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Are you tired of searching millions of search result in Google just to find a proper online resume builder service provider? Hope this article will help you as we did our best job to search in Google and filter out the top 5 online resume builder to ease your way to create a superb online resume fast and accurate.

All search results are done by us and we will not guarantee the actual outcome of the user. Different user might have different requirement of the online resume builder service. However, we have select most general online resume builder to be listed down here just to make it more likely to be accept by the user.

1. www.theresumebuilder.com

This website provides excellent fast and user friendly tools to create an online resume in just 10 minutes. Even a fresh graduate can create their online resume like an expert and get notice by the employer. One value added service, they provide hosting for your lovely online resume for free with no terms and conditions apply.

2. www.howtowritearesume.net

This website is a little bit different from other; they provide an extra service in the online resume builder for free which is “Phrase Builder”. Subject tool help those who not really know how to build a compelling headlines, achievement statement and more in a flash. Beside that, the online resume builder system also comes with a layout control that will automatically reformat your online resume into the layout that perfectly suite you and your desire employer.

3. www.pongoresume.com

This website does not provide extraordinary tools to help you create your online resume. The reason being to promote in this blog is they not only offering the basic online resume builders but also eBook from the expert on how to secure your job during the first interview by your desire company representative. Not only that, they also providing useful information such as how to standout and impress the employers, interview tips, negotiate your price and salary guide for every sector of jobs.

4. www.gigtide.com

This is not a free online resume builder service provider. They charge a fee by providing you very professional assistance in resume building and job seeking services. The website is co-operated with monster, the ladders, career builders and craigslist. From A-Z, from creating an online resume to start working will be covered.

5. www.emurse.com

As every online resume builders have different kind of service and concept, this website brings a brand new concept to the user of online resume builder which is industrial news update. In the resources tab, you can easily read a lot of useful article on how to survive in such a competitive market and what’s new.

Let’s emphasis again, this is just a guide on the current online resume builder providers. Different people will have different point of view and the end decision is still based on individually.

Creating an online resume is a difficult task to be done during the very first time of the online resume introduction period. A lot of people decided to give up on building their personal online resume due to lack of HTML and Webpage design skill. However, tough time has gone and now we have to thanks to the technology that we have the online resume builder now.

Currently we have thousand of online resume out there such as resume builder; resume maker, Emurse, and free resume template that can be grab simply searching the keyword of online resume builder in Google. HTML and any others programming language are longer the barrier to stop us creating our own online resume anymore. All the free online resume available right now provide us the simplest way to create the online resume just using the format of fill in the blank and the rest will be take care of the software that create the online resume.

Some famous free online resume builder website do provide only 4 step to complete your online resume where some of the online resume builder also provide 15 minutes to make your online resume live too. Since the technology brings convenient to our live and I can’t find any reason why we do not want to make full use of it? Furthermore, majority of the online resume builder service are FREE. They will not charge a single cent by doing so but how they can generate income by providing the service of creating online resume for free?

The reason being is very simple; this type of website will generate their income via online advertising, Google ad sense and of course it will help their website to bring in more visitors by providing the free online resume builder services at absolutely zero cost. In sum, who cares about how they make money? what we wants to know is how they can help us in building a successful and presentable online resume fast and look professional.

I personally like resume builder dot come and online resume maker a lot. Their online resume builder is very user friendly likewise online resume maker. There are only 4 steps to complete the entire online resume and get it published in just a minute. Beside this, the online resume builders that I mention above also provide hundreds of online resume theme for free.

Last but not least, creating an online resume is simple, professional and achievable today. Very soon, without an online resume is no longer acceptable by the public, friends or employer plus you will be set aside of this competitive market mainly because of you did not have an online resume. Please remember to add your picture in the online resume as well to shows the sincerity and genuine of your online resume. You can upload your picture easily via their online resume builder control panel by a single click only. Hence, enjoy your online resume after this article.

I believe those online resume Builder Company that offer free trial of using their service must have the high confident level by doing so. One of the companies offering free trial to public is Pongo Resume. What we need right now for online resume builder services will probably the four items: Fast, Presentable, Professional and able to share it online.

