| With a national unemployment rate nearing 10%, | | | | faster and more efficiently! |
| people all over the country are looking for work. | | | | While there's not really a How to Guide for |
| Employers are hounded with resumes in the mail | | | | Resumes online, most Free Resume Help sites will |
| each day, all from hungry applicants eager for | | | | tell you that online resumes should contain the |
| income. These candidates are all highly-skilled | | | | same information in the same organizational |
| professionals with bachelor degrees, MBA's, and | | | | structure as the traditional medium. The |
| even PhD's. A few applicant resumes will get a | | | | difference is that an E-Resume won't spend a |
| second glance, and possibly a call-back, but the | | | | week as a coffee coaster. |
| majority will find a home in the trash. | | | | If you choose to turn your E-Resume into a |
| Such a talented, large field of applicants all | | | | website, you have the opportunity to showcase |
| submitting resumes that look exactly the same, in | | | | your personality, and if depending on your |
| the same format - it's easy to get lost in the | | | | professional, examples of your work! Eye-catching |
| shuffle! That's why now, more than ever, job | | | | colors and even a professional-looking photo of |
| seekers need to separate themselves from the | | | | yourself can give your potential employer an idea |
| competition. That means utilizing new techniques | | | | of your personality and level of creativity. Just |
| to get prospective employers' attention, | | | | keep the site professional and simple. Use a home |
| techniques such as creating an online resume or | | | | page as an introduction page, an 'About' page as |
| online portfolio. | | | | you would a cover letter, a 'Resume' page that |
| An online resume or 'E-Resume' is either an email | | | | houses the same material as your actual resume, |
| version of your resume or a small website set-up | | | | and a 'Work Samples' or 'Portfolio' page to |
| so that with just a couple of clicks, you can send | | | | showcase your work. You could also supply job |
| out your resume, either in the email, as an | | | | references there. |
| attachment, or as a link, to potential employers. | | | | There are several web hosting providers and |
| Within seconds your potential employer will | | | | even free blog sites out there that provide |
| receive it in his or her email box, something | | | | easy-to-use templates for websites that can be |
| visited far more frequently than a postal mailbox. | | | | turned into online resumes. Just copy and what |
| He or she can look it over and respond to you if | | | | you have on your computer from your hard-copy |
| there's interest, or at least acknowledge receipt. | | | | resume and past onto your new site. It's best not |
| That means no more waiting 3-5 days for it to | | | | to include your phone number or address on your |
| be sent out through the mail, delivered to the | | | | online site though. An email address will suffice. If |
| office, sitting at the receptionist desk, then sitting | | | | there's interest, you'll be contacted about |
| at the HR desk, and finally getting to the head of | | | | arranging a job interview, either in person, or over |
| the company, who may or may not get around | | | | the phone. In fact you'll probably get the email |
| to that stack of envelopes you're buried | | | | while your fellow job seekers' resumes are wait in |
| underneath. | | | | that 'no-man's land pile,' beneath a coffee mug. |
| See the difference? E-Resumes get the job done | | | | |