hresume-brainstorming

hResume brainstorming

This page is for brainstorming about various uses and details of hResume in particular. See resume-brainstorming for general brainstorming about a resume microformat.

Possible Extensions

Event Organisation/Participation

• BarCamp - as an organizer or participant this is somewhere between an invited presentation (which would be a publication), and "education". Perhaps there is a need for a new explicit section for such activities and contributions thereto?
  • Perhaps abstracting into an activity section that would use hCalendar as per experience?
    • Why not just use 'experience' as is? It seems general enough to be semantically correct. TobyInk 12:28, 19 Jul 2008 (PDT)

<div class="hresume">

 <div class="contact vcard" id="me">
   <h1 class="fn">Joe Bloggs</h1>
   ...
 </div>
 <div class="vcalendar" id="work">
   <h2>Previous Work</h2>
   <ul>
     <li class="experience vevent">...</li>
     <li class="experience vevent">...</li>
     <li class="experience vevent">...</li>
   </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="vcalendar" id="conferences">
   <h2>Conferences & Events</h2>
   <ul>
     <li class="experience vevent">...<span class="attendee"><a class="include" href="#me"></a></span></li>
     <li class="experience vevent">...<span class="organizer"><a class="include" href="#me"></a></span></li>
     <li class="experience vevent">...<span class="attendee"><a class="include" href="#me"></a></span></li>
   </ul>
 </div>

</div>

Awards

Some awards are for a certain time-frame, others are one-time awards. hCalendar appears appropriate to indicate a list of items with a date or date-range.

Actively Seeking Employment

If hListing structure is found within the hResume document where the lister url is identical to the rel="me" url found in the hResume's hCard, then parsers should indicate this person is actively seeking employment.

An hResume document lists a person's experience and employment history. It does not- and probably shouldn't- indicate whether the person is actively seeking employment.

While a person could state in the opening summary that they're actively seeking employment, this isn't guaranteed to be machine readable with a 100% success rate (different language and structure of text etc).

The existing microformat 'hListing' is being proposed as a means of selling ones' self- and when a person is actively seeking employment, their resume is usually used as a means of selling themselves to prospective employers.

I'm proposing one of two things:

1. Explict hListing support:
   • If hListing is found, the person is actively seeking employment.
   • If hListing is not found, assume the person is not actively seeking employment.
2. Implicit hListing support:
   • If hListing is found, the person is actively seeking employment.
   • If hListing is not found, do not assume the person is not actively seeking employment.

SignpostMarv 19:51, 18 Jul 2007 (PDT)

Related Pages

• h-resume

Research

• resume-examples
• resume-formats

Previously

hResume is the classic microformats predecessor for h-resume. Work on hResume is documented at the following for historical purposes. Much of the general discussion and research likely still applies.

• hResume
• hResume cheatsheet - hResume properties

• hResume examples in the wild - an on-going list of websites which use hResume.
• hresume-authoring
• hResume FAQ - if you have any questions about hResume, check here.

The hResume specification is a work in progress. As additional aspects are discussed, understood, and written, they will be added. These thoughts, issues, and questions are kept in separate pages.

• hResume Feedback - general feedback (as opposed to specific issues).
• hResume Brainstorming- brainstorms and other explorations relating to hResume.
  • see also hResume skills property brainstorming.
  • see also resume-brainstorming.
• hResume Issues - specific issues with the specification.