However, creating to perfect resume where keep it in the company server is useless. Pongo online resume will assist you to deliver your resume to the intended recipient. They will automatically or manually change your online resume to doc or PDF format and directly fax or postal to your employer (or future employer) and your employer will also able to view your resume online through the professional URL created by Pongo.

Every online resume service provider will have their “specialty” that will able to keep them competitive in the market especially online resume builder market. Pongo specialty is the online resume creator system will evaluates your occupation and then choose the template according to your specialize area. Beside this, a compelling headline will also be created by the software automatically. What you need to do is changing the font, size, color and adjust the page margin according to your own requirement.

Every HR Managers are very busy reading resume. A good and precise cover page is a must and this will be handle by Pongo for you as well. The online resume cover page that you create or partly created by Pongo will remain in the company server and it is accessible from any computer that with internet connection. You can fax, email and postal to your desire employer to work with no matter day or night time.

I must accede that I use Pongo is because of the free trial. Everyone like free trial and if is really meet your need then only you subscribe for their services. There are several area that I like Pongo such as

1. The template is fully customizable by its users. This features unlike other online resume service provider where the entire template is fixed and all users are using the same template.

2. Spelling checking and format is automatic will shorter the time usage of creating an online resume

3. Fast and user friendly control panel and step by step online resume builder

4. Tracking system that enables you to track your online resume status on download, view and fax

5. Real person assistance by phone so you no longer need to talk to the machine or emailing because sometime word can never express the feeling well

In a nut shell, online resume help job seeker to find their job easier and of course we must make the buck out of our pocket worth more than the value. I would suggest if you really need the service, you can easily pay a small service fee of $9.95 and get hire in one month time.

This is the second online resume builder review done by us. As usual, I would like to introduce our cast today – www.emurse.com this online resume builder website we had personally tested it for 1 week before we continue with this review. We must ensure the accuracy of the review then only published it. The first impression this website given to me was professional and relevant to what it’s suppose to link of. The home page of this online resume builder contains up to date financial and market news provided by BBC, Forbes and CNN. As I always have been told by the successful entrepreneur, always keep yourself up to date before you start any conversation about business or ideal with people or your employer.

A brief guide on how www.emurse.com system works:

Emurse is one of the online resume builders out there that offering free service to anyone that wish to sign up a service to create their online resume and share it on the web. Recently Emurse had enhance their service to allowed user to upload multiple resumes and can a web address of their online resume for example www.onlineresume.emurse.com and this will allowed others to view your online resume and even download it in common file format.

The first page user will see is the overview page of the great online resume and it will lead the user through a step by step guide and if you are a returning users, it will shows the recent activities, job opportunity and your online resume statistic such as number of downloads and views. If you have save an online resume with them, they will record your online resume detail and even put you in alert whenever the vacancy is suite your needs. The most impress part of Emurse is they allow user to personally choose their online resume keywords and account setting to get a more accurate searching.

Now we talk about the online resume theme that been provided totally FOC by Emurse. There are currently 5 categories of template available with Emurse: Professional, Classic, Modern, Elegant and Edge. I personally like the professional template a lot but I am not here to critic the template as different people will have different requirement on their online resume design.

After the step of select the template, you will need to share your resume. No point creating an online resume where you did not share it out. You need to scroll over the share tab and start grabbing your own online resume address. Just for your info, you can even create a password to protect your online resume is you want to.

The above paragraph we mention about sharing and now is the time to talk about sending feature. The sending feature that provided from Emurse, you will find it so powerful when you need it. They allow user to send an email to any email address that with the online resume as an attachment. From Emurse, they are working out more powerful option for your online resume such as fax and even postal your resume to those who are interested. Of course, charges may apply for these enhance features.

In a nutshell, I personally like Emurse a lot and I believe it apply to everyone too. People surrounding me are using Emurse too. However, I am also waiting for another website that can beat Emurse as a perfect online resume creating service provider.

Today we want to do some review of theresumebuilder.com which is one to the top online resume builder. Theresumebuilder.com is a free and affordable online resume builder. Its user friendly features and 10 minutes online resume builder services grant a good comment online nowadays.

