Comments on: 5 Reasons Your Resume Is More Valuable Than Your Online Professional Profile http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/5-reasons-online-professional-profile-replace-resume/ Glassdoor - An Inside Look at Jobs and Companies Mon, 20 May 2013 09:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amy Knapphttp://www.glassdoor.com/blog/5-reasons-online-professional-profile-replace-resume/comment-page-1/#comment-402033 Amy Knapp Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:23:00 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=12205#comment-402033 I agree that LinkedIn isn't enough. That's a given.At the same time, our online profiles define us much better than our resumes do. Our resumes give a quick summation of all the things we want an employer to know about us. Meanwhile, our profiles reflect our personalities. They show the sort of people we are; sometimes to our benefit and sometimes to our detriment.When I'm hiring a new employee, I spend a lot more time checking out what the candidate gets up to online than I do reading her resume. Perhaps that's because I'm in a creative field. Either way, I'm convinced the paper resume (and the virtual imitations) are on the way out. I agree that LinkedIn isn’t enough. That’s a given.

At the same time, our online profiles define us much better than our resumes do. Our resumes give a quick summation of all the things we want an employer to know about us. Meanwhile, our profiles reflect our personalities. They show the sort of people we are; sometimes to our benefit and sometimes to our detriment.

When I’m hiring a new employee, I spend a lot more time checking out what the candidate gets up to online than I do reading her resume. Perhaps that’s because I’m in a creative field. Either way, I’m convinced the paper resume (and the virtual imitations) are on the way out.

]]> By: Kristi Eniglhttp://www.glassdoor.com/blog/5-reasons-online-professional-profile-replace-resume/comment-page-1/#comment-395797 Kristi Enigl Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:16:00 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=12205#comment-395797 Interesting points and I agree that Linked In Resume builder has it limitations, but keep in mind that the people searching for candidates on LI are primarily recruiters and HR personnel. As a former recruiter and hiring manager, I used copy and past every resume I submitted to a client onto our letterhead, stripping out any design, graphs, or fancy fonts. Most recruiters do the same. Candidates who submitted resumes with charts and graphs were asked to re-submit a plain text resume, if they were viable to begin with. Fancy resumes won't make it through an ATS filter either. At the end of the day, the "plain jane" resume that market's a candidate's accomplishments and talents to a specific job will fit the bill. My two cents worth. Kristi Enigl, Global Career Coach Interesting points and I agree that Linked In Resume builder has it limitations, but keep in mind that the people searching for candidates on LI are primarily recruiters and HR personnel. As a former recruiter and hiring manager, I used copy and past every resume I submitted to a client onto our letterhead, stripping out any design, graphs, or fancy fonts. Most recruiters do the same.
Candidates who submitted resumes with charts and graphs were asked to re-submit a plain text resume, if they were viable to begin with. Fancy resumes won’t make it through an ATS filter either. At the end of the day, the “plain jane” resume that market’s a candidate’s accomplishments and talents to a specific job will fit the bill.
My two cents worth.
Kristi Enigl, Global Career Coach

]]> By: Paul Dubehttp://www.glassdoor.com/blog/5-reasons-online-professional-profile-replace-resume/comment-page-1/#comment-395655 Paul Dube Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:29:00 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=12205#comment-395655 Hi Jacqui, 1) I think you meant to use "Your Online Professional Profile (on LinkedIn)" at the start of those points. 2) You haven't told us why the Resume is" more valuable", you just pointed out some minor and 'potential' problems with the LinkedIn profile. 3) You have overlooked the value of the Recommendations section, the ability to find references, and the ability to find connections through which you can get a warm introduction - potentially to the hiring manager on LinkedIn. 4) You have apparently overlooked the paper resume's limited reach vs. an online profile. 5) Most importantly, LinkedIn - and *all* tools, including the paper resume, are not mutually exclusive. We need to use every tool available to us that provides more value than it 'costs' (regardless of what that 'cost' is - time, $, risk, etc.). This 'valuation' (of 'cost') is different for everyone and every tool.Yes, the paper resume is extremely valuable and necessary. However, don't lose sight of the one and only purpose of the resume... to get an interview. If it doesn't get into the hiring manager's hands, it has failed and is worthless. Hi Jacqui,
1) I think you meant to use “Your Online Professional Profile (on LinkedIn)” at the start of those points.
2) You haven’t told us why the Resume is” more valuable”, you just pointed out some minor and ‘potential’ problems with the LinkedIn profile.
3) You have overlooked the value of the Recommendations section, the ability to find references, and the ability to find connections through which you can get a warm introduction – potentially to the hiring manager on LinkedIn.
4) You have apparently overlooked the paper resume’s limited reach vs. an online profile.
5) Most importantly, LinkedIn – and *all* tools, including the paper resume, are not mutually exclusive. We need to use every tool available to us that provides more value than it ‘costs’ (regardless of what that ‘cost’ is – time, $, risk, etc.). This ‘valuation’ (of ‘cost’) is different for everyone and every tool.

Yes, the paper resume is extremely valuable and necessary. However, don’t lose sight of the one and only purpose of the resume… to get an interview. If it doesn’t get into the hiring manager’s hands, it has failed and is worthless.

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