Free Resource Friday! Virtual resume creation sites.

Posted by brie , Jan, 2010 @ 7:53 am

Creating a virtual resume is all the buzz lately. Essentially, you use a website to create your resume, design it, fill in the details, and then it allows you to have it posted online with its own web address for employers to access easily. You can post a link to it from your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or other social networking sites, and you can respond to job ads quickly by adding a link to your resume in your e-mail to an employer.

So, where do you create a virtual resume gem, and how much is it going to set you back? The good news is that most resources are FREE at the moment, and there are a few websites you should check out:

CeeVee.com This website was started in Romania in June 2008, and models itself off of the CV or curriculum vitae. Traditionally the resume of choice internationally, a CV isn’t really asked for much within the U.S. (the main difference is that CVs usually contain personal information like gender, age, citizenship, etc. that you would never put on a U.S. resume). Luckily, this free and incredibly easy to use resource. There are only 3 formatting options, but a million ways to do the sections on your resume, and you only put in the information you want other people to see. I made a supser basic example in case you’re wondering what it looks like: http://ceevee.com/BrieCeeVee/. If yo’ure looking for something quick and easy, this is your resource.

Visual CV If CeeVee.com is sort of the Hyndai of free virtual resume creation sites, then Visual CV is the Mercedes Benz. It’s all over the news, your college career office might already have this resource for you, and it makes one amazing looking online resume. It’s not as quick or easy as CeeVee.com, but you get a hell of a lot more options and levels of sophistication with this bad boy. Here’s an example of what Visual CV can do for you: http://www.visualcv.com/collegegrad.

(cozy cup of coffee and a laptop pic from freelancefolder.com)

Tags: ceevee.com, virtual resumes, visualcv.com, writing a resume

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Jeff says – reply to this

Here’s another online resume & cover letter writing gem …

writeCLICKresume.com, based in Rochester, NY, boasts a resume wizard that has 800+ industry- and job-specific phrases that enable job seekers to quickly easily build a great resume and persuasive cover letter.

Go to – http://www.writeCLICKresume.com

Good luck.

Kartenlegen per Mail says – reply to this

Thanks for the inspiration, your blog looks excellent! I have been having trouble getting motivated with mine but this definitely pumped me up!

chips zynga says – reply to this

i was beginning to think that i would probably be the only man or women that thought about this, at the least now i understand i’m not outlandish i am going to make it a point to examine various different posts right after i get some caffeine in me, it is actually very hard to read without my coffee, take care