Social Media and Web 2.0: Job Seekers Your Resume is No Longer Your Marketing Tool
Tweet “Hiring managers are using the Internet to get a more well-rounded view of job candidates in terms of their skills, accomplishments, and overall fit within the company”–Rosemary Haefner Vice President of Human Resource Careerbuilder.com Susan and I presented our workshop “Web 2.0′s Impact on Job Seekers: The Changing Roles of the Resume, Job Search, and Job Seeker” at CSIX this past Tuesday to a...
Read MoreJob Search 25 Years Ago: Is This You Now?
Tweet I landed my first corporate, aka “real”, job out of college in early 1985. The company, Moore Business Forms the largest printing-forms provider in the world, was just finishing a hiring push for sales and business development talent. Please read this article; I have a question I would like you to ask yourself at the end of the piece. Here are some facts about my job search. State of Technology In 1985 there was no...
Read MoreJob Seekers Strategy: Make the Hiring Manager Happy
Tweet Silicon Valley star Guy Kawasaki did not intend for his chapter “The Art of Driving Your Competition Crazy” in Reality Check to be job seeker’s advice; yet the main theme is vital for any job seeker’s success. The chapter outlines 8 steps to drive your competition crazy aimed at helping entrepreneurs and corporations understand how to win at the art of business.The most valuable theme and step is “Focus...
Read MoreJob Seeker’s #1 Mistake in Finding a Job: Ignoring Step 1
Tweet What do you want to be when you grow up? That is a question that I asked myself many times–in my adulthood. Throughout my adult worklife, I held onto the notion that I understood the focus and direction in my business development career. I thought I understood my sales career path, I thought I was following the correct course of action, and yet I felt unsettled. What was wrong with me? Nothing was wrong with me but something...
Read MoreJobseeker’s First Blog Article Template
Tweet “Your blog is your living resume. It shows how you think. It shows how you write. It shows what’s important to you. . . Mentor us through your blog. We employers love hiring mentors–they raise everyone’s performance.” Kevin Merritt as told to Linkedin Social Media Strategist Mario Sundar Blogging and Web 2.0 social media tools, like Linkedin.com , are fast becoming the most effective strategies to...
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