This is a guest post by Online Marketing Specialist – Yash Asher.
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What do you do when you want to impress at work? You make a PPT. PPT files unlike a Word document are easy to navigate; they can be peppered with cool visuals and multimedia in the forms of images, videos, graphs and more. With the help of these you can really drive through your ideas and make a great impression.

Yet when it comes to selling ourselves, we still use the archaic word document CVs. One company is out to change all that – VisualCV.com.

A typical VisualCV looks like this (the founder Philip Merrick’s CV).

Some features we like:

• Add videos – a lot of what is judged in the interview is taken care of right here. If you get called for an interview after someone has seen your video on VisualCV, you have pretty good grasp on the job.
• Images- Pictures do speak a thousand words. They are far more impactful than the few words in bold.
• Graphs – Yes you can add these too.. what better way to impress than all lines in the right direction on a graph.
• PDF – For those who still need a document to file, VisualCV provides a PDF export form, and it looks really cool.
• Document Repository – A visual CV account allows you to create a document repository and upload and link documents and images to your visual CV
• Link – I know these are easy to add to any document, but we rarely do. Visual CV asks for these and presents them prominently.

The complete list of features can be found here.

As of now I don’t think too many companies will accept this as the only and official CV submission. The best thing to do would be to create you VisualCV and add links to your CV, Blog, social media profile etc.. It is also a great to impress when you want to network and works in any professional setting where you want o make an impact.

Why should the job seeker be the only one with a CV?
Companies can make CVs to attract the right talent. A good option for startups. They also have services to help you get started and manage recruitment. The good news, many of the basic services can be accessed free of charge. A complete list of features for companies is here.

PS: Check our list of Internet Tools for the Workplace.