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Jobhunting 101 in the future

Mar 16

At the present time, if you are looking for a new job, you will go to sites like PNet, Career Junction or Monster and register with them. You will have to spend quite a lengthy time creating your CV on their site. Every 6 months or so you’ll have to go to all these sites to update your CV just so things are looking current. Hmmm… not ideal is it?

Introducing hResume! hResume is a microformat that defines a standard for your CV. Now lets suppose everyone gets with the times and support microformats. Lets say someone created a site where you can create your CV in the hResume format and distribute it from the particular site. Or you can create it using this Wordpress plug-in! You will now have one CV in one place which you need to keep updated.

Now lets pretend all the eRecruitment web sites can parse and read the hResume microformat. All you now need to do is go to the eRecruitment web site, submit the URL of your CV and viola! Your CV is updated in all the sites you register with! Wouldn’t THAT be something.

One problem with existing eRecruitment web sites is that ALL of them thats been established for a long time have their own proprierty CV format. In other words, PNet’s CV looks a lot different to Career Junction’s. These sites have got thousands and thousands of CV’s. For them to change their proprierty format is going to be a BIG pain in the butt and can prove a costly exercise… Unless they can find a way of extracting data they need and convert the hResume to their proprierty formats. That could work.

LinkedIn is the front runner and already formulates profiles in the hResume microformat. There is one international site I’ve came across that supports the format called emurse. How long will it be before South African sites adopt these technologies? I’ve talked to some prominent recruiters and their feeling towards Career Junction is that you would sooner squeeze blood from a stone than getting them to play along… I guess we’ll have to wait and see.