Tailoring your resume to the position you are after is a great idea. As is getting it critiqued by others. Keeping up with they resumes, and sharing them with others can be a pain. Hard drives crash, viruses attack, and files get lost. All of these things make an online resume builder sound great, and this is where emurse steps in. Emurse allows you to create and organize your resumes online. After your resume is complete, you can then track the status of your submissions. As an added bonus, emurse allows you to create a personal page that can be distributed to potential employers. Overall, emurse is a pretty slick way to create, organize, and share your resume, and anything that makes job hunting easier is always a welcome tool.
Emurse
Amiko allows you to create an online resume. Basically, Amiko hosts an online version of your resume on their server and provides a link for you to post to online job sites like monster.com. Some of the more notable features are the ability to re-arrange your resume by simply clicking and dragging on items, unlimited photo gallery, and really simple editing of content. Amiko looks like a pretty slick tool for those embarking on their job search adventure.
Amiko
At this point, it’s widely known that employers check out potential employees’ Facebook profiles as part of their background screening. Many employers also check on existing employees as well. So, how do you maintain a Facebook account without getting burnt? //engtech has an informative article on using Facebook in a work-safe manner.
Outlined in the article:
Understanding the Relationship Levels
Changing The Default Privacy SettingsHave a Professional and a Personal Profile
Friends Not Acquaintances
Don’t Use the “Find Your Friends” Feature
Don’t Use Facebook at Work
Hide Your Groups
Identity Theft
Facebook Privacy Policy
It’s a rather lengthy list, but it might be worth a read for those heading out into the working world.
How to use Facebook without Losing Your Job over it
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