With the current job market favoring the candidate, recruiters are increasingly using the Web to get sense of who s in the marketplace. In fact, companies are using a variety of sources to identify strong candidates, and Web resumes posted on the Web is one such source.
Recruiters compete with other recruiters in getting their job ads in front of active job seekers.
If you are actively seeking a new job, including the URL of your Web portfolio on your resume provides recruiters and hiring managers the option at their leisure to review your additional skills by visiting your Web site. If you are productively employed and not actively seeking a new job, it is a terrific technique for documenting your progress in your current job, just in time for that next promotion or pay raise. A portfolio is an organized, goal-driven collection of documentation of your professional growth and achieved competency for your profession. Although it is a collection of documents, a Web portfolio is visual evidence of the wide range of knowledge, skills, and abilities that you possess as a growing professional. They provide a perfect opportunity to incorporate items considered taboo in traditional paper resumes.