Has anyone here ever done their resume online? Looking for the sites that you can do it for free. Any sites anyone would recommend?
One thing about posting your resume online, it could lead to a barrage of spam and phone calls from recruiters, consulting companies, and people looking for contractors. Depending on your job search needs, this may or may not be a desirable result. My recommendation would be to have an offline resume that you email to specific companies / job openings that you are targeting for your search.
One other thing. You might want to check out LinkedIn.com It is an online networking community akin to Myspace except it is for business professionals from a wide array of industries. I've had a friend receive interviews from making contacts with higher ups at several companies on there.
I apologize for not making it clear on my intentions. I have to email a resume to a company and I have nothing on my computer to make a resume with. I've done some quick searches to make them online so I could save it and email it off.
Most places nowadays prefer text resumes I've noticed, because of virus concerns, so all you really need is notepad. If the company does accept attachments, they usually prefer MS Word. Sorry, I don't know where you can make one online and download it to forward on to the company.
You can make it in Google Documents online. They have Word like program. I've used their Googe "Excel" program and it was pretty good. I haven't used Word though, but it should be the same thing.
Whats wrong with recruiters calling you? If you don't like the job they are offering just say no thanks. Thats how I found my job. They did all the looking, I just went to the interview.
Like I said, it depends on your job search needs. Twice, I've been unemployed and welcomed all contact. Twice, I've looked for jobs while trying to further my career along a particular path. What I've learned is that a good chunk of recruiters are not necessarily knowledgable in the positions that they are trying to recruit for (at least for the industry that I work in) and it amounts to being analagous to a telemarketer. And also, like I posted before, an overwhelming number of them try to fill short-term contract positions across the country (or world) or consulting jobs which require constant travel, neither of which appeal to me. All jobs that I've obtained have been via direct contact with company HR departments. That's not to say that using a recruiter is a bad thing; it is another avenue in a job search. Another consideration is that some companies may try to avoid bringing aboard a person recommended by a recruiter, if an equally satisfactory candidate has applied directly so as not to pay a "recruiter surcharge" or conversely, the base salary of the position would be lowered so as to incorporate the recruiting fee.
