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I’ve had quite a few people ask me how to build an online resume recently so I’ve created this series to show you how easy it is. I’ve included:
An online resume is a website like any other, but we’re going to install a WordPress resume theme so it looks like a resume and because it takes care of all the hard stuff. Some of the typical things to consider including in an online resume are:
You can find the other 19 here: Best resume themes and templates 2013
Zwin resume theme: Live Preview
Bookcard resume theme: Live Preview
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Here’s my video tutorial on how to build an online resume using WordPress including a custom domain name like Johnsmith.com. It’s a step by step process that should only take you 5 or 10 minutes.
Not everyone is comfortable having their full resume online, and it’s smart to exclude sensitive details. Things like drivers license numbers, tax file numbers and so forth are best kept private. There is a way to solve this problem though. Let’s start by not adding sensitive information to the online resume to begin with, and then add a password protected page where only people you give that password to can download your full resume. Below is a video tutorial showing you how to do that.
If you want to hide your site from the world you can use the Under Construction Plugin, which replaces your site with a customisable message that could read, “My online resume is offline at the moment because I’m happily employed at……” For search engine reasons though I’d avoid doing this and just leave it on. That way any pages your site has are still indexed by Google and you may even pick up a few back links along the way. This is all going to be beneficial when you next need your online resume, or if you decide to swap it over to a full blown site later on.
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