Before you rush to create your WWW resume, however, look around at what's posted on the cyber sites. As you can imagine, there are good, bad, and just plain ugly resumes on the Web. Wanting your credentials to look sensational, you'll spend some time looking for exemplary documents that present both a functional and well-designed image. By doing so, you'll gain some information about other job-seekers, who are, after all, your ultimate competition.
Begin your research by looking at a few of the Web sites featuring career-related information. Most of them have employment listings as well as a place for you to post your resume. However, don't list yours yet. Instead, scout around to see how others are displaying their credentials. Look at THEIR presentations. Notice what looks good. Print a few to keep for baseline references. Look at these resources for ideas; then develop your own or hire someone to make your web pages look spectacular.
To get started on your tour, look at one of the most unusual sites around. The OASYS Network is an exciting and refreshing alternative to finding and posting creative talent. Here, corporate users can conduct electronic searches for out-of-house resources for current and future projects. Business suppliers can present full electronic brochures or source books to present their expertise to corporations, and freelancers can post on-line portfolios of their work. Located in the Chicago area, OASYS Network currently houses talent from virtually every state and Canada. Check out OASYS, then continue your grand tour by looking at more job-related WWW sites.
To gain more ideas for developing your own impressive hypertext document, check out the sites listed below. Happy browsing!
Job and Career Sites: OASYS Network allows freelancers and business suppliers to present their electronic brochures on-line so that prospective employers can seek out those services for their current projects. Address: http://www.oasysnet.com
CareerPath, the recent brainstorm of six major U.S. newspapers, has more than 20,000 job listings from the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, the San Jose Mercury News, and The Washington Post. Address: http://www.careerpath.com/
Career Resource Center has links to more than 15,000 jobs, 1300 Web links, helpful career articles, and general interest information. Address: http://www.careers.org/
E-Span Job Database Search has links to 3500 jobs, 1700 employers, and allows you to post your own resume. Address: http://www.espan.com/
Freelancers Direct provides information about non-fiction writers for publishers and editors and information for freelancers about sources on the Net. Address: http://www.alaska.net/~ckirk/freelance/freelance.html
Online Career Center prepares individual Home Pages with photos/graphics and hypertext links for $40. Address: http://www.occ.com/occ/HyperResumes/
careerWEB has job listings, a library, and career information. Address: http://www.cweb.com/
Online Sports has job postings related to the sports industry plus many links to other places including America's Job Bank, Job Guide, JobWeb, The Job Board, The Monster Board, and several university sites. Address: http://www.onlinesports.com
100 Careers in Wall Street provides job openings and job wanted information for the financial industry and beyond. Address: http://www.globalvillager.com/villager/wsc.html
The Chronicle of Higher Education lists several hundred job openings in colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and around the world, with weekly updates. Address: http://www.chronicle.merit.edu/.ads/.links.html
Sample individual resumes on the Web:
Brett Serjeantson, interactive WWW designer.
Pat Weber, Trainer/Facilitator
Dave Taylor, Author
Elaine Winters , Instructional Designer/Curriculum Developer
Resources:
Hook Up, Get Hired. Joyce Lain Kennedy. John Wiley and Sons, 1995.
Creating Cool Web Pages with HTML. Dave Taylor. IDG Books, 1995.
HTML: Visual Quick Reference. Dean Scharf. Que Corporation, 1995.
Paperless Publishing. Colin Haynes. Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in a Week. Laura Lemay. Sams Publishing, 1995.
Copyright © 1995 Grace Smith, Ph.D. for InfoMedia
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