The Internet Ready Resume/The Riley Guide

A great site that shows you step by step how to prepare your resume to email or post on the internet

http://www.rileyguide.com/eresume.html

Resources about resumes

Simmons Career Resources Library Resume Page http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/career/resumes.shtml

This web site is full of resources for learning about resumes. Look for Susan Ireland’s site on this page to get a step by step method of conveting a standard resume to a “plain text” resume. This is an important step for sending your resume via email to a prospective employer.

Resume guide from JobStar

This one-stop job information site features sample resumes, resume tips, demystifies online resume banks, and helps you choose the right resume for you.

Tips for resume writing and job search advice

Tips on resume writing and interviewing and applying for a job online.

Know the Job Search Vocabulary!

E-Resume – a resume specially formated to send electronically.

Scannable resumes - a resume designed with minimal formating to send via “snail” mail to a company that scans resumes with special software.

Plain text resume - a resume that is stripped of most formating. It is the easiest to store and read electronically.

Keywords – words used in your resume and cover letter that makes you stand out as a job applicant

Job kiosk – a dedicated computer workstation in a store or other business where an applicant applys for a job by completing an “electronic” application.

Online job application - an application that is completed on the web site of the company or academic institution.

Behavioral interview questions – a method of interviewing that focuses on the job applicants past behavior. The answers can be an indicator of future success .

Guerrilla job search tatics - methods of getting your resume to the top of the pile.

Web 2 communities - a place to network and be “seen” by recruiters.

ASCII/Plain Text Resumes

The ABC’s of ASCII/Plain Text Resumes

This is an article that explains in detail how to set up a plain text resume. This is the format that is usually required if you e-mail your resume to a recruiter.

Guerrilla Job Search Techniques

Guerrilla Insider Techniques

http//www.collegegrad.com/jobsearch/Guerrilla-Insider-Techniques/

Some “unconventional” job search techniques that will make you stand out in a crowd of job applicants.

Video Resumes – New Trend in Electronic Resumes

Job Hunter’s Seek Winning Edge with Video Resumes!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6631326

This is an NPR article about the benefits and pitfalls of video resumes. This is an “interactive” article. Watch and listen to examples of video resumes. Would you hire these job candidates?

Electronic Resumes

Preparing your resume for E-Mailing or Posting on the Internet
Informative guide explaining the similarities and differences between an online resume and a print resume, with tips on creating resumes in plain text, html, and posting your resume online.

http://www.susanireland.com/eresumeguide/post/index.html

Creating Electronic Resumes
Tips for creating plain-text ASCII resumes for emailing and posting to job sites. Other topics include keywords and scannable resumes. Follow the links to read more in depth.
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/resumewriting1/

A Scannable Resume A sample and description of the format of a scannable resume.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_scanres.html and http://www.quintcareers.com/scannable_resumes.html

Keywords in Your resume
A guide to creating keywords, posting online, e-mailing, resume scanning, and creating Web resumes.
http://www.susanireland.com/eresumeguide/eresume/keywords.html