The 500 Year History of the Resume [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Takeaways

  •     Leonardo da Vinci wrote the first professional resume in 1482.
  •     Between 1930 and 1960, resumes went from being on scraps of paper to being expected – an institution.
  •     In the 1980s, VHS resumes were used!
  •     In 1983, Microsoft Word was launched – creating a new template for resumes.
  •     Video resumes hit YouTube in 2007.

Originally Published by: Laurence Hebberd Community Manager for Link Humans in London. He also runs the Link Humans Twitter feed - @LinkHumans.

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