Self-Published Web Résumés : Their Purposes and Their Genre Systems Their Purposes and Their Genre Systems

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Beteiligte: Killoran, John B.
In: Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 20, 2006, 4, S. 425-459
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SAGE Publications
Medientyp: Artikel, E-Artikel

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Umfang: 425-459
ISSN: 1050-6519
1552-4574
DOI: 10.1177/1050651906290267
veröffentlicht in: Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p>A genre's continuing success after migrating to a new medium may be due in part to whether the genre secures a place within a viable genre system. To explore the role of genre systems, this study examined the well-established genre of the résumé in its new position on self-published Web sites. Results from surveying 100 authors of self-published Web résumés revealed that many respondents used their résumés for the previously overlooked purpose of attracting clients for their self-employment. These self-employed respondents rated their résumés as significantly more useful than did those who had not used their résumés for this purpose. The self-employed were more likely to publicize their sites through such business-related genres as business cards and advertising material, and in turn, their sites drew in communication from more socially distant populations. These alternative publicity measures and communication networks suggest that the self employed were able to situate their Web résumés within viable alternative genre systems.</jats:p>