Emurse

E-mail Notifications: Premium users will now receive more detailed e-mail notifications when someone views their web resume. The domain and referring page will be included.

Top Search Keywords: We’ve added a new report to the statistics available for web resumes. Users have been receiving more and more search traffic to their web resumes as our google ranking improves. You can now see what the top search keywords are for each of your hosted resumes!

Allow Index: To continue our commitment to user privacy, you can now control whether or not we allow search engines to index your page. De-selecting “Allow Index” will ask search engines not to store your resume.

Only a few announcements to make, as we’re knee deep in a new development cycle. There was a bug that caused some resumes not to update right away when being downloaded. This is believed to be fixed, but please keep us posted if you encounter any funny business. We’ve also added the ability to “page” through suggested jobs on the home tab. You can now click next/previous to see more than three jobs.

If you’ve requested a feature and still haven’t seen it, there is a chance it’s being wrapped up into the next release. We’re not going to give time tables right now, except to say as soon as we can. Performance wise, we’ve completed half of the server transition, but still have more work to do. We’re using this as an opportunity to address some other issues while we’re at it

Thanks for the continued support! We’re growing larger every day, and we wouldn’t be experiencing this success without our wonderful user community!

We’re in the process of testing out some new servers, and we apologize for any down time that may occur. Downloading resumes seemed to be going in and out through the weekend — but things should be solid now. Let us know if there is any remaining difficulty!

Once we’re done with this transition, you can expect *much* better performance (and we’ll be able to scale with the best of them ;)). Documents should also start rendering more accurately in formats like PDF. Hopefully by the end of this week, we’ll be 100% over to the new equipment!

We recently pushed live the ability to subscribe to hosted resumes via RSS.

If you used Emurse to create your resume and do not have it password protected, then your resume is now being syndicated

Networking Tip: Part of the appeal of Emurse is the ability to easily keep up with what your friends are doing professionally. Using a service like Bloglines, you can create a “Resumes” folder and add all of your friends Emurse links. Whenever anyone updates their online resume, you’ll be notified automatically with their newest copy. Cool huh?

One of the most painful aspects of the job hunt is the lack of two way communication.

Sure, you’ve sent your resume out to two dozen employers, but it’s tough to know when exactly they’ve received it, if they have at all. Creating an Emurse resume makes it simple to keep track of where your resume has been and when it’s been viewed.

Today, we’ve taken it a logical step forward and have released more detailed statistics for your web resumes. You can now view who downloaded what and when, demographic data such as OS and Browser. You can also view things like what websites are sending the most traffic to my resume. It’s all part of increasing communication and putting you, the job seeker, back in control.

Is there another report you would like to see on the share tab? Let us know, and we’ll do our best to add it in!

Web Resume Tips: Once you’ve created your web resume, make sure to add it to Google and others. It’s also a good idea to link to your resume to your blog. We’ve even created some HTML to serve as an example for you, and it’s available from your Share tab. Many users have also started to add their Resume to their LinkedIn profile and their MySpace page. Take advantage of these services and drive traffic to your Emurse web resume

We’re cooking up something big in the kitchen, but in the mean time, we knocked out some user requests.

Weekly e-mail digests are now being sent early Monday mornings to users who have had folks traffic their online resume. This can of course be turned off easily, just visit the “account” link at the top of the interface.

Users are also now able to change their subdomain if they didn’t quite like their first choice

Resume Tip: When selecting a resume subdomain, make sure you select something professional. Most hiring managers might not know how to react to “hotpants.emurse.com”.. Just, you know, saying

Enjoy!

We’ve just pushed live an innovative new way to quickly see how your resume might look in the eyes of an online search engine. Introducing the Emurse “Cloud View.”

By analyzing word usage and placement on your resume, Emurse is now able to determine the logical set of keywords that profile your resume information.

In a simple glance, you’ll be able to tell if your resume is the meat or the potatoes. Fluffy descriptions without naming any specifics? It’ll show. The more a word is used, in addition to where it is used, effects the size of the word in the cloud.

