The Age of the Aggregated Resume

The Age of the Aggregated Resume The Age of the Aggregated Resume So what are the benefits of the social resume to the jobseeker?Its a more comprehensive picture of accomplished work. While there are a lot of people who use LinkedIn or a traditional resume to showcase their work, social resumes give a more well-rounded picture of the breadth of a jobseekers career, highlighting work that is often difficult to capture on a resume.It creates a simple way to share work easily. Even with a traditional resume, it can be difficult to translate in real-life your social footprint on the web. Putting a separate link for every social network creates cluttered resumes and more work for interviewers. Having an aggregated profile creates an at-a-glance one stop shop for recruiters and talent acquisition pros.It implies social sophistication. Having an organized and comprehensive space to showcase work makes jobseekers seem organized, detailed and socially sophisticated. This can impress HR mana gers and hiring personnel but can potentially backfire if they arent familiar with (or dont wish to become familiar with) the newer platforms.Its visual. This is especially useful for designers, developers and other creatives. Having a way to show off the work thats tough to write down is useful for jobseekers and those looking to hire. Many entry level designers dont have enough work to create an online portfolio (or the need to, if they arent an entrepreneur), social resumes and aggregators solve that herausforderung.What are the benefits for the recruiter or hiring manager?A broader area to search. For many recruiters, socially aggregated profiles open up a whole new set of social nodes which can connect them to a brand new set of potential candidates, specifically in the fields listed above.They can easily do QA. Every recruiter knows that often, the candidate who looks fantastic on paper is a dud in the role. While aggregated resumes dont solve that problem completely, they do give a bigger picture idea of what a candidate is capable of. Its called social proof and it works in the recruiters favor.Its simpler. While it can be frustrating to have multiple sites to search, many of the aggregators do similar things and being able to peruse one website cuts down on time spent vetting candidates and viewing multiple sources for each candidate.In short, social aggregators are useful from a lot of different perspectives, building on the foundation that LinkedIn started. In addition, many of these sourcing engines are creating ever more sophisticated algorithms so that recruiters can use them more easily and jobseekers dont have to create yet another login to a social network. What would social resumes and social aggregators have to include to be useful in your world?Master the art of closing deals and making placements. Take our Recruiter Certification Program today. Were SHRM certified. Learn at your own pace during this 12-week program. Access over 20 courses. Great for those who want to break into recruiting, or recruiters who want to further their career. Like this article? We also offer tons of free eBooks on career and recruiting topics - check out Get a Better Job the Right Way and Why It Matters Who Does Your Recruiting. document.write(Read more ) in Social Media Resume