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Subject:Re: resume on a web page From:carol gasser <cgasser -at- BGNET -dot- BGSU -dot- EDU> Date:Wed, 5 Nov 1997 16:17:57 -0500
> I am an English graduate student thinking about doing contracting technical
> writing part-time soon and full-time after graduation. How effective is
> having your resume on a web page?
Several of the technical communication students at my university maintain
online resumes, and although I do not graduate until May and therefore
can't give you a glowing testimonial of my own, I know that some
recent graduates have gotten interviews because someone was searching the
Web and found thier resumes.
I would note a distinction, however, between simply putting a text resume
on the Web in its linear form and posting a modular, non-linear resume
that exhibits your ability to design for and work with the Web. If you
are asking for a job designing for the Web in any capacity, you should
exhibit good design skills on your resume, rather than having a straight
text document (although getting too glitzy with graphics is also
counter-productive).
cg
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Carol E. Gasser
cgasser -at- bgnet -dot- bgsu -dot- edu
