Some use spiders to search the Internet for resumes which they add to their bank. At present only a few of the resume banks accept resume home pages. The Entry Level Job Seeker Assistant lists links to the home pages of people who have never held a full-time permanent job in their field or who have less than a year of nonacademic experience. There are several reasons for having a resume home page. A resume home page gives the job seeker more control of the content and form of the resume than is possible in the resume banks.
Text can be bold, italic, and of various font sizes.
Shading, color, tables, graphics, sound, and video can be used. With a resume home page the job seeker has a unique Internet address or URL which can be included in correspondence and on business cards. This demonstrates to potential employers the job seeker's awareness and comfort with technology. Finally, a resume home page can potentially increase the job seeker's exposure. If a job seeker's resume is in only one resume data bank, potential employers have to be in that site to find and view it.