Don’t mourn the resume’s passing – yet

Is the traditional resume dead? It depends on whom you ask.

Once printed on expensive stock, folded in thirds and mailed in an envelope, the work-history document that accompanied a cover letter by the dawn of the 21st century generally was attached to an email as a Word document or a PDF.

By last year, however, Jeanne Meister was declaring in Forbes magazine, “Forget the resume. Today, employers pay more attention to candidates’ web presence.”

Kelsey Meyer, senior vice president of Digital Talent Agents in Columbia, Mo., agreed. “In my mind, LinkedIn is the new resume,” Meyer told Human Resource Executive Online. “When…