CV 2.0 - Global Resume

This work has as its main focus the creation of resumes, how they are integrated into the hiring process, and how visual resumes play into the current world of recruitment and applications. On the side of applicants, there is a trend to create visualised resumes in the form of infographics whereas the recruiting side employs more and more automation technology that extracts the information contained in regular resumes and on social media sites in order to have to spend less time and therefore money on individualised resumes. Instead of viewing both these sides as opposites, this research tries to unify them and design a system that appeases both. The challenge is to find a way to create and use a new and innovative form of resume that benefits both recruiters and applicants. A new global specification created within a Community Group at the World Wide Web Consortium as well as a rudimentary implementation that can evolve into a rich ecosystem using that specification are introduced. Research for the topic had to be conducted from three different angles: the state of the art in research regarding recruitment and resumes, the state of the art in the industry, and currently existing resume standards, including the question whether they are suitable for the next-generation resume we are proposing. We are defining the core points of this next-generation resume that we labelled CV 2.0 and are proposing ways to reach a greater adoption of this resume in the future.