With graduation looming at the end of this week, there will be a slew of new graduates ready to hit the job market and start a new chapter of their lives. It is a very exciting time for everyone at the college!
Because of the job searches that are undoubtably going to commence in the very near future, we thought it would be interesting to share a few new tools to create a dynamic, visual resumé to augment (or perhaps even replace) the traditional paper based one. We could call it Resume 2.0 but that is already done and there is even a class on building your “Resumé 2.0″ .
On all of these sites, be sure to find the setting for creating a custom URL for the page/site so you can keep your username/profile name consistent across the services.
Custom Profile URL for LinkedIn
Looking at the granddaddy of online resumés, one should start with a LinkedIn profile. It may not be the most lovely of the online options but it certainly has lots of people looking at it and for job seekers, that is not a bad thing.
About.me
You can use About.me to create a personal homepage without knowing any code. It can be a central location to bring together all of your other social presence identities such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and more. Once your about.me page has been created, you can embed it in a blog, share it via multiple social networking sites and add a link to your email signature to help centralize your social identity site.
About.me allows you to customize your background image by either selecting one of their options or uploading your own image. You can then add as many or as few connections to other social sites as well as add information such as work experience, education and a biographical statement. They even offer a set of free business cards via Moo that point to your about.me profile page! Another nice aspect is the statistics page which shows how popular your page is with views and how many click-throughs you get to your other social sites.
Example of about.me page
Vizify
A newer option is Vizify which gives you a very spiffy, higher graphical central location to bring together your social media/networking presence from sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. If you don’t use those services or do not want to share those with potential employers, then Vizify is not the service for you. But, if you want to share in a very interactive and graphical way, check it out. You can share your Vizify with services liked Facebook, Twitter, Google + and even Pinterest once you have your profile complete.
Example of Vizify site
So, congratulations to our graduates! We hope everyone enjoys their time off after a busy spring semester and go create a visual resumé to share your accomplishments!!
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