Is there a format or service for resume/CV data?

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Is there a format or service for resume/CV data?

I have noticed through the process of signing up for various freelance and job seeking or professional network sites that they all want your resume/CV data. And I am really getting tired of copy/pasting this data, especially since I have a website.

Is there a standard format or service somewhere that I do not know about for this data? If not, does anyone want to help me build something like this out?

I'm thinking a service similar to OpenID that allows you to maintain a central resume to have your data pulled from. No more filling in the same data over and over, and having to maintain the copies on any of the plethora of websites that have that data.

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I hate that too. I use emurse.com for my resume(s). It's public, downloadable in a variety of formats, and always up to date. There's no way around copying and pasting into job sites, sadly, but emurse makes life at least a little easier.

You might also check out the hResume microformat.

Jeremy Kendall 2010-05-14 00:11:25

In my experience employers like when the potential candidates go out of their way when applying for a job so if they just get a reference to some site I think that would be a turn off for many. I know this sounds a bit shallow and the content of the CV should be what qualifies a candidate but if you get 100 applicants you tend to get a bit shallow after a while.

Personally I use linkedin but always send a "real" up to date CV in word doc format.

Anders K. 2010-05-14 00:12:40

Never give someone a resume in MS Word format. It does not display the same on every machine, so you cannot tell for certain how it will look to someone else. And, changes are saved in the file so employers can undo and look at your change history. I think there is a way to remove the history, but are going to remember to do that every time you send it to someone? Its too easy to forget things like that. If you use Word to format your resume, then export it to a .pdf or plain text file before you give it to someone.

Jay 2010-05-14 00:46:18

I'm not talking something that references back to a central site. I'm looking for a service that will let me update my resume details through them, then it will push the update out to all the job sites, or ping them to pull.Is there no service in existence?

Ben Dauphinee 2010-05-14 01:58:31

@Jay, most companies - at least the once I have contacted over the years - seem to want it in word format for whatever reason.Guess they have Word as their office software. (personally I don't mind if they see my change history, I have nothing to hide).

Anders K. 2010-05-14 22:46:25

@Karlsson, They may ask for a Word doc. out of habit. That doesn't mean they won't accept a PDF all the same. I have never encountered an employer who wouldn't accept a PDF. I have, however, made a two page Word resume, that was sometimes tree pages when opened on a different machine, depending on the version of Word. If a resume uses, an obviously, unnecessary extra page, is the employer going to mistakenly think "This idiot doesn't even know how to use a word processor!"? Why take unnecessary risks when there is a solution that is practically zero cost?

Jay 2010-05-15 00:13:07

to each his own, if you feel more comfortable giving in pdf then do so - not a biggie. personally i will continue handing out word doc, the few times i do it and if they get back and say they can't read it i will send them it in another format. also if the employer finds this unacceptable then I probably wouldn't want to work for them in the first place. cheers.

Anders K. 2010-05-15 16:23:40

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