Resume Form

[Accident1]

Has anyone designed a Resume Form?
I created a table but having a hard time designing a form for it.
I'm just not that creative in the form part. Can anyone point me in the right direction or have one made.
Thanks in advance.

Accident1

 

[fneily]

I've seen many different resume layouts. Can you be more specific about what you're having problems with? What are your table fields? Do you want colors, logos? Why do you want a form and not a report? etc.

 

[ThomasLafferty]

I'm hoping you mean résumé and not resume (reserved word...)

What I would do for the form is separarte the major sections of the résumé onto tabs:

Objective
Qualifications/Certifications
Work History
Education
Whatever


When you are gathering a lot of data that will write to the same table, slicing it into more manageable chunks will make it much easier for your user to navigate and less overwhelming as far as the number of items displayed on any given page.

Also, you might consider using a separate table to gather like information for each section with data where you will have more than one line item. For instance, the work history section is an ideal candidate for a subform to display detail information.

While we are at it, are you sure you want all of this information in the same table?

I would have a Candidates table with contact information and a key called CandidateID (or something similar) and each of my major sections of the résumé would be linked tables showing detail information.

I.E. a one to many relationship between Candidates table and the Education table linked on the CandidateID.

If this makes no sense, I won't be surprised and would be glad to clarify...


Tom

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[Accident1]

fneily - Yes I want to see different layouts. I using form to enter and update the résumés. I'll create reports for the different reports I need generate.

Tom - Yes I'm making multiple tables for the résumés. Sorry at work so when I get home will post more detail.

thanks again

Accident