Nowadays considerable part of the job search takes place on the web. That is why having a properly formatted web resume is essential. Web resume is a document posted on web site that employers can easily access. You can send the link of your electronic resume to your potential employer to demonstrate your technical proficiency. Besides web resumes provide you with a number of advantages other types of resumes cannot give. (E. g. 24 hour accessibility, control, a more attractive presentation, etc.)

To optimise the hiring process most employers use special filters – scanners or OCR (optical character recognition) software to transform resumes into the text readable by the computers. Then they apply keyword-optimized software to find the resumes for the job openings. You should have a scannable resume so that the system can properly “decipher” it. If it fails, your resume won’t show up in the search for the related keywords. Thus your chances of landing an interview are minimal.