resume resources
eResume How-To
Keywords
Articles on Electronic Resumes
eResume Banks and Job Banks
General (Online) Career Information Sites
eResume
How-To
Rebecca Smith's eResumes
& Resources
Probably THE best site for detailed information on this topic - contains
a "tutorial" on resumes, with many links within the site, and loads of
examples
http://www.eresumes.com/tut_eresume.html
Resumes by JobStar
A good, basic site with extensive information.
http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/index.htm
Proven Resumes by Regina
Pontow
One of the best sites for resume advice. The book is more complete and
even better.
http://www.provenresumes.com/
Articles on resume strategies for various professions by Regina Pontow
can be found on the Career Magazine site.
See Resume
Strategies for Professionals
http://www.careermag.com/db/cmag_articles_resume_pontow
For college and university graduates with little
or no work experience.
http://www.careermag.com/newsarts/resume/pontow5.html
For college and university graduates with
extensive work experience. http://www.careermag.com/newsarts/resume/pontow6.html
Damn Good Resume Site
Yana Parker's resume site -Various brief tips, questions and answers,
and answers to resume "problems." (Site also describes all the books
and products she sells.)
http://www.damngood.com/
Subsections of Yana Parker's site to explore
Guide to
Scannable-friendly resumes Yana Parker's site - how-to http://www.damngood.com/jobseekers/ScanGuide.html
25 Tough Problems
in Resumes Yana Parker's site - questions and answers
http://www.damngood.com/catalog/problems.html
How
to Uncover Your Skills and Hidden Abilities Yana Parker's
site - questions to ask to discover what your skills/abilities are
http://www.damngood.com/jobseekers/skills-adults.html
Two Dozen Hot Resume
Tips from Yana Parker (JobStar) Breezy Q & A style, but
to the point
http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/yana24.htm
Federal Job Search and Application
Forms
Finally, free information on searching and applying for federal jobs.
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/b1a.htm
The Resume Place
Kathryn Troutman's site - Specializing in the federal resume, which
is DIFFERENT from an industry resume. Also, information on Key Words and
Skills. Good example of how a resume can supply appropriate keywords
to parallel job description requirements.
http://www.resume-place.com//sets/mainset.html
Also see:
Search Trends
Describes some of the background of the new trends in job search, starting
with resumes.
Keywords:
What are they and Where to get them
Informational
Elements of Keyword Resumes (Rebecca Smith's eResumes 101) -
Collecting information about you, your jobs and understanding keywords.
http://www.eresumes.com/tut_keyres_examples.html
Examples
of Keywords (Rebecca Smith's eResumes&Resources) - Resources to
help identify keywords, examples of keywords from job categories and personal
traits
http://www.eresumes.com/tut_keyres_elements.html
Example
Keyword Resume (Rebecca Smith's eResumes&Resources) - Example
of keyword resume
http://www.eresumes.com/tut_keyres_seeker_thomas.html
Review
of Job Hunter's Word Finder
Book by James Bluemond is like a dictionary of business and industry terms
that can be used very effectively in resumes. (Unfortunately, the review,
but not the book, is online. You may have to go to a library or book store!)
http://www.eresumes.com/reviews/bluemond_jobhunter_wordfinder.htm
Occupational Outlook Handbook,
1998-99 (often referred to as OOH) - Massive collection of information
about occupations, what skills, knowledge and schooling are required,
what the job outlook is, the nature of the work, earnings, related occupations
and sources of additional information. But, it is not always easy to find
out what you want to know....
http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
Key Word search
in the OOH http://stats.bls.gov/search/oco_s.asp
How to Interpret
Occupational Information Included in the OOH http://stats.bls.gov/oco/oco2001.htm#cond
Index to OOH
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocoiab.htm
Professional and Technical
Occupations
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm
Social Scientists (including
geographers) http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos054.htm
For Example:
Desc of Geographers (within Social Scientists) from OOH
Geographers analyze distributions of physical and cultural phenomena
on local, regional, continental, and global scales. Economic geographers
study the distribution of resources and economic activities. Political
geographers are concerned with the relationship of geography to political
phenomena, while cultural geographers study the geography of cultural
phenomena. Physical geographers study the variations in climates, vegetation,
soil, and land forms, and their implications for human activity. Urban
and transportation geographers study cities and metropolitan areas,
while regional geographers study the physical, economic, political,
and cultural characteristics of regions, ranging in size from a congressional
district to entire continents. Medical geographers study health care
delivery systems, epidemiology (the study of the causes and control
of epidemics), and the effect of the environment on health. (Some occupational
classification systems include geographers under physical scientists
rather than social scientists.)
Also see:
Economists and marketing
research analysts
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos055.htm
Urban and regional
planners
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos057.htm
Articles
on Electronic Resumes
Applying
for Jobs Online: A Lesson in Communicating Electronically
by Rebecca Smith, eResumes & Resources - Good info in this article,
on the basics of plain text resumes and choosing keywords.
http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990200/jobsv9n2.htm
Preparing
for Your Search Riley Guide, May, 99 - Links to
all parts of job search, including resume prep and posting, and, at end,
information from a survey on what recruiters are looking for in resumes
http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/jsguides.html#research
The Online Job Application:
Preparing Your Resume for the Internet The Riley Guide,
Feb, 99 - Brief, straightforward instructions, with decisions you
have to make noted, and other resources linked
http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/eresume.html
Byte-able
Resumes: Resumes That Computers Can Sink Their Teeth Into
article by Rebecca Smith - Basics on resume formats and
preparing scannanable and ASCII versions of resumes with keywords
http://www.computerbits.com/archive/9607/resume.htm
eResume
Banks and Job Banks
Descriptions of Major
Resume Banks by Clara Horvath JobStar - Brief introduction
and links to article on evaluating resume banks, and evaluations of the
major services
http://jobsmart.org/internet/resbanks.htm
Why Employers
Use Resume Banks by Clara Horvath Job Star - Short article from
employer's perspective, followed by links to descriptions and evaluating
http://jobsmart.org/internet/resemp.htm
Web-Site
Review by Peter D. Weddell - Basic information on about 10 of
the major resume-posting site including owner, age of site, services,
size (in listings of jobs and resumes posted) and other resources. Source
of various publications on Internet career and job search.
http://www.weddles.com/websiteprofiles/index.htm
Online Resume Databases
The Riley Guide - Listing of free and fee-based database listing
sites, with links to them and information on their focus and background.
Also linked to informative article on online resume fraud. (Read it.)
http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/resumes.html
General Recruiters
and Job Banks The Riley Guide - Services with
many, many job listings, arranged alphabetically, but with descriptions
of their services.
http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/multiple.html
General
(Online) Career Information Sites
The Riley Guide compiled by
Margaret F. Dikel (used to be Riley) -
A very extensive site for career resources and employment opportunities.
Highly recommended for all parts of career development and job search
http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/
Subtopics worth exploring in the Riley Guide
Index of Topics
Everything within the site, listed alphabetically.
http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/atoz.html
Opportunity section of
Riley Guide Includes job/resume banks and section on resources
for specific areas and industries
http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/jobs.html
What Am I Worth?
The most complete set of links to salary surveys that I've seen anywhere.
http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/salary.html
Research for Career
and Work Options Links that cover career planning, job outlook,
employer research, salary surveys, career guidance and resources for more
information.
http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/research.html
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