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# hResume is live on LinkedIn
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/hresume-is-live-on-linkedin/
- Published: 2007-01-26T22:31:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:39:27.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: microformats, Technology, The Web Arts, Web building

[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/370508082/?ref=chrismessina.me)*And the hits just keep on comin'.* I'm thrilled to be able to pass along [Steve Ganz](http://steve.ganz.name/?ref=chrismessina.me) of [LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/?ref=chrismessina.me)'s [Twitter announcement](http://twitter.com/steveganz/statuses/4276743?ref=chrismessina.me) (tweet?) of [their support for hResume on LinkedIn](http://steve.ganz.name/blog/2007/01/linkedin-launches-hresume.html?ref=chrismessina.me) (these tweets are [becoming trendy](http://twitter.com/Suw/statuses/4117813?ref=chrismessina.me)!). [Brian Oberkirch](http://www.brianoberkirch.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) is [curious about the process](http://www.brianoberkirch.com/?p=835&ref=chrismessina.me) they went through in applying microformats *post facto* \-- that is, without changing much of the existing codebase and design -- and will have a podcast with Steve tomorrow on the topic. Personally I'm curious if they developed any best practices or conventions that might be passed on to other implementors that might improve the appearance and/or import/export of hResumes. If you've been playing along, you'll note that this is one of the first examples of a successful community-driven effort to [create a microformat](http://microformats.org/wiki/process?ref=chrismessina.me) that wasn't directly based on some existing RFC (like vcard and ical). Rather, a [bunch of folks got together](http://hresume.org/?ref=chrismessina.me) and pushed through the definition, [research](http://microformats.org/wiki/resume-examples?ref=chrismessina.me) and [iteration cycles](http://microformats.org/wiki/resume-brainstorming?ref=chrismessina.me) and released a [spec](http://microformats.org/wiki/hresume?ref=chrismessina.me) for the community to [digest](http://microformats.org/wiki/hresume-issues?ref=chrismessina.me) and [expound upon](http://microformats.org/wiki/hresume-feedback?ref=chrismessina.me). Soon after, a [WordPress plugin](http://hresume.weblogswork.com/?p=7&ref=chrismessina.me) and a handy [creator](http://hresume.weblogswork.com/hresumecreator/?ref=chrismessina.me) were released, [Tails added support](http://blog.codeeg.com/tails-firefox-extension-03/?ref=chrismessina.me) and then [Emurse got hip](http://www.emurse.com/blog/2006/07/19/about-time/?ref=chrismessina.me): Elegant template has hResume support — long term planning, ya know? It’s your data, and we want to make it as flexible as possible.. I [wrote about the importance of hResume](http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/07/25/hresume-plugin-now-available/?ref=chrismessina.me) in August:

> Why is this better than going to Monster.com and others? Well, for one thing, you’re always in charge of your data, so instead of having to fill out forms on 40,000 different sites, **you** maintain your resume on **your** site and you update it once and then ping others to let them know that you’ve updated your resume. And, when people discover your resume, they come to **you** in a context that represents **you** and lets you stand out rather than blending into a sea of homogeneous-looking documents.

Similar [threads](http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.openid.general/4144?ref=chrismessina.me) have come up recently about [XFN, hcard and OpenID on the OpenID mailing list](http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.openid.general/4147?ref=chrismessina.me) and the possible crossover with hResume should not be ignored. When LinkedIn is already support hcard and XFN -- it's just a matter of time before they jump on OpenID and firmly plant themselves in the future of decentralized *professional* networks. Oh, and the possibilities to accelerate candidate discovery for [all those job boards](http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/24/the-job-board-bubble/?ref=chrismessina.me) shouldn't be understated either.

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### 💬 Comments from the original post

**[Joshua Brewer](http://www.brewerdesigngroup.com/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-01-27 07:46:35

Is that a customized version of Operator? Or are those bookmarklets in your browser? I wholeheartedly agree about the acceleration of candidate discovery. The question is: Who is gonna be first and implement it the best? It's all growing so fast.

**[You’ll be reading about this everywhere at microformatique - a blog about microformats and “data at the edges”](http://microformatique.com/?p=92&ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-01-27 14:18:24

\[...\] at Chris Messina’s blog, and at LinkedIn’s Steve Ganz’s \[...\]

**[guillermoesteves.com](http://guillermoesteves.com/blog/2007/01/27/linkedin-now-supports-the-hresume-microformat?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-01-27 14:55:51

**LinkedIn now supports the hResume microformat...**Whoa, huge leap for the microformats movement: Professional networking site LinkedIn has marked up all of its 9,000,000 profiles with the hResume microformat. More details at Chris Messina's blog. In Chris' words, the importance of hResume is that......

**[Spread The Semantic Web » LinkedIn using hResume Microformat](http://spreadthesemanticweb.com/?p=108&ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-01-27 21:51:43

\[...\] Firefox Hero, MicroFormatter and Citizen Agent Chris Messina on the: subject http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2007/01/26/hresume-is-live-on-linkedin/ \[...\]

**[Edgework: Steve Ganz of LinkedIn at Like It Matters](http://www.brianoberkirch.com/?p=837&ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-01-29 11:34:29

\[...\] See also:Â FactoryJoe on the LinkedIn hResume announcement \[...\]

**[ML Chan](http://www.madonnalisachan.com/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-01-29 16:29:58

This is great! I'm working with a client who would be interested in this.

**[Eric Skiff](http://clipmarks.com/clipper/ericskiff?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-02-01 18:42:25

I can't believe I read this and didn't go "holy cow" the first time. This is huge news! With that much data now available in a machine readable format, I'm curious to see what sort of mashups come of it...

**[People Over Process » Blog Archive » links for 2007-02-15](http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2007/02/15/links-for-2007-02-15/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-02-14 23:25:33

\[...\] hResume is live on LinkedIn at FactoryCity LinkedIn with the microformats! (tags: microformats linkedin hresume jobs platform) \[...\]

**[lotusmedia 2.0 » More microformats](http://lotusmedia.org/more-microformats?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-06-02 14:04:02

\[...\] LinkedIn supports hResume. \[...\]

**[dangerouslyawesome –](http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2007/06/25/250/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-06-25 05:08:54

\[...\] I’m all for it. But wait, it already is. Thanks to the implementation of the hResume microformat, each of over 11 million resumes is marked up for data portability (or at least a working draft of \[...\]

**[hResume microformat « Web 3.0: semantic web e nuove opportunità di marketing](http://semanticweb30.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/hresume-microformat/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2008-10-23 01:13:18

\[...\] http://steve.ganz.name/blog/2007/01/linkedin-launches-hresume.html http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2007/01/26/hresume-is-live-on-linkedin/ \[...\]

**Angelica** · 2009-01-05 02:09:35

.. I have discovered something about "CV-tagging" here: www.socnetdir.com/profiles/cvtagx . Sounds simple - could be an alternative to hresume .. Angelica