It’s most certainly a beta feature, and there are some kinks to work out. If you can, leave us some feedback and let us know your thoughts! With your help we’ll get it tweaked just perfectly

How to: Simply create your Emurse resume the way you normally would. Once you have an Emurse resume in the system, the cloud view will appear on the right hand side of the Edit Content page the next time you refresh. Enjoy!

We didn’t disappear. We’ve just been busy in the lab putting together the largest single update since our initial release. Emurse.com now features an all new share tab, 3 new templates, a load of bug fixes, and a couple of major changes on the backend.

Here’s the goods:

Share Tab

Take a look around. There are Emurse web resumes everywhere. Craigslist, monster, blog posts, myspace — the popularity of this feature brings a tear to our eyes.

We’ve received loads of feedback and requests for improving this feature. We’re out to address every request our community has made. You can now host multiple resumes online (alex.emurse.com/Main/). You can hide specific personal information details on each resume hosted. Combine this feature with password protection and you can be in complete control of your privacy. Would you like to be notified when someone views your resume online? Emurse can now tell you who they are, when they accessed it and what they downloaded it in (if applicable) via an e-mail alert. Wish to activate one resume one week, then deactivate it the next? You can now control which resumes are active and which are not.

Expect even more updates to the share tab soon. If there’s anything specific you’d like to see, drop us a line and we’ll throw it into the mix.

Resume Templates

Crisp - A clean and crisp typewriter look. Sometimes simplicity is the way to go. Easily scanable and readable, just like the olden days.

Polished - It’s got that upscale, trendy feel to it; A polished look for a polished job seeker.

Royal - My new personal favorite. Sporting a deep blue Georgia typeface and a clean layout. A chronological work structure with extra emphasis put on the title.

Better Formatting

We’ve fixed a ton of bugs with our formatting implementation. Bulleting is much more robust and work up to five levels deep. Bold, italics, underline, links and images are all greatly improved as well. Templates are rendered much nicer as a number of small issues were fixed as well. Previewing resumes is also a lot more accurate than it was previously.

As always, your eyes and your feedback are both greatly appreciated! If you find a kink, drop us a note and we’ll get it knocked out ASAP. We have another set of functionality brewing on our side. Expect more exciting things soon!

A user has also developed what will be our first move into the wonderful world of Firefox Extensions. The Emurse.com Quick Send extension is a simple utility that allows you to right click on any e-mail link and send your resume via Emurse. We’ve received some great feedback on this initiative, and have some exciting plans for further integrations in the works! If you have an idea for a project along these lines, let us know — we’ll help provide a reasonable API for you!

In other news…

C|Net recently published their Top 10 Websites For Students. Check out #7. Now look closer. Emurse.com has been listed for the “Online App” category underneath Google. Judging by the other sites that made the list, it looks like we’re in good company Not bad for a project that’s been public for a month.

We’ve been busy polishing, cleaning and responding to mountains of feedback. In an effort to keep everyone up to date, here’s a synopsis of recent activity:

Rendering
The big issue we’ve addressed since our last post is the document conversion code. This is probably the most difficult aspect of our site from a technical standpoint, and being beta, it has not been without its problems.

We’ve drastically changed the way we were converting resumes. We made the changes with the “work smart, not hard” mantra. The result is a more consistent rendering that is less error prone. We should also be able to scale nicely now, which is an important part of our world domination plans

Templates
We’ve expanded our newly added References section to let you keep track of Organization, Department, Fax Number and Website. We’ve also extended the Personal Information section to include website, country, and a second address line

Polish
We’ve cleaned up bits and pieces of the site. A few of the JavaScript oddities and design issues that you may have noticed have been closed. We’ve added a general keep-alive so your session won’t time out while editing. If your laptop goes to sleep, this may act up, but otherwise, its great. There were also some cut-and-paste issues from existing word resumes that we’ve worked out. Another little thing is the ability to bookmark a specific page within the interface. You’ll be presented with the front page login, but will then go to the url you originally requested. It’s the small things I guess