(Image Credit: Vizualize.me)
Huntsville, Ala. (WHNT) – Are you a soon-to-be college graduate? Or hunting for a new job?
Whether you’ve never held a job or are jumping back in the search for a new one for the first time in a long time, it can be hard to know where to start. You may also be surprised to know that the old black-and-white text resumes are no longer your only option for marketing yourself.
Vizualize Me is a free service, letting you display your vital information in a colorful, graphic way. You can import data for your “visual resume” through LinkedIn or manually.
You can choose from several themes, color schemes and create your own categories of stats to showcase your specific talents.
You can also create a custom website and keep track of how often it’s been viewed.
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Just another way to get passed over. Resumes only get a 6-8 second glance because of the volume. Google it and see. Another issue is most companies want a plain text copy with no formatting because resumes are scanned so that a “buzz word search” can be performed. Those buzz words are how your resume gets to the hiring manager, not pretty colors and wild shapes.
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My thoughts exactly.This is very true!!
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/03/26/what-your-resume-is-up-against/