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Are Social Media Making the Resume Obsolete?
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As social networking sites such as Facebook continue to explode in popularity, they are starting to replace the paper resume as the primary way to attract the attention of recruiters and hiring managers. The post-resume era may already be upon us, with hiring managers browsing LinkedIn and Facebook profiles, or using Google to find out more about candidates. Between all the information available on desktops, laptops, tablets, and smart phones, some hiring experts say there's little reason to peruse a one-page summary of someone's career anymore. That changes job-seekers' responsibilities when the entire recruiting process is heading online.
As the traditional resume disappears, job candidates are coming up with original ways to stand out from the crowd. One candidate, for example, submitted a resume in the form of a "pin" on a Pinterest board, next to other pins for news articles, blog posts, and relevant articles. Some companies, especially those in the tech world, are going even further, saying they're no longer interested at all in an applicant's tried-and-true list of jobs, education, awards, and activities. Hiring managers often can gain a better sense of a person's judgment, personality, and communication skills by perusing their Twitter feeds or Tumblr posts. Applicants might also be asked to create Web videos, stating why they want the job or what most interests them in their current career path.
While most employers are not going as far as requiring applicant videos, they are using a candidate's Web presence to augment what the job applicant provides directly. They look at Facebook, for example, and check to see what's on LinkedIn or Tumblr. The concept of the resume is not changing, it's just taking on new forms: that document, your life history of your work, isn't ever going to be obsolete. So, if LinkedIn and Twitter have replaced the fax machine of 10 years ago, what might a resume look like a decade from now?
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