A brief guide on how theresumebuilder.com system works:

First of all, what you need to do is to sign up a free account with them then you can immediately start your online resume project right then. Theresumebuilder.com provides their user a wizard (self guided) that guides you through precisely the whole process of creating a professional look online resume. You can see a big advertising on the homepage regarding you can get your online resume up in 10 minutes is assuming you have all the information needed before you started the wizard. The wizard system basically is asking you question and you just needs to fill in the blank. With a couple of clicks and choose the template you would like to use for your online resume.

Theresumebuilder.com offered its user a 14 days free trial period and you can make full use of it during the free trial period. Of course, if you like your online resume that created by using theresumebuilder.com online resume builder, you can opt for buying their annual membership at the price of USD 14.95 and after you become their paid user, you can enjoy the unlimited access of your online resume, hosting of your resume and unlimited usage of their existing online resume template which is more than 1000 copy of it.

Pros

1.    Theresumebuilder.com provided an excellent online resume builder system that comes with user friendly features.

2.    You can try it for 14 days first before you made any purchase

3.    You can change your online resume design by just a few clicks using their online resume template system

4.    Sample of resume according to profession is available

Cons

1.    During free trial period, users are limited to 6 templates only

2.    The system sometime is unstable. During the testing, the system is hanging for once but luckily all information is still available.

3.    For non paid user, free sample resume is only 1 and users are hard to judge their others sample resume before they made a purchase.

4.    Lack of phrase suggesting features which is really upset users.

5.    Poor spelling checker

Last but not least, theresumebuilder.com will be suggesting using for those who wish not to create a compelling objective and headline that attract employers. Before you made any decision, would recommend viewing other online resume builder review for some comparison and reference.

Step 1

Font selection plays a very important role in online resume writing. Employers one day might needs to view at least 20 – 50 job application by online resume. Selecting the wrong font will leave employers a bad impression on you and the BEST font to be use will be Arial and Times New Roman. Just some example;

Headline 1: I would like to apply for the position of Chemical Research Analysts

Headline 2: I would like to apply for the position of Chemical Research Analysts

Headline 3: I would like to apply for the position of Chemical Research Analysts

Do you think that font selection is very important?

Step 2

In order to let Employer knows what position you are applying for, Remember to use CAPITAL LETTER instead of Bold and Italics. Due to you are using online resume format, Bold and Italics will create kind of uncomfortable feeling for the viewer. I will use back my previous example

Headline 1: I would like to apply for the position of Chemical Research Analysts

Headline 2: I would like to apply for the position of Chemical Research Analysts

Headline 3: I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR THE POSITION OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH …

Beside the headline, all section must use the capital letter to differentiate it such as Employment History, Education Record and etc. Must remember, Bold and Italic will not make you different from others but the content of your online resume will.

Step 3

Make sure your contact information is up to date. For online resume, will be advice you use a new email address for the job application. The reason being for that is usually the email address we are using for the past will keep receiving SPAM mail, this might caused you to overlook the employer’s email that require you to attend for an interview sessions.

Step 4

Your Contact Information should always consist of email only. By doing so, you can protect your privacy and unnecessary SPAM. Beside that, contact information must be always flush left as a lot of employer already get use to view the contact information on the left side of the resume.

Step 5

You should list your experience, course work that relevant to the position you are applying for in the online resume very first or second page. Employer will always read through the first 2 pages only and shall resume reading if they think you might suit the job.

Step 6

Please include only the information related to the position you are applying for in your online resume. A lot of candidates fail mainly because they add in too much of irrelevant info in the online resume.

Step 7

Keep the references at the last of your online resume. If the employer calls up to do a reference checking, the chances to being employed are very high and you should prepare yourself for the second interview of ready to answer the question of : “When can you start working?”

Recruitment Manager needs to handle the overwhelming of job application everyday with minimum 100 to maximum 1000+ of application, you must create and make your resume standout in order to get noticed by employers. One of the recent LinkedIn Discussion discuss about whether applying a jobs online by providing employers your online resume is a waste of time? Of Course this statement is asking the chicken and egg story where there will be no answer forever unless miracle happens.
Basically, I must accede that sometime applying a jobs is easier if the candidates spend some time on networking with the existing employee of the particular organization. As per unofficial statistic, job seeker’s time spent in networking and socializing is better opposed to posting and designing their online resume to the best. Employers nowadays are quite frustrated with the overwhelming online job application which occur the most unqualified candidates in there.

