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DoYouBuzz is a quick way to create a social media friendly online resume. It offers a lot of tools that can be used to create that perfect resume while helping you build your own personal brand and buzz on the Web. DoYouBuzz is stylish, very easy to use and a great way to WOW future employers.

When you sign up you’ll be asked to enter your name. The name that you enter will also be used for your personal URL. So, your URL will look like this: www.doyoubuzz.com/firstname-lastname. This is not something that can be customized unless you decide to get a premium account. You’ll also enter some basic info such as your desired position, professional status and availability. Lastly it will give you the option to import information from LinkedIn and/or Viadeo.

If you choose to import from LinkedIn or Viadeo, you can choose the info you want to import. Options for this are: about me, professional experience, education, interests and/or skills. This only takes a few seconds. After it’s done imported, all of your information will be available on the home tab of your resume. This information can be moved around, edited or deleted.

Even though your resume home page shows everything at a single glance, each section is actually broken up into tabs and can be viewed separately. The tabs on your resume will depend on which modules you decide to use. There are many modules to choose from such as contact information, links, your blog RSS, photos, videos, doc & pdf documents and even presentations. This really gives you a chance to showcase what you have to offer.

You also get to choose a design for your resume. Live previewing is available, so you can see how each one will look before making a final decision. There is also an export section that lets you share your resume on your Facebook profile. The DoYouBuzz Facebook applications allows you to add a tab to your profile displaying your resume. There are also badges available that can be used on other profiles to let people know about your resume.

Under settings you can add a description that will be displayed in search engine results. If you don’t want your resume to be displayed in search engines, you can easily turn this option to “no”. If you’d rather protect your resume with a password, you can do that as well.

If you are looking for even more options, DoYouBuzz Premium lets you have your own domain (www.firstname-lastname.com or www.firstnamelastname.com). If you don’t like either of those you can choose your own custom domain. You’ll also be able to create your resume in multiple languages, access premium designs and get unlimited portfolio storage. This is all for $49.00/year.

I think DoYouBuzz is great for those really wanting to make an impression on employers. You really have nothing to lose with the easy to use interface, numerous modules & settings and social integration. Plus it helps to give you a boost in search engines. In my opinion, DoYouBuzz is definitely a win-win resume creation tool.