The Importance of a Simple Online Resume

PR Log (Press Release) – Sep 20, 2009 – In this day and age, it’s not just graphic designers and programmers who really benefit from having a simple online website or resume; it is anyone on a serious job-hunts. Although, if you are an engineer, chartered accountant, ACCA, MBA, doctor (whatever your qualification is) you should really have one.

Here’s why:
1. It shows you go the extra mile
Potential Employers are definitely looking at all angles of you when you apply for a job. Having a personal website, however simple, is a sign that you take some pride in yourself and that you take things the extra mile. Anyone can type up a resume or fill out a form, but less have the skill and confidence to say “want to know more? You can check out my personal website.”

2. It helps you keep yourself organized
Just having a Microsoft Word file of your resume sitting in your Documents folder doesn’t provide a lot of motivation to keep that thing up to date. But if your resume is up on the web for the world to see, you are much more likely to keep things fresh and up-to-date. Plus, having your resume online can serve as a great personal reference for yourself. Any time you need to cough up that data, you are nothing but a copy and paste away at any computer.

3. It makes you more findable on the web
Maybe not if your name is Kazam Raza, but if your name is in the least bit unique you should be able to make yourself pretty “googleable” pretty quickly. Just registering yourname.paks.pk and linking to it from a couple social networking sites and you should be #1 for your name in no time. This is extremely valuable. If someone takes the time to seek you out, it is important that they be able to find you.

4. You can put it on your business card
If you have a personal business card, the URL to your resume is a great thing to put on it. This gives the person you are giving it to an opportunity to do something passive to learn more about you. When they pull your card out of their wallet/purse, they might not be in the place or mood to give you a call, but they might be willing to check out your website. Right there you have won some of their mindshare and that is a valuable thing.

5. A place to share ideas
If you have a personal website, you can write articles, publish your research and ideas and expose yourself to the whole world that you have a lot of knowledge. A simple word document in your USB flash drive has a very little importance other than a person having a personal website.

6. Funny and interesting
You have to keep your resume into multiple locations for example in your inbox or in the USB, so that it is available when it is needed. It is interesting to say that USB are full of dangerous viruses.

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