1. Component Skills Functional Prototype and Strategy Templates

2. Progression Matrix
Essential Component of a Good interactive resume
A well-designed interactive resume
Hard copies of resume
Electronic resume
Good navigation to navigate readers between different sections in a resume
From Point A to Point B X ?
Links to a related webpage
Popup windows
Good communication with the readers, specifically, the employers to get contacted for an interview
Listing your contact information
Creating a contact form
Public Forum
Integrating Multimedia
Photos
Videos
Audio
Animation

3. Essential Component of a Good Interactive Resume
Good navigation to navigate readers between different sections in a resume
Good communication with the readers, specifically, the employers to get contacted for an interview
Integrating Multimedia

4. The first several parts of an interactive resume is similar as electric or hard copies of resume.
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5. Critical items in a well-designed resume:
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6. Objective Statement
Emphasize your main qualifications and summarize them for readers.
Inform your readers of the positions your are seeking and your career goals.
Establish your professional identity

7. make sure that this section is easy-to-read and appealing to the eye.
Contact Information Section
make sure that this section is easy-to-read and appealing to the eye.
Whatever design choices you make, try to coordinate them with the rest of your resume.

8. Some design options:
Use page design strategies to present information in a usable format.
Add a graphic element or simple images.
Coordinate with your cover letter.
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9. Using larger font size, center it, boldface it to help readers find desired information.
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10. Coordinate with your cover letter
match your cover letter and your resume.
you might do this by creating stationary or a letter head for both documents.

11. Experience:
An experience section emphasizes your past and present employment and your participation in some activities.
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12. Customize your headings for this section
Work Experience
Professional Experience
Work History
Field Work
Volunteer Work

13. The education section highlights your schooling and academic training.
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14. Including Multimedia in your Interactive Resume
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Photo
Video
Audio

15. Photos What makes photos in a resume advantageous?
Easy to use
Quick to put together
Embeddable in many types of documents
Most frequently used in portfolios
Challenges behind using photos in a resume?
Large images will cause your resume to be too large to
Debatable whether you should send a picture of yourself
Too few of images might not demonstrate your full skills
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17. Videos What makes videos in a resume advantageous?
Provides one file that can include a variety of information (pictures, music, talking points etc.)
Ability to upload to video sites (like YouTube for quick referencing and easy access)
More captivating than other types of media
Ability to a link or embed in a
Challenges behind using videos in a resume?
Videos can take a lot of time to edit
Will need an easy link or a USB if handing in a paper resume
Videos can be large unless they are compressed
Too long of a video could be intimidating to the reviewer
Making a concise, informative, and engaging video is challenging
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18. Audio What makes audio in a resume advantageous?
If you were a musician or vocalist, audio is critical
Allowing the reviewer to access further demonstrations of your skills might make the difference in being hired
Linkable, embeddable, and able
Challenges behind using audio in a resume?
Not as engaging as other media
Making sure the use of audio is appropriate
Might need to deliver a CD, USB, or an easy to access website to ensure the resume reviewer can access it
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