Nonetheless, if through your networking you meet your desire company to work with and chances of they ask you to send your resume online is very high. Employers do not want to keep all physical resume anymore and online resume is the best solution after all available for employer. Hence, a proper pre-preparation of an excellent and standout online resume is still a must for all job seekers.

There are some useful advices on how to make your online resume standout and make yourself standout from the rest of the needle:

• Make sure your online resume first page is the cover letter or introduction of yourself and assured 100% error free, tidy, professional looking and most importantly is the content must be relevant to the jobs you are applying.

• During the re-write process, you must show real hand on experience that you have for the  past and paste in properly in not too long explanation. The keyword using must be attractive enough and precisely such as “Sales volume doubled in 3^rd Quarter”, “Promoted to Sales & Marketing Manager” and “Staff managing skill and manage to keep lower than 5% of headcount turn around”. People likes to see numbers and comparison, if can you must include both alphabet and numbers or percentage in the statement. By doing so, your online resume will become more alluring to your desire employers.

• Thirdly, word of mouth is a very useful and powerful tool to securing a job in this competitive market. By sending an online resume to the company without any relation will bring you down by the result. Beside that, don’t be shy to ask your friends for introduction just in case you are unable to get any contact from your desire employer. Like the power of facebook, you can easily find your ex-schoolmate, those employees who are working in that company and take initiative to get known to them.

• Fourthly, your online resume must be search engine friendly and keep blogging your expertise and comment on market situation. Employer will often do a random search on Google to view how actively you are in the market or any good and bad review about you.

In this fast-paced economy situation, finding a job is no longer that easy by searching for newspaper or the traditional way of introducing by friend, family and others. The first question always ask by the interviewers will be: “How you can differentiate yourself with hundred of candidates that I talked to?”

Creating an Online Resume can proof yourself is a Self-Starter, Innovative, Creative and a person that can think out of the box. Despite online resume builder are everywhere by just googling the keyword “Online Resume Builder” and you will get at least 5 million search result.

As I mention above, you must differentiate yourself from others because you are not the only one know how to googling for Free Online Resume Builder. Majority of the Free Online Resume Builder offer the same sample, format and content for their users. By doing so, you are not proofing yourself are different but proofing yourself are one of them.

Of course, create your very own Online Resume will not be so easy compare to the Free Online Resume services out there. Below are several guides on how to build your online resume using WordPress open source script;

Step 1: Go to WordPress.com, sign up an account with them and name your blog to the name as close as your actual name. For instance, http://James.wordpress.com

Step 2: We must thanks to the great work by WordPress, you can select your own theme for your online resume and recommended theme for online resume will be “Cutline” and of course you can choose whichever you are comfortable with.

Step 3: The reason for using WordPress is because WordPress allow its bloggers to create multiple blog page unlike others free blog providers. In view of this, you can create multiple pages such as About Me, Working Experience, Education level and etc on each single page

Step 4: The first page of the blog will be the most suitable page to put your cover letter or self introduction. Learn from the SEO expert on how to smartly tag your resume under the proper keyword and how to write your online resume content precisely and accurately.

For example, …senior E&E engineer attached to INTEL Micro Technology for 15years and pass successful task…..

Step 5: Please using mailto function to include your email address on your blog. Hyperlink function is not advisable as different companies have different IT policies & guideline and they are more sensitive with hyperlink than mailto function.

In a nut shell, job seeker should always think out of the box in order to stay competitively due to the stiff competition out there. Since the financial crisis in 2008, the unemployment rate keeps on increasing and job seekers really needs to think of a way to differentiate them just to survive.

Looking to make a killer online resume to help land you a new job?  There are some “rules of the road” to make sure your resume writing efforts are compensated in spades.  Just follow this brief guide and you’ll be on your way to crafting a coherent, powerful resume to post online.

Step 1:  Choosing a layout

The layout of your online resume will either attract or repel potential employers.  If your resume looks cluttered or if it’s hard to find pertinent information, most employers will just move onto the next resume.  Your chances of landing an interview just went out the window.

