With the advent of the Internet and new technology, job seekers have
greater exposure to employers by placing a resume on-line. Using
electronic resumes can help you perform a more comprehensive job search.
However, this technique should not be used as a replacement for other
more
effective job search strategies like networking. Traditional hard copy
resumes will never be replaced by electronic resumes, but more and
more
employers are searching for candidates electronically and this trend
will
continue to grow in the future. These "e-resumes" can take on several
forms:
4 Types of Electronic Resumes
1. E-mail Resumes
The e-mail resume is the most common form of an electronic resume. Write
your resume in your e-mail account, send a copy to yourself and save
it for
employers who ask for your resume via e-mail. Note: margins in your
e-mail
account will be smaller. This means you may not be able to include
ALL of
your information on the screen, and this may help you create a less
cluttered resume.
2. Web/HTML Resumes
After creating your Web resume in hypertext markup language, you can
tell
employers to point their browser to your Web address to view your resume.
3. Scannable Resumes
An employer takes your hard copy resume and scans it into a database,
and
then conducts a keyword search to select qualified candidates for available
positions. GE currently has 35,000 resumes in their company resume
bank.
The Career Center handout on "Scannable Resumes" shows how to create
this
type of a resume.
4. E-form Resumes
Many employers such as Pfizer (www.pfizer.com), Intel (www.intel.com),
and
Xerox (www.xerox.com) have electronic forms or "e-forms" (online
applications) where your resume information can be cut and pasted into
boxes. It is then submitted or posted to their electronic resume bank
and a
keyword search is conducted to select qualified candidates for specific
positions within the company. You can post to either a clearinghouse
site
such as JOBTRAK (www.jobtrak.com) that has a variety of employers searching
for resumes, or an industry specific site such as AccountingJobs
(www.accountingjobs.com). For example, the Capital Region Software
Alliance
(for high tech jobs/internships in the Albany area at www.swalliance.org)
has an easy to use e-form.
Internet Resume Posting
The Career Center recommends that you post your resume on some of the
following free and heavily visited sites for the best exposure. Check
to
see if the sites are free or fee-based, if confidentiality is available,
and how long they will keep your resume on-line (typically 60-90 days).
Meeting with a Career or Job Placement Counselor can help you use this
newest technology. Call 381-1365 to set up an appointment.
Top 10 Internet Resume Posting Sites
1. JOBTRAK (www.jobtrak.com)
2. CareerPath (www.careerpath.com)
3. On-Line Career Center (www.occ.com)
4. The Monster Board (www.monster.com)
5. Career Mosaic (www.careermosaic.com)
6. America's Job Bank (www.ajb.dni.us/)
7. JobDirect (www.jobdirect.com)
8. JobCenter (www.jobcenter.com)
9. E-Span (www.espan.com)
*10. Riley Guide (http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/)
*The Riley Guide gives an excellent and comprehensive list of free and
fee
online resume databases.
Electronic Resume Resources
Byte-able Resumes
(http://www.computerbits.com/archive/9607/resume.htm)
Cyberecruiting (http://www.austinknight.com/ )
Electronic Resumes by James C. Gonyea & Wayne M. Gonyea -Hill
Publications, June, 1996
Electronic Resumes for the New Job Market by Peter D. Weddle, Impact
Publications
eResumes and Resources (http://www.eresumes.com/)
Preparing the Ideal Scannable Resume by Resumix,
(http://www.resumix.com/resume/resume_tips.html)
Putting Your Resume on the Web (www.wiu.edu/users/mumbr1/res_clas.htm)
"Resume Blasphemy" (http://www.fool.com/headhunter.htm)
Resumes In Cyberspace by Pat Criscito's (Published by Barrons) also:
http://members.aol.com/criscito/
The Guide to Internet Job Searching by Margaret Riley, Frances Roehm
andSteve Oserman, VGM Career Horizons.
Web-able Resumes (http://titan.iwu.edu/~ccenter/resume)
World Wide Web Resume Bank
(http://www.careermag.com/resumes/index.html)
Sample Employers Using Scannable Technology
3M
Aetna, Hartford, CT
Apple
Baxter, Deerfield, IL
Boeing
Charles Schwab
Cisco
Cigna, Hartford, CT
Deloitte-Touche
Dow Chemical
Eastman Kodak, Rochester, NY
Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Fleet Bank, Albany, NY
Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT
GE Research & Development Center, Schenectady, NY
Hewlett Packard
IDX Systems Corp
Intel, Portland, OR; Santa Clara, CA
IBM
Key Bank, Albany, NY
Lockheed-Martin
Microsoft
NationsBank
Nike
NYS Department of Labor, Rochester, NY
Pfizer, New London, CT
PNC Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Procter and Gamble
Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital, New York, NY
SmithKline Beecham, Philadelphia, PA
State Farm Insurance
Sun Microsystems
Syracuse City School District, Syracuse, NY
Tyson Foods
Xerox
Wal-Mart