspects vs. personal with some professional aspects.

]]> By: Nathan Snell http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/say-goodbye-to-traditional-resumes-say-hello-to-virtual-resumes-urls/#comment-13410 Nathan Snell Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:06:02 +0000 http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-13410 Good writeup, Dan. I particularly like Adam's sentiment that if you don't show up in google, you may as well not exist. An addition to the blog being the new resume, perhaps there should be some stress on the type of blog. As I've understood from what companies have said, a personal blog is nice, but they're looking for your professional blog. Good writeup, Dan. I particularly like Adam’s sentiment that if you don’t show up in google, you may as well not exist.

An addition to the blog being the new resume, perhaps there should be some stress on the type of blog. As I’ve understood from what companies have said, a personal blog is nice, but they’re looking for your professional blog.

]]> By: Erika Mitchell http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/say-goodbye-to-traditional-resumes-say-hello-to-virtual-resumes-urls/#comment-13390 Erika Mitchell Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:03:18 +0000 http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-13390 I think this is an interesting new development in job-seeking. I agree that virtual resumes can appeal to employers seeking easy access to a lot of information but I don't think they are currently approrpiate for all job-seekers. There will always be some employers who will not find value in this format so I think it's worthwhile to advocate trying it out but also keeping a standard soft copy handy just in case. I wrote a blog post about this today, actually, and linked to this article since it was so helpful. Thanks for writing! I think this is an interesting new development in job-seeking. I agree that virtual resumes can appeal to employers seeking easy access to a lot of information but I don’t think they are currently approrpiate for all job-seekers. There will always be some employers who will not find value in this format so I think it’s worthwhile to advocate trying it out but also keeping a standard soft copy handy just in case.

I wrote a blog post about this today, actually, and linked to this article since it was so helpful. Thanks for writing!

]]> By: Maria Elena Duron http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/say-goodbye-to-traditional-resumes-say-hello-to-virtual-resumes-urls/#comment-13337 Maria Elena Duron Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:35:08 +0000 http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-13337 Hi Dan! WOW - great information on the cutting edge of resume writing. I do agree with Adam's comment about the blog. Since it's out there on the web, it doesn't require the faster download speed that some of the flash sites need. Living in West Texas, which has the lowest unemployment in the state of Texas and one of the lowest is the U.S. (less that 2.7%), most of our business is oil field and energy based. Additionally, we're a rural community so - believe it or not - the majority of people here are still on "dial up" - even major employers (yikes!). So, flash, would be out of the question for us yet blogs are on the rise and that's a very viable format for us. Interested in hearing the other comments to come! Maria Hi Dan!
WOW – great information on the cutting edge of resume writing. I do agree with Adam’s comment about the blog. Since it’s out there on the web, it doesn’t require the faster download speed that some of the flash sites need.
Living in West Texas, which has the lowest unemployment in the state of Texas and one of the lowest is the U.S. (less that 2.7%), most of our business is oil field and energy based. Additionally, we’re a rural community so – believe it or not – the majority of people here are still on “dial up” – even major employers (yikes!).
So, flash, would be out of the question for us yet blogs are on the rise and that’s a very viable format for us.
Interested in hearing the other comments to come!
Maria

]]> By: Dan Schawbel http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/say-goodbye-to-traditional-resumes-say-hello-to-virtual-resumes-urls/#comment-13335 Dan Schawbel Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:19:18 +0000 http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-13335 Adam, thanks for the correction. I will tell Russell about your advice! :) Adam, thanks for the correction. I will tell Russell about your advice! :)

]]> By: Adam Darowski http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/say-goodbye-to-traditional-resumes-say-hello-to-virtual-resumes-urls/#comment-13334 Adam Darowski Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:10:47 +0000 http://personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-13334 I'm a big believer that <a href="http://www.darowski.com/tracesofinspiration/2007/03/06/the-blog-is-the-new-resume/" rel="nofollow">the blog is the new resume</a>. Heck, I don't even keep a real resume anymore. If I ever needed to create one... I suppose I would either copy/paste from LinkedIn or just send a PDF of my LinkedIn profile. I just wanted to comment about Russell's Resume. You say: <blockquote>I was very curious about his new virtual resume, which includes an embedded traditional resume (good for search engines)</blockquote> This actually isn't true. Since the resume is completely in Flash, it cannot be crawled by search engines. In fact, if you Google "Russell Wyner", the resume doesn't come up at all (at least on page 1... and that's all that matters). What to do? Russell (and others who serve a Flash based portfolio) need to also serve a non-Flash version. It can be very lo-fi. But it needs to contain the information that you want Googled. Here's another use case. A recruiter is forwarded Russell's Resume while on a business trip. He checks the email on his iPhone and clicks through. Since the iPhone can't display Flash, there's nothing there. If there is at least a non-Flash version (that explicitly tells the reader that there IS indeed a better Flash version) then the recruiter can get a first look and go back once (s)he is on a computer with the Flash plug-in. Pardon the geekiness, but if you're not showing up in Google... you may as well not exist. :) I’m a big believer that the blog is the new resume. Heck, I don’t even keep a real resume anymore. If I ever needed to create one… I suppose I would either copy/paste from LinkedIn or just send a PDF of my LinkedIn profile.

I just wanted to comment about Russell’s Resume. You say:

I was very curious about his new virtual resume, which includes an embedded traditional resume (good for search engines)

This actually isn’t true. Since the resume is completely in Flash, it cannot be crawled by search engines. In fact, if you Google “Russell Wyner”, the resume doesn’t come up at all (at least on page 1… and that’s all that matters).

What to do? Russell (and others who serve a Flash based portfolio) need to also serve a non-Flash version. It can be very lo-fi. But it needs to contain the information that you want Googled.

Here’s another use case.

A recruiter is forwarded Russell’s Resume while on a business trip. He checks the email on his iPhone and clicks through. Since the iPhone can’t display Flash, there’s nothing there. If there is at least a non-Flash version (that explicitly tells the reader that there IS indeed a better Flash version) then the recruiter can get a first look and go back once (s)he is on a computer with the Flash plug-in.

Pardon the geekiness, but if you’re not showing up in Google… you may as well not exist. :)

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