Business Driven Technology 6th Edition by Paige Baltzan

Exercise 155

Electronic Résumés
Résumés are the currency of the recruitment industry. They are the cornerstone of communication between candidates, recruiters, and employers. Technology is automating elements of the recruitment process, but a complete solution requires proper handling of the actual development of all the pieces and parts that comprise not just a résumé, but also an erésumé. Electronic résumés, or erésumés, have moved into the mainstream of today's job market at lightning speed. Erésumés have stepped up the efficiency of job placement to such a point that you could get a call from a recruiter just hours after submitting your erésumé. With this kind of opportunity, you cannot afford to be left in the dark ages of using only a paper résumé.
Project Focus
In the text or HTML editor of your choice, write your résumé as though you were really putting it online and inviting prospective employers to see it. We recommend typing in all the text and then later adding the HTML tags (rather than trying to type in the tags as you go).
Use the following checklist to make sure you're covering the basics. You do not need to match it exactly; it just shows what can be done.
Add structural tags.
Add paragraphs and headings.
Find an opportunity to include a list.
Add inline styles.
Play with the alignment of elements.
Add appropriate font selection, font size, and color.