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Maintaining different resumes can has become a nightmare for some students, and tracking changes that were done some time ago can become very hard to find.  Usually, the student will have their desktop cluttered with different versions of resumes he has changed over a period of a timeespecially those that try to track changes over time.  Mosts students clutter their desktop or other folder with different versions of resumes with confusing filenames such as "Resume_Sophomore_Fall_v2.doc".  Whenever new experiences need to be added to the resume, the student may see the need to remove a student might remove or modify some of the prior , less-important experiences.  However, since these removed experiences might be needed at some point in the future, the students creates a new files for this new version of his/her resume.  Many inconveniences arise since there will be many resume files, and it is hard to know instantly which one was was a prior version, and the changes added from one file to another.  
While this process may not occur as frequently on average (probably a couple of times a month), students usually tend to have a strict time schedule.  For example, they usually would start editing their resume one night before a recruiting event, or a career fair and so it is crucial for for them to minimize the time spent on keeping track of their experiences.
Therefore, IvyPlusResume resolves this issue by creating a revision once a new resume is rendered for a resume profile.  This way, the user can inspect previous revisions on the resume, and track changes easily.  experiences and save down a new version.  Students were frustrated keeping track of so many resume files.  One upperclassmen noted that this process became worse when applying to graduate school and post-graduation jobs simultaneously; he was often uncertain that a specific file had the most up-to-date information.  This was especially difficult to the student's stretched schedule while attending class and dealing with applications and interviews.

4) Recruiters sort through a set of resumes to find the best job candidates.

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