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When your Personal
Resume Web Page looks the way you want it to look, and the spelling
and grammar are correct, it's time to add the final touches that
will make you popular with the search engines and potential employers.
Be sure that
your resume is Cyber-Safe before
you put your Personal Resume Web Page out there for the whole world
to see!
Search Engine
Optimization for Personal Resume Web Pages:
- Keywords.
Add
your key words in <META>
tags in the <HEAD> of your HTML file.
- File
Name. Name your resume's HTML file "resume.html"
when you save it, so that your resume will be included in the
results of a search on HTML file names. (See Basic
HTML.)
- File
Title. Put the word "resume" between the <TITLE></TITLE>
tags in the <HEAD> of your HTML file so that your
resume will be included in the results of a search on HTML file
titles.
For example, <TITLE>M.J. Smith's Resume</TITLE>
or <TITLE>Experienced C++ Programmer Resume</TITLE>.
(See Basic HTML.)
- Register
your Personal Resume Web Page at search engines, directiories,
and any other sites which collect links to resume web pages. For
example, Yahoo and DMOZ.org.
Employer-Friendly
Personal Resume Web Pages:
- Preferred
geography and willingness to relocate. This information
should help recruiters and potential employers determine your
probable level of interest in their job opportunites.
- Effective
date of your Internet resume may help establish your availability
and also indicate when more information (i.e., an update) should
be requested.
- Availability.
If you are, or are not, actively job hunting, an availability
statement at the top of your Internet resume/Web page is a very
good idea. It will keep you from being contacted by recruiters
and/or potential employers when you are not "in the market"
for a new job. And it will give them a green light when you are.
These instructions
have helped you to create a basic Personal Resume Web Page. If you
want a fancier one with graphics and links to other pages and information,
get a book, some software, and/or some help. It is not difficult
to do.
(See Protecting
Your Privacy and Choosing a Job Site
for more information.)
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