| Let me throw out a use case from myself as an applicant. When I search for a job I load up a shotgun and apply everywhere. However, this means filling out dozens of online forms asking for the same things. Job search sites, recruiting firms and large corporations all want machine-readable personal information, job history, and a skill list for their database. Some sites I know are willing to let you copy and paste into a form your resume and then try to parse it by guessing the format. It would be beautiful to fill out a form once, download the xml and then upload it everywhere and know for sure that the information is correctly proccessed. I'm not sure firms would necessarily need this (except perhaps very large organizations where different divisions that need to exchange personnel info have different technology stacks (like the US government), or during a firm's data migration). Those two uses aren't irrelevant, data migration is always a nightmare and technology stacks do change, but they are somewhat rare cases. However, for recruiting companies/large corporations I would think making it easier for applicants to apply is its own reward. Monster.com doesn't advertise because it dislikes people making accounts, and the chore of filling out forms has actively discouraged me from creating a profile at some sites before. -John Thomas ----- Reply message ----- From: "David Lee" <dlee@calldei.com> Date: Fri, Jun 24, 2011 9:25 am Subject: [xml-dev] getting started with HR-XML To: <stephengreenubl@gmail.com>, "'Lech Rzedzicki'" <xchaotic@gmail.com> Cc: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org> Likewise. I've been a recruiter (in my dark past) and worked with many recruiters and companies. Not once has anyone ever asked for or been willing to accept XML formatted resumes from candidates. The current standard is Doc , PDF and HTML. Each shop tends to have its own database format (there's lots ...) ... in the dark past resumes were scanned or faxed then OCR'd into the DB. Later they started being able to import text formats (which is why even today Doc or HTML is preferable to PDF because it can import more easily into whatever format the recruiter/HR is using internally). If you want a resume in XML as the source (great !) pick or invent a schema that can format to one of the above easily. I would then ask the recipient on a case by case basis what format they prefer and send them that format. The less work they have to do, the more you are in charge of conversion and less chance of errors. Plus it puts HR in a better mood if they don't have to work to convert your "strange" format. ---------------------------------------- David A. Lee From: Stephen D Green [mailto:stephengreenubl@gmail.com] Lech,
Cheers Steve ---- Stephen D Green On 24 June 2011 04:20, Lech Rzedzicki <xchaotic@gmail.com> wrote: Hi. |