OFW Speak

I was asked by a former classmate of mine in Highschool about the difference between Bio-Data, Resume, and Curriculum Vitae and what should be the one preferably to be submitted for an online job posting.

The difference between the three mentioned above are:

BIO-DATA is more of a person's biological background, and it comes with a pre-made form. It is like a slum book, but way too formal. No crushes and favorite songs of course, just important details about yourself and how the person employing could tell the kind of person you are.

RESUME is a more compacted way of summarizing your skill-set and job qualifications. Though it doesn't have pre-made form, but minding the suggested way of presenting it is very much appreciated. It must be brief, concise, and coherent nicely fitted in 1 to 2 pages max. In a way, it must be brief enough to summarize your strengths, concise enough to sell your self, and coherent enough to persuade you are the best fit for the job.

CURRICULUM VITAE compared to RESUME is quite longer. It is a detailed enumeration of your professional working experience. It is like a bullet form of the things you have done based on your experience.

Now, preferably offshore companies or outsourcers want a quicky when it comes to shortlisting candidates and that's how important knowing the type of self-marketing you are going to device. Resume's then are the best choice for online job search.

Basically, RESUME's for online jobs must be tweaked accordingly. Since talking about online jobs entail that you must be at least a computer literate to be considered for the job. Try to be more creative and techy with your resume. Try online resume presentation, that way you can give the employers an initial impression that you are not only computer literate but also the one who sweat things up.