http://execunet.blogspot.com/2006/02/next-big-thing-in-online-r_113958306073025971.html
I have wasted lots of time at “job sites” on the internet. The corporate ones using Brass Ring were the worst. It’s bad enough having to fill the same info over and over. It was like going to job agencies and employers each of whom want there own unique form filled out. Arghhh! It’s all on my resume.
So why can’t we have two new XML standard types: one for resumes and one for job ads. Imagine your RSS reader only flashes you when a job matches your preferences such as geographic comfort zone and at price suitable for your fianancial comfort zone. Then you can open your browser to their site and submit your XML resume. No scanning, no OCR, no laborious forms to fill out. Swish right into “their” system, what ever it is, and regardless of “who” it is.
Then, we’ll just need the final peice of the puzzle. The XML rejection letter with automagic randomly generated (1) our needs have changed; (2) you’re not qualified; (3) you’re overqualified (i.e., too threatening to our incompetent leadership); (4) you’re overqualified (i.e., you make too much money); (5) you’re overqualified (i.e., you’re too smart to work here); (6) you’re overqualified (i.e., you are not our kind); OR (7) [my personal favorite] you’re overqualified (i.e., you are TOO old).
Then, your computer could talk to their computer and visa versa. And we can all go to Aruba.
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