What is an Interactive Resume?

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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 75 Commented
Categorized Under: Career Guide, Featured, Resume Help   Author: Susan Johnston

Recruiters and hiring managers get hundreds, sometimes thousands, of resumes a day. So, how can you make sure that your application stands out?

Try an interactive resume.

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Interactive resumes, also called web-based resumes, offer several advantages of over traditional, text resumes created in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

  • Easy updates for job seekers: Online tools make it easy for job seekers to update their resume anywhere in the world. If you send a traditional resume to a recruiter and later want to update it, you’d be out of luck. But interactive resumes allow you to update them whenever and wherever you want so that recruiters always see the newest, freshest version.
  • Easy access for recruiters: Some company’s mail servers do not accept attachments. And sometimes even when they do, an attachment can get buried in the recipient’s spam filter. Then there’s the issue of file compatibility (for instance, if you’re on a Mac and the recipient is using a PC or vice versa, then it might not display the way you want it to). Interactive resumes eliminate all of these extra hurdles.
  • Enhanced security options: With traditional resumes, you have no control over who sees your resume once it leaves your hands. Your contact information can get passed around the office or fall into the wrong hands if the human resources department isn’t careful. Interactive resumes let you restrict access to certain people, control all your resumes from one place and restrict access with optional password protection.
  • Most importantly, flexibility and custom options: A traditional text only resume reduces applicants to a series of job titles and dates. Interactive resumes, on the other hand, allow you to list your educational and employment history in a format that plays up your strengths. Multimedia options like video, images, and audio bring your skills to life so that your application practically jumps off the screen.

As demand for interactive resumes increases, several emerging companies are working to help job seekers create multimedia resumes conveniently and affordably. One such service is FirstDialog. Developed by Vunovate Media, this powerful platform offers job applicants all of the benefits listed above and then some. Users can create videos using the video editor and create multimedia presentations incorporating text, images, and audio. FirstDialog hosts all documents and videos and uses a 256 bit SSL layer to give users bank-grade security! Other features include options for sharing resumes over email and online social networks, verifying professional and education credentials, and taking online tests to get skills certified. FirstDialog’s combination of security features and online editing tools gives users a more flexible, secure, and persuasive option for displaying their skills.  Currently running in private alpha, registration for this service is by invitation-only. Sign up for an invitation to join FirstDialog at www.firstdialog.com/signup.

Susan Johnston

Susan Johnston has written career articles for The Boston Globe, Experience.com, MediaBistro.com, WomenEntrepreneur.com, and Yahoo! HotJobs, among other places. She also teaches blogging and freelance writing at Boston Center for Adult Education and Cambridge Center for Adult Education.

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