Comments on: Employ Me Based On My Tag Cloud? http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/06/27/employ-me-based-on-my-tag-cloud/ Digital Media Engineering Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:59:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Grannymar » What’s a Wordle http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/06/27/employ-me-based-on-my-tag-cloud/#comment-21962 Grannymar » What’s a Wordle Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:28:00 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/?p=392#comment-21962 [...] Robin Blandord came up with the idea to run his CV through Wordle.net to see what it would look like as a tag cloud. The idea snowballed [...] [...] Robin Blandord came up with the idea to run his CV through Wordle.net to see what it would look like as a tag cloud. The idea snowballed [...]

]]> By: WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » Work as a cloud http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/06/27/employ-me-based-on-my-tag-cloud/#comment-21958 WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » Work as a cloud Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:06:35 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/?p=392#comment-21958 [...] Robin Blandord came up with the idea to run his CV through Wordle.net to see what it would look like as a tag cloud. It’s been repeated by Ellybabes, Sinéad Cochrane and Paul Browne. Sorry that it’s in simple black & white and not visually pleasing as the others; I thought about adding it to my physical CV or embed it in the files to see if there was a change in uptake. Given that most (if not all) recruitment agencies parse the résumés they recieve through something similar, it might make sense. Wordle is a Java application which parses text, ignores common words, and creates a tag cloud. The size of the word is proportional to the how often it occurs in the CV. [...] [...] Robin Blandord came up with the idea to run his CV through Wordle.net to see what it would look like as a tag cloud. It’s been repeated by Ellybabes, Sinéad Cochrane and Paul Browne. Sorry that it’s in simple black & white and not visually pleasing as the others; I thought about adding it to my physical CV or embed it in the files to see if there was a change in uptake. Given that most (if not all) recruitment agencies parse the résumés they recieve through something similar, it might make sense. Wordle is a Java application which parses text, ignores common words, and creates a tag cloud. The size of the word is proportional to the how often it occurs in the CV. [...]

]]> By: How To Create Your Own Word Clouds : PodCamp Ireland http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/06/27/employ-me-based-on-my-tag-cloud/#comment-21927 How To Create Your Own Word Clouds : PodCamp Ireland Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:52:27 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/?p=392#comment-21927 [...] your expertise with Wordle and create a Wordle CV as Robin Blandford has [...] [...] your expertise with Wordle and create a Wordle CV as Robin Blandford has [...]

]]> By: People and Technology - CV as TagCloud http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/06/27/employ-me-based-on-my-tag-cloud/#comment-21913 People and Technology - CV as TagCloud Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:19:55 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/?p=392#comment-21913 [...] Idea from Elly and Robin. [...] [...] Idea from Elly and Robin. [...]

]]> By: Prototype of a Person » Blog Archive » Visualise your CV with Wordle http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/06/27/employ-me-based-on-my-tag-cloud/#comment-21911 Prototype of a Person » Blog Archive » Visualise your CV with Wordle Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:43:29 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/?p=392#comment-21911 [...] Blandford had this great idea to input his CV into Wordle to create a tag cloud - which is a visual representation of the most [...] [...] Blandford had this great idea to input his CV into Wordle to create a tag cloud - which is a visual representation of the most [...]

]]> By: » Resume Tag Cloud ellybabes: Mad ramblings whenever I feel like it…. http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/06/27/employ-me-based-on-my-tag-cloud/#comment-21897 » Resume Tag Cloud ellybabes: Mad ramblings whenever I feel like it…. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:17:17 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/?p=392#comment-21897 [...] had a brilliant idea to run his resume (CV) through a Tag Cloud generator, and perhaps to use this as a visual guide to the dominant [...] [...] had a brilliant idea to run his resume (CV) through a Tag Cloud generator, and perhaps to use this as a visual guide to the dominant [...]

]]> By: steph http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/06/27/employ-me-based-on-my-tag-cloud/#comment-21896 steph Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:33:52 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/?p=392#comment-21896 That tag cloud is a cool idea for making CV's more interesting. I hope to see 'Heroes' jumping off the page shortly! That tag cloud is a cool idea for making CV’s more interesting.

I hope to see ‘Heroes’ jumping off the page shortly!

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