The unemployed in Nigeria really do have it tough –with so much competition for the few job available, the need to stand out has never been more necessary. Thanks to the digital world, job seekers’ quest for a good career is now being simplified with the abundance of digital resume and portfolio platforms.
If you’re looking to add more weapons to your job hunting arsenal, here are 3 online tools will help you create game-changing job application documents:
1. Vizualize.me
This app allow you to create a powerful, succinct one page resume infographic.
Based on the data imported from your LinkedIn profile, Vizualize.me will help you create customized visual representations of your experiences and credentials. These visual aids will help flaunt your qualifications for a specific role in an informative and aesthetically pleasing way, and enbale you download the infographic as a PDF, PNG or share it as a link. Visualise.me is totally free.
2. ResumUP
Import your profile data from LinkedIn and Facebook, and ResumUP crafts a gorgeous infographic complete with your work history, skills, achievements, key values, and even your personality type. Share it with potential employers by downloading it in PDF or PNG form.
While a very basic version of the visual resume is free, a paid version for $4 a month expands the infographic with additional sections.
3. Visualcv.com
Like other sites, this resume-building service extracts data from your existing resume or LinkedIn profile, then lets you choose a design, add multimedia items like presentations, images, and embedded videos, and publish to a public custom URL, a private share link, or a PDF export.
One of the most impressive feature of Visualcv is that it’s built to create resumes that pass the resume screening software test that most medium to large size companies employ. It has a free and a pro version which includes analytics–how many times your online resume has been viewed, and from what sources.
Think your resume can’t be better? Think again. These online tools may be all you need to land that dream job.
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