Building a resume

Your resume is what employers see when you apply for a job, and on some sites they can also find it by searching. You need one before you can apply with the standard apply form.

Add your resume

On your dashboard, select Add Resume.
Fill in the Personal Information section. Your name and email are filled in from your account.
If the form shows a terms and conditions box, read the terms and tick it.
Select Save Resume.

To leave without saving, select Cancel Resume.

The Add New Resume form, Personal Information section, with an application title and the name and email from the account

Personal Information fields

Each site chooses which fields it asks for and which are required (marked with *). These are the usual ones:

Field	What to enter
Application Title	A headline for your resume, such as “Senior accountant”. It is shown in place of your name in some lists.
First Name, Last Name	Your name as employers should see it.
Email Address	Where employers can reach you.
Cell	Your phone number.
Nationality	Choose from the list.
Gender	Choose from the list.
Photo	Select Upload Image. The allowed file types and size are shown under the button.
Files	Select Select Multiple Files to attach documents, such as a CV in PDF. The allowed types and size are shown under the button.
Category	The kind of work you are looking for.
Type	The job type you want, such as full time.
Desired Salary	The salary you are looking for.
Tags	Words that describe your skills.
Searchable	Tick it to let employers find your resume when they search resumes.

Add more sections

With Pro, the resume form has more sections below Personal Information. Each one starts empty; use its button to add an entry, and add as many entries as you need.

Section	Button	What goes in it
Add Address	Add New Address	Address, city and location.
Education	Add New Institute	Institute, certificate name, study area and dates.
Employer	Add New Employer	Past and current jobs: employer name, position, dates, phone, address and city. Tick I currently work there for your current job.
Skills	Add Skills	Your skills.
Add Language	Add New Language	Languages you speak.

Your site may rename these sections or add sections of its own.

Approval

Many sites check each new resume before employers can see it. In My Resumes, your resume shows one of these:

What you see	What it means
Waiting For Approval	The site has not checked your resume yet.
Rejected	The site did not accept your resume. Contact the site owner to find out why.
Edit Resume and Delete Resume buttons	Your resume is approved and live.

The site may email you when your resume is approved or rejected. Editing an approved resume does not send it back for approval.

Edit or delete your resume

Open My Resumes from the dashboard.
Select Edit Resume to change it, then Save Resume.
Or select Delete Resume and confirm.

One resume or several

On the free job board you have one resume. Once it exists, the dashboard link changes from Add Resume to Edit Resume. With Pro, you can keep several resumes, for example one per kind of job, and choose which one to send each time you apply. My Resumes then has an Add New Resume button and a View Resume button for each resume.