Write an article based on this "Mention your online presence. Mention in brief your reason for not having an online presence. Reformat and streamline your resume. Select a functional or combination resume format. Don't list "references available" at the bottom of your resume."
Social media can play a large role in the hiring processes of many agencies and organizations, who will look not only at your LinkedIn profile, but also at your Facebook and Twitter accounts, as applicable. Describe your online presence on your resume, and provide links to the social-media pages that you would like your potential employers to access. When job hunting, these sitesespecially LinkedInshould be regularly updated and maintained just as careful as your paper-copy resume. Include a statement to the effect of: "I have stayed current with hiring practices and job-search procedures, and list relevant information about my past work experience at my LinkedIn profile [include URL]. I am also active on Facebook and Twitter." Alternately, if you prefer not to have an online social media presence, note this clearly on your resume. It's better to acknowledge the fact that you choose not to market yourself online than to risk appearing out of touch with modern technology and hiring practices. You can simply include a statement such as: "While I realize that some parts of the job-search process can take part online, I have chosen not to use a site such as LinkedIn because I would prefer my professional experience be summarized only on my resume." Modern resumes are brief: they typically comprise no more than two pages. If your resume follows outdated resume-writing conventionsespecially if the style of your resume is decades oldyou will appear professionally out-of-touch and a poor choice to fill the position. Remove excess verbiage from your paragraphs, and focus on using active verbs that highlight professional skills. Only include a couple of concise bullet points describing your responsibilities at each prior job. Use verbs and active language, for example: "Developed material for cooling semi-truck radiators that saved $200,000 per year." While conventional chronological resumes present employment information from most recent to oldest and span an individual's entire working career, this can be detrimental to older job seekers. Your decades of experience may make you appear too old or over-qualified for the job. Either a functional or combination resume will let you present your workplace proficiencies without relying on dates. Plan to format your resume in one of these two styles: A functional resume highlights the skills that you've acquired over your career, regardless of chronology, and is a good choice for people with gaps in their work history. A combination resume balances professional skills with your work history by first listing your relevant skills and experiences, and then giving a brief chronology of your work experiences. This is an outdated resume-composition technique which would appear out of place on a contemporary resume. The assumption here is that the prospective employer will contact you if they'd like to move forward in the hiring process and contact your references, so you don't need to provide the names of references prior to (or in) the interview. Of course, you will need to have the names and contact information (at least email and phone) of 24 individuals who will be able to vouch for your professional and personal excellence. You can include a brief sentence at the bottom of your resume: "Professional references available upon request."