resume timeline - Timeline

Leonardo de Vinci wrote the first official resume.

Digital typesetting and word processors make resumes more professional and salesy

the first VHS portfolios are recorded and used. Books on resumes and career counseling boom.

online background checking begins.

microsoft releases and RTF universal doc.

enter, fax machines--the new, cool way to send resumes.

resumes were just formalities. Most wrote them on scraps of paper over lunch with employees.

resumes are like facebook profiles. they include weight, age, height, martial status and religion.

resumes are no longer just formalities, they are now expected.

Some event happened

resumes start to include outside interests like sports and clubs.

a traveling lord in England offers a handwritten letter of introduction to acquaintances and calls it his resume .

Some event happened

the internet and world wide web go public. monster.com goes live, and careerbuilder is founded.

email is the new, cool way to send a resume.

dot com hits full stride.

interactive resumes begin and mark the beginning of optimal resume.

linkedin launches.

optimal resume releases an online resume builder.

video resumes pick up, more and more high school students begin sending them to colleges.

video resumes hit youtube.

resume objectives are out, summaries and position statements are in.

resumes contain social media links. they're now shorter but with more visuals and multimedia.