Editor’s note: This article was first published in January 2014. It lists online CV tools as of that month, and its claim that all are free is from 2014. Several of these services may have closed, changed hands or stopped being free.
When we looked at what professionals consider the perfect résumé, we found something closer to an eye-catching cover letter, and we highlighted the importance of including a link to our online profile, where an interested company can get to know us much better. The CV 2.0 also has the advantage of being very easy to promote, since we can share a link to our career history on social networks, giving our personal brand or professional image a real boost. (Read: 40 skills you should include on your résumé)
There are countless options for building an online résumé, but we will only name the ones we consider most interesting and complete for the user. And they’re free!
*A reminder: when you put together a CV 2.0, you should be aware of the need to include the keywords a company might search for when looking for the talent or skills a particular job requires. Remember that, more and more, the first screening round will be done by software rather than by a person.
These are the options we have for creating an online résumé:
1. CuVitt: a complete service where, besides the usual résumé content, candidates can upload all kinds of multimedia files, such as videos, articles, talks and research. Based on the data we enter, the platform also works out which companies we would fit best. It likewise offers companies an algorithm for finding candidates who match the profile they are looking for.
2. About.me: a complete presentation of our professional profile in the form of a personal professional website, where we can connect all our social networks.
3. Vizualize.me: an original infographic-style presentation that can pull in the data from your LinkedIn profile.
4. CVgram: like the previous one, this tool lets you import your data from LinkedIn. Its presentation format is probably too trendy or elaborate for some industries or types of employer.
5. Tumeves.com: think of it as the YouTube of résumés, since it is a platform for video CVs. In other words, our work history presented by ourselves.
6. LinkedIn: although we are mentioning LinkedIn as a complement, in many countries it is the most widely used résumé platform, since it is the professional network par excellence, even if in Spain it still seems like just another social network.
Other options similar to the above:
- 7. CV Maker
- 8. Easy-CV.com
- 9. Comoto.com
- 10. Pictually.me: a platform aimed at artists, photographers and the like, since besides the résumé, artists can show their work (portfolio).
- 11. StudioVox: more than a résumé builder, it works as a social network for multimedia professionals.
- 12. Express-CV
As you can see, there are more than enough alternatives, so there is no excuse for not having an online cover letter or résumé.
Further reading
- Which word best defines you as a professional?
- 5 reasons you will really get hired
- 8 questions that predict your success and that of the people you hire
Featured image: Nenad Stojković, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
