Posts Tagged ‘Feature Updates’



Online Resume Templates: Updated Styling

Posted On: Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 - Posted By: GigTide

Resume Template Updates

Resume template and theme styling updates!

GigTide’s online resumes now look even better.  We have gone through our styling and updating both the core styling and a few minor details that will ensure your resumes look like they should when employers see them.  Major updates have been made to the experience and education sections — now providing a much improved reading experience.

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Do you have other ideas you would like to see us implement to make your job search even easier? Feel free to leave a comment, drop us a quick note on Twitter (@gigtide) or connect with us on Facebook.

New Online Resume Updates: Theme Browser Navigation

Posted On: Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 - Posted By: GigTide

Theme Browser Navigation Updates

We’ve just made changing resume themes even easier!

We found a few issues with the original scroll-bar we had used for our theme browser, so we updated it with a simple prev/next navigation button interface.  Now you can step through each theme and watch it update your resume automatically.  You can change the look-and-feel of your resume without having to adjust any layouts or content — GigTide takes care of that for you.

Want to try out this feature risk free?
Contact us through our web site or via a direct message on Twitter to get a promotion code that gives you access to all membership features for a extended period of time.

Do you have other ideas you would like to see us implement to make your job search even easier? Feel free to leave a comment, drop us a quick note on Twitter (@gigtide) or connect with us on Facebook.

Resume Builder Feature Updates: Enhanced Experience & Education Sections

Posted On: Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 - Posted By: GigTide

Experience and Education Section Updates

We are always striving to make building your resume as easy as possible!

We received some great ideas from our current users and thought we’d say “thanks” by updating the education and experience resume section editors based on their requests.  We’ve eliminated much of the wasted space in the user-interface, giving us the ability to refine where buttons are located and providing many updates to the listing features as well.  Let us know how we did on these updates — the before and after images are below:

Before (Left) and After (Right)

Before (Left) and After (Right)

Before (Left) and After (Right)

Before (Left) and After (Right)

Do you have other ideas you would like to see us implement to make your job search even easier? Feel free to leave a comment, drop us a quick note on Twitter (@gigtide) or connect with us on Facebook.

New Online Resume Feature: Employer Mapping

Posted On: Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 - Posted By: GigTide

Map Employer Locations

Updated mapping features have been implemented within GigTide!

As potential employers contact you through the contact form built into your online resume (watch the resume contact form video), you will be able to get a visual view of their location(s).  This tool is located under the “Contacts” tab within the application and makes it very easy to see where potential employers are located realtive to your home or other address.

Our mapping features will automatically search on both the company name and the zip code provided by the contact form.  It will easily allow you to find multiple locations for one company and view more information on each location.  We’ve leveraged the power of Yahoo Maps to give you full control over the map view, zoom level and more.

Do you have other ideas on how you’d like to see us incorporate mapping into your job search or GigTide? Feel free to leave a comment, drop us a quick note on Twitter (@gigtide) or connect with us on Facebook.

New Online Resume Feature: Section Guides

Posted On: Monday, May 4th, 2009 - Posted By: GigTide

Online Resume Section Guides

We just made it even easier to work with our live resume preview features!

Guides that only exist on the in-app preview help you visualize where your resume sections start and stop.  This includes all sections and elements, plus a guide showing the separation between the main column and the sidebar.  When working with our professional themes, you’ll be able to quickly visualize, drag-and-drop and perfect your resume without having to guess where one section ends and the others begin.

Create your free account today to give these guides a try!

Do you have other ideas you would like to see us implement to make your job search even easier? Feel free to leave a comment, drop us a quick note on Twitter (@gigtide) or connect with us on Facebook.

New Features of GigTide Version 1.1

Posted On: Thursday, January 10th, 2008 - Posted By: GigTide

We’ve been busy analyzing how our customers use GigTide, collecting the feedback sent to us, and coming up with a whole list of things we feel will make GigTide more easier to use than ever. Check out some of GigTide’s new upgrades:

“Previous” and “Continue” Buttons Added

These buttons now allow GigTide users to walk through the application step-by-step. Even after reordering the tabs, you can easily step through the resume builder and ensure all the information you want to include has been added.

Previous and Continue Buttons

Dashboard Section User Interface Remodeled

GigTide’s dashboard has been completely remodeled to provide better navigation through its different sections, as well as providing a layout that is easier to use on screens using the 1024×768 resolution.

New Dashboard Layout

GigTide Community Released

For those of you that are looking for feedback, ideas, layouts, tips or anything else related to finding and securing your dream job, check out the newly released GigTide Community.

GigTide Community

Resume Progress Sidebar Auto-Hides When Entering Dashboard

Now you can have extra space to manage your resumes, cover letters and contacts. The Resume Progress sidebar will automatically hide itself as soon as you enter the dashboard and reappear once you jump back into the resume builder section.

Resume Examples Created for Four Main Resume Styles

Use one of our resume examples to model yours after.

Create Cover Letters in GigTide and Export to a Word Doc

Once you create a cover letter in your account, you can easily view, save or print from Word. Just click on the “View as Word Doc” button located within the My Cover Letters list in your dashboard.

Cover Letters as Word Docs

Cover Letter Editor Now Allows for Advanced Formatting

The GigTide cover letter editor now allows you to easily custom format your letter using the same editor capabilities included in each step of the resume builder tabs.

Preview Buttons from GigTide No Longer Increase Total Views

Now you can review your resume as many times as you like and your views will not increase your total views or add to any of the standard resume tracking numbers. This helps you get a more accurate picture of how many people are actually viewing your resume and where they are coming from.

Review Your Resume in Both PDF and Word Doc Formats from Within Dashboard

Now you can review both the PDF version and the Word Doc version of your saved resumes from within your dashboard. Simply click on the PDF and Word Doc buttons on the right side of your saved resume list

.View Word and PDF Resume from Dashboard

Log In by Entering Login Information and Pressing Enter

Now you don’t have to manually press the “login” button on the login screen. The application will now allow you to enter your information in and press the Enter key on your keyboard.

Major Template Smarts

The GigTide templates can now easily process bulleted lists when copying and pasting from Word, remove unneeded whitespace issues, only show the sections when there is actual content in them, and a whole slew of additional fixes that ensure your resume will look the way you want it to.

Writing Tips Given Bigger Section

You can now easily view the Writing Tips in it’s own tab within the resume builder.

Full Screen Writing Tips



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