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Alex Muse et al have announced the availability of the hResume plugin for WordPress. This plugin will essentially allow you to publish your resume on your own blog using semantic microformatted content so that search engines (like Technorati and eventually other sites like Emurse) can index and offer your resume as a result. 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. Finally, you're free to share as much (or as little as you like) and if the data doesn't fit in their predefined templates, you've got nothing to worry about because you're in total control of your employed (or unemployed) destiny! On the flip side, Emurse already outputs hResume so if you do want to use an external service to publish your resume (maybe you still don't have a blog... heh) you feel free to do so. And yeah, it'll look pretty darn good too.

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[...] If you need one reason, just one, why microformats are important, then you need to read Chris’ latest post about the hResume Wordpress plugin over at FactoryCity. His comments are not just specific to hResume, they are relevant for all PCEK. PCEK (aka Peck) being a horrendous acronym I came up with about 10 minutes ago after reading Tim Bray and it means “People Contributed Experience and Knowledge”. The critical part of Chris’ post is 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. [...]
Brian Oberkirch · 2006-07-26 03:44:45
Is that what I am to you, Chris, et al?
Sebastian Kßpers · 2006-07-26 06:22:51
would be a great plugin, if there would be a country field for the hCard ... argh ... this happens so often :(
Alexander Muse · 2006-07-26 07:00:26
We are making a list of updates needed. Here is what we have so far: 1. Country field for hCard. 2. Better CSS for the resume output (I am told, "it don't look pretty" and I agree) Just put you comments on the hResume blog: http://hresume.org and we will incorporate them. This is just phase one of the project. Phase two is to refactor the QwikPing server to access hResume pings. Phase three is to launch the job site. Of course this is a side project (very much on the side) so it will happen when it happens. Lots of people have helped including Brian Oberkirch, Chris Messina, Ryan King, Eric Davis, Fred Tubale and Alex Leverington (if I missed anyone please let me know).
Eric Skiff · 2006-07-26 10:31:07
This is brilliant! I love that microformats are powering this quick a shift in data-ownership. By enabling people to post content to their own sites in a machine AND human readable way, we're creating a whole new ecosystem for software services that use that data. At the same time, we're giving users freedom to take their data anywhere they like, and to control how much (and how little) they're putting out there. I love it.
Chris Messina · 2006-07-26 12:09:49
Aw, Brian, we loves you et al just as much! ;)
[...] hResume plugin now available at FactoryCity Chris Messina pointed me to the new hResume plugin which allows you to post your resume to your blog in a way that’s both human and machine readable thanks to microformants and semantic markup. Brilliant! (tags: resume blog microformats web) Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
steve.ganz.blog · 2006-07-27 00:39:00
hResume plugin for WordPress... Alexander Muse and the team at Spur have created the hResume Project and released an hResume plugin for WordPress. They’re looking for feedback, so if you have the opportunity, please check it out. hResume is a microformat for publishing resumes...
luxuryluke · 2006-07-28 08:07:42
Does this mean that eventually coding standards will prevail at some point? I mean, it would be nice if everyone's site was coded the same but used different css for differentiation, right? Pipe dream? Prolly so. Ideal for everyone? certainly not. From a design perspective and css updater? wow. until then, microformats +1
[...] Our thought is that there is a place for people boards - i.e. places to find great people instead of jobs.  Combine that thought with Microformats and you have our concept called Hidden Talent (props to Scott Ryan for coming up with the name).  Hidden Talent pulls resumes posted on the web that utilize the hResume microformat for markup.  Ironically, we got the idea from Mike Arrington’s own Edgeio.  Chris Messina explained it better in his post about our hResume plugin: 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.  Finally, you’re free to share as much (or as little as you like) and if the data doesn’t fit in their predefined templates, you’ve got nothing to worry about because you’re in total control of your employed (or unemployed) destiny! [...]
[...] The same reason why hResume matters. And then some. It’s because it not only puts more of the power of publishing into the author’s hands, but it also removes the need to RSS or ATOM. [...]
[...] The same reason why hResume matters. And then some. It’s because it not only puts more of the power of publishing into the author’s hands, but it also removes the need to RSS or ATOM. [...]
