Putting Your Resume Online
- By Heather Eagar
- Published Sunday 27th 2009
- Career
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It’s always a rewarding feeling when you take the time to craft an incredible resume. When it's done, you usually want to get your resume into the hands of as many hiring managers as possible. Unfortunately, it's sometimes hard to know where you should send your resume and where to post it online.
Depending on who you ask, you may receive different pointers on how and where to post your resume. In other words, there’s no sure-fire way to be discovered by recruiters online. But it never hurts to take a variety of pointers to help guide your posting expedition. So before you post your resume on the Internet, take a look at some ideas to consider.
Saturating Your Resume
There’s nothing like being seen by as many recruiters and hiring managers as possible. By posting your resume to as many websites as you can, you can accomplish this level of high saturation. There's both a good and a bad side to this approach. Let’s look at a few reasons to consider taking this route.
First, there are a number of job sites that are tailored to your field, allowing you to saturate your resume while remaining focused on a specialty. Also, you don’t always know what position you’re looking for, just as recruiters don’t always know what applicants they’re looking for. If you look valuable enough to a particular organization, a new position might be created just based on the strength of your resume. This could be you, which is why it’s not a bad thing to consider saturating your resume
for many eyes to see.
Posting in Moderation
On the other hand, some experts make a case for using moderation when posting your resume on the Internet. When a resume is posted to as many websites as possible, it's not properly customized for specific employers. It's hard to get a speciic field or position with a very general resume.
So while saturation is a good way to have your resume seen by a large number of recruiters, without it being specific to any one field, many recruiters will overlook it anyway. This makes a good case for using the resume in moderation instead, focusing on one job board, or a handful of companies, where you tailor your resume to appeal to only a few employers.
Private Postings
As you know, when you post on job boards, your information can often be thrown out there too far into Cyberspace, leaving it vulnerable to the simplest of engine searches. You might avoid public postings altogether, especially if you're a private person or you can't afford to publicize your job search. Instead, you can privately submit your resume via email or submission forms, or simply network privately with people you know. This way, you won’t risk the wrong people finding out what you’re up to.
Which route you choose to take for online resume distribution is up to you. You might try moderation first and if that doesn’t work, consider saturation. Remember, you only need to impress one hiring manager to get the position you want. You'll get the job offers and interviews eventually if you simply write a great resume and get it out there where it can be seen.
Depending on who you ask, you may receive different pointers on how and where to post your resume. In other words, there’s no sure-fire way to be discovered by recruiters online. But it never hurts to take a variety of pointers to help guide your posting expedition. So before you post your resume on the Internet, take a look at some ideas to consider.
Saturating Your Resume
There’s nothing like being seen by as many recruiters and hiring managers as possible. By posting your resume to as many websites as you can, you can accomplish this level of high saturation. There's both a good and a bad side to this approach. Let’s look at a few reasons to consider taking this route.
First, there are a number of job sites that are tailored to your field, allowing you to saturate your resume while remaining focused on a specialty. Also, you don’t always know what position you’re looking for, just as recruiters don’t always know what applicants they’re looking for. If you look valuable enough to a particular organization, a new position might be created just based on the strength of your resume. This could be you, which is why it’s not a bad thing to consider saturating your resume
Posting in Moderation
On the other hand, some experts make a case for using moderation when posting your resume on the Internet. When a resume is posted to as many websites as possible, it's not properly customized for specific employers. It's hard to get a speciic field or position with a very general resume.
So while saturation is a good way to have your resume seen by a large number of recruiters, without it being specific to any one field, many recruiters will overlook it anyway. This makes a good case for using the resume in moderation instead, focusing on one job board, or a handful of companies, where you tailor your resume to appeal to only a few employers.
Private Postings
As you know, when you post on job boards, your information can often be thrown out there too far into Cyberspace, leaving it vulnerable to the simplest of engine searches. You might avoid public postings altogether, especially if you're a private person or you can't afford to publicize your job search. Instead, you can privately submit your resume via email or submission forms, or simply network privately with people you know. This way, you won’t risk the wrong people finding out what you’re up to.
Which route you choose to take for online resume distribution is up to you. You might try moderation first and if that doesn’t work, consider saturation. Remember, you only need to impress one hiring manager to get the position you want. You'll get the job offers and interviews eventually if you simply write a great resume and get it out there where it can be seen.
