As a current college student sending out a lot of cover letters and resumes at present, I have to say I sure wish that the resume was obsolete.
I definitely try to supplant it personally with my online branding / presence, but right now people still use resumes a lot for some positions. I have enough good, sexy things to put on a resume that I don't mind, per se, but...
What I have 150% observed from my painful process at the moment is just how very, very ripe for disruption this whole horrible 'job application' process is. So many terrible software solution providers out there, with so little innovation or competition apparently going on to make their products more usable, less painful, etc. I can't imagine that they are doing so much to help make things simple for HR on the back-end, either.
If this was a subject that I was really passionate about, I'd definitely be trying to start a start-up there... would probably help if I could code half decently, too, but the point remains valid. I don't find it sexy, but it's a big opportunity. Happy to vent in more detail and help someone who is inspired though.
I'd agree that there could be something done. There's vast amounts of information about people out there. At least in the software industry I see software tools being very useful in pre-screening resumes before inviting people in for interviews.
It's something I've started working on. Job hunting myself. Lots of free time. :S
I definitely try to supplant it personally with my online branding / presence, but right now people still use resumes a lot for some positions. I have enough good, sexy things to put on a resume that I don't mind, per se, but...
What I have 150% observed from my painful process at the moment is just how very, very ripe for disruption this whole horrible 'job application' process is. So many terrible software solution providers out there, with so little innovation or competition apparently going on to make their products more usable, less painful, etc. I can't imagine that they are doing so much to help make things simple for HR on the back-end, either.
If this was a subject that I was really passionate about, I'd definitely be trying to start a start-up there... would probably help if I could code half decently, too, but the point remains valid. I don't find it sexy, but it's a big opportunity. Happy to vent in more detail and help someone who is inspired though.