Using one of the top three resume layout formats is usually the safest bet. FYI – they are known as “chronological”, “functional” and “combination” if you are interested in doing some research about them.

Step 2:  Gather your relevant personal information

Writing your online resume becomes much easier when you have easy access to the personal information your potential employer is going to want to know.  This means things such as specific dates at previous positions, official titles you have held, and relevant professional certifications.

Step 3: Write out your qualifications into “bite size” bullet points

Your potential employer is only concerned with what it is that you bring to the table.  They aren’t looking to hire an incapable employee. And the only way to express your qualifications is with the facts you write into your online resume.

You want your qualifications to be quick and to the point.  Stay on focus throughout the entire resume.  This means cutting out any flowery words and keeping every bullet point laser focused on the position you are looking to fill.

Step 4: Proofread your resume.

Before you post your online resume, make sure to proofread it to iron out any grammar or sentence structure mistakes.  With the help of Microsoft Word, this should be easy.

However, it’s usually a good idea to read through your article a couple of times as sometimes the automated software misses mistakes. It is best to wait for the day after you wrote the resume to actually sit down and review it.

Step 5: Post it.

Your new resume can’t help you get a new job if it’s just sitting on your computer hard drive.  You have to get it in front of as many as possible, as quickly as possible!

The best way of doing this is by utilizing job banks.  These are basically just websites where you can put up your online resume. Employers can run searches across the available resumes and contact candidates for follow up interviews.

Step 6: Collect additional materials

Although you won’t need more than a resume for most job banks, you should start putting together the extra material you’ll need if/when you make it to the interview process.

This includes things such as letters of recommendation, professional references, letters of introduction, etc.

Of course, there are easier ways to put together a resume, none of which are free.  The most common solutions that cost money are to employ a professional resume writer or use resume builder software.

If you want to save money and feel confident in your own writing abilities, then it can’t hurt to write your own resume to post. Just follow this guide; it’s all you really need to craft a good resume.

The fact of the matter is that the best online resumes follow a formula. This writing formula gives the resume poster (read: you) a competitive advantage in the job market.

Fortunately, weaving these formulas into your own resume is easier than it might seem.  You don’t have to go as far as hiring a professional writer or buying resume builder software.

Instead, you can leverage online resume samples and their inherent benefits.  By using online resume samples as a guideline, you’ll have what you need to build a professionally written resume without the time and hassle of becoming a pro resume writer yourself.

But the benefits don’t end there.  Here are a few other compelling reasons to use samples in your own resume writing efforts.

• Commonly used structure and layout is built in

One of the biggest stumbling blocks for those putting together an online resume is getting the layout and structure right.  A lack of “white space”, confusing allocation of facts, or a less than ideal online resume length can all sink your chances of getting an interview quickly.

These considerations become a non issue when you’re using an online resume sample as a guideline when crafting your own resume.

• Easily accessible

By using any of the major search engines (MSC, Yahoo, Google), you can easily find online resume samples free of charge.  Simply run a search for the term “free online resume samples” and you’ll be bombarded with potential websites.  By last count (as of October 2009), there are over 12 million results on Google alone.

• Gets rid of writers block

Many professional writers will tell you that the first sentence is the most difficult.  Most job hunters find this true when it comes to writing an online resume as well.

When you have a sample to work with, knowing where to begin gets much easier. In addition, seeing the words that professional writers use is a great source of inspiration and direction.

• Gives your resume focus

It’s hard to know what to include in your online resume, and what to omit.  Most online resume samples are focused solely on what is important and by using the same approach your resume will be more provocative for employers.

• Makes life easier for hiring managers

Sifting through a job bank full of online resumes is one of the most boring things one can be tasked with.  For this reason hiring managers tend to look for ways to rip through resumes as quickly as possible.  This means using familiar layouts to speed up the resume reviewing process. One could assume that unfamiliar layouts get ignored without stretching the imagination.

By using an online resume sample you are effectively improving your chances of getting your resume read, since most of them use the most common resume layouts.

For these reasons and more I strongly feel that every job hunter should use online resume samples. It’s the only way to write a killer resume while also making the most of your time.

So, before you fire up Word and start banging on the keyboard, make sure to look up some samples first to make sure your resume is as strong as it can possibly be.