You've distilled everything about yourself, your dreams and your accomplishments into a single, approximate page, but is it really you?
Myunfold.com, a portfolio-building site, still in Beta form, allows students to provide a colored-in, rounded summary of themselves, providing recruiters and potential employers with a customized view of what they want them to see.
"We wanted to create a place where students can upload things and they know that it will add value instantly to them, coming off on the best foot forward professionally," said Yujin Ghim, co-founder of Myunfold.com.
Combining the customizable ease of social media with the professional intentions of LinkedIn, Myunfold allows users to design their own multimedia portfolio and describe themselves in detail while still maintaining the professional credibility their experience demands.
"When I was putting mine together I used information that might not be appropriate for every single resume I'm putting together but it gives people a rounder picture of who I am," said Ashley Berglund, new Myunfold user.
Berglund, a 2011 graduate from Western Washington University, works as the director of a sailing club and says her role in management has given her a new perspective on profile-making and the hiring process from the other end.
"I'm in a position where I hire people, if I know a little bit more about those people, or they have a resource list on myunfold, I'd be more interested in learning about them," Berglund said.
Jonathan Henson, Myunfold co-founder and 2008 AUM graduate said an added feature set to arrive once the website is complete is a type of "skills marketplace" where companies can search for different users based on the experience and skills described in their profiles.
"Essentially, when you post something in your portfolio on Myunfold it gets tagged with certain skills," Henson said. "You can also can take tests online or put in certifications, jobs and all of that goes into validating a skill score for a certain set of skills. Our algorithm will move you to the top of the search results for recruiters, and actually recruiters will make a job posting with the skills that they're requesting and get a list of candidates in priority order."
Even though there is no "right" way to writing a resume the process can often be complicated by college career centers, Myunfold puts control back in the hands of applicant while taking away the stress of cutting your career down to a single page.
When the site is out of Beta mode in a few weeks it could seriously change the way college students can begin their careers, Henson said.
"This way, students can look for jobs instead of applying randomly and hoping that they get it," Ghim said. "They can apply KNOWING that they're qualified for the job and that they have a good shot at it.
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