CVs for the 21st century

Students are beginning to plan what they might do for their summer break, and the annual cycle of reference requests has begun. As part of the process, I ask to review CVs, and apart from being more professionally produced, CVs have remained unchanged in format since I first prepared my own over two decades ago. Technological advances in that time have changed the world around us, but the process of applying for a job has remained the same: we summarise our achievements and skills on a two-page document, hope there are no typos, and post it away to prospective employers.

Are we ignoring a digital opportunity to enrich CVs? Michael Seery explains how using their online presence and digitial badges could make students' CVs stronger.