[...] Our thought is that there is a place for people boards - i.e. places to find great people instead of jobs. Combine that thought with Microformats and you have our concept called Hidden Talent (props to Scott Ryan for coming up with the name). Hidden Talent pulls resumes posted on the web that utilize the hResume microformat for markup. Ironically, we got the idea from Mike Arrington’s own Edgeio. Chris Messina explained it better in his post about our hResume plugin: 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. Finally, you’re free to share as much (or as little as you like) and if the data doesn’t fit in their predefined templates, you’ve got nothing to worry about because you’re in total control of your employed (or unemployed) destiny! [...]
[...] Our thought is that there is a place for people boards - i.e. places to find great people instead of jobs. Combine that thought with Microformats and you have our concept called Hidden Talent (props to Scott Ryan for coming up with the name). Hidden Talent pulls resumes posted on the web that utilize the hResume microformat for markup. Ironically, we got the idea from Mike Arrington’s own Edgeio. Chris Messina explained it better in his post about our hResume plugin: 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. Finally, you’re free to share as much (or as little as you like) and if the data doesn’t fit in their predefined templates, you’ve got nothing to worry about because you’re in total control of your employed (or unemployed) destiny! [...]
[...] Eine weitere Neuigkeit ist das hResume Plugin: This plugin will essentially allow you to publish your resume on your own blog using semantic microformatted content so that search engines (like Technorati and eventually other sites like Emurse) can index and offer your resume as a result. [...]
[...] Chris tells us why it’s all so important Filed under: wordpress, hresume, microformats, emurse, plugin, resume, sajidsaiyed, tails, chrismessina   |   Tags: No Tags. [...]
PaulStamatiou.com · 2006-08-27 16:37:18
The Microformats Movement... With the news that Yahoo! fully supports microformats, there are undoubtedly a few questions from the not-so-techy web user. Having had the chance to briefly speak with Tantek about microformats at BarCamp SF this past summer, I can help to clear any ...
[...] hResume is nice; a good step. In fact, everyone should be publishing their own hResume + hAtom, if anything, for shits and giggles (though we really need a tool for this). [...]
links for 2006-08-09 at willkoca · 2006-08-31 20:59:50
[...] hResume plugin now available at FactoryCity (tags: resume microformats wordpress plugins jobs) [...]
Jogi · 2006-11-02 11:36:55
Where is the hResume? "On the flip side, Emurse already outputs hResume so if you do want to use an external service to publish your resume" I did my CV in emurse.com, but only thing that I got out was some old-school table-HTML! Maybe I didn't look carefully enough, but right at the moment I feel cheated :/
Chris Messina · 2006-11-02 15:24:23
That's a good question. I'll follow up with Alex from Emurse and see what's up.
Maximus · 2006-12-12 12:30:52
What I want to do on my blog, is every few hours take the oldest post and move it to the front of the queue, all automatically. Anyone know if there is a plugin that can do this or a simple way to set up another plugin to do this (use my own feed perhaps)? Thanks.
resume · 2006-12-27 14:40:40
One very big setback is that emurse.com doesn’t have spell checker. Make sure you don’t have any typing/spelling misstakes on your resume or otherwise your resume will finish in garbage bin of HR manager. Check out http://www.getresume.com for certified resume templates and Europass CV, official format which is used in EU. You can write your resume or CV in English, French and Spanish. Lucy
[...] wrote about the importance of hResume in August: Why is this better than going to Monster.com and others? Well, for one thing, [...]
Jamie McDonnell · 2007-02-01 08:02:55
Hay guys, I've had my ear to the ground regarding CV creation for a while now and was interested to learn of the online hResume generator that has been released. I am a designer at heart and would love to be able to include an external CSS / Javascript file with my hResume to make it a bit more pretty / functional. Can anyone tell me what is possible (or what will break the hResume microformat) as far as customizing my hResume goes? Many thanks Jamie McDonnell
Operacja · 2007-02-17 17:09:09
This is cool I'm from Poland and our resume it's bigger than anothe CV fro mEurope. I think that our it's harder to do ;-)
hugh · 2009-12-29 13:21:13
Ok, I may be "just not getting it" but I can not find this WP plugin... and when I go to hresume.org I get the WP splash page about WP not being able to access the DB. Can someone please point me in the right direction? I would like to use this plugin (or at least check it out.)

hResume plugin now available