CVcrib.com, is a new site (now in beta) where Nigerian professionals can build and share an online resume with their own web address. As the name implies, when you use the service you are “giving your CV a home”.

The new webspace, Web 2.0 has changed the way employers employ job candidates and jobseekers apply for jobs. Now, jobseekers publish their CVs online in a visual format that transforms the way resume data is presented, accessed and shared.

With cvcrib.com, you can:

• Create an online portfolio with internal links to your CV and also separate categories for accomplishments, education, work history, references, etc.

• Join the CVcrib Lounge, an online forum and community where you can meet other people and discuss your careers interests.

Below is a preview of my online portfolio on cvcrib.com

Some of the benefits of using cvcrib.com include:

• It allows you to access your resume anywhere you are as long as you have an internet connection.
• You can edit or change your CV easily online to match desired jobs.
• It allows you make your CV publicly viewable or restrict access with a password.
• It makes you stand out from the crowd when you refer employers to your online portfolio.
• You can also interact with others for purposes of networking, discussing interests, career progression and business development.

However, cvcrib.com does not have features such as images, video, audio, etc like in other visual cv sites such as visualcv.com Thus, it might not have the right interactive flavour that is needed to spark employers interests when they view job candidates online portfolio on the site.

Whether or not this site would be a success depends on it’s wide acceptance by Nigerians as a means of improving their online job search. Though, in my opinion, job candidates would stand out if they build their own personal online portfolio for their careers.

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Social bookmarking at Digg would probably be losing attention in Nigeria as Sturvs.com makes its way into the Web 2.0 world. Sturvs, Nigeria’s first social bookmarking site, is a Web 2.0 sharing and voting website where users can share music, videos, articles, read news and also promote events and services.

The word “sturvs” is a Nigerian slang for “stuff”. So the idea is for users to stuff and share all their internet stuff in one place. The site’s contents are basically Nigerian stuffs found in various Nigerian newspaper websites, social media sites such as Youtube, various Nigerian blogs and other places. Users get the very latest Nigerian content from all over the internet brought together in one place.

Users are also given the ability to vote on stories submitted by other users, and the “sturvs” with the highest votes make it to the front page. The site also has similar features comparable to social bookmarking sites such as Digg and Delicious, with a unique bookmark button.

Last October, Sturvs launched the first ever Nigerian facebook application that now has about 90 daily active users. The site is owned by US-based Antigravity Inc., with a large portfolio of clients all over the world including Howard University, Soni Irabor, Lilian Bach, Bouqui, the Nigerian Cricket Foundation and ARM Pensions, just to mention a few.

If you can “digg it”, then you can “sturv it” too.

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Nigeria’s Web 2.0 Industry is still in it’s developmental stage with just a few individuals, companies and organisations developing new products and services using the Web 2.0 technologies. This blog would be analysing these new and existing startups, tech products and services that are being developed in Nigeria through the Open Source and other Web applications.

The Web 2.0 market place has changed the way businesses are conducted around the world especially in terms of new web site design patterns and business models. According to Tim O’Reilly, the guy widely credited for coining the term Web 2.0:

Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform.

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