In a recent post, Career Rocketeer discussed the importance of building a positive online footprint. Your online footprint is the digital imprint of your life. It’s the things you created deliberately, with readers in mind, like your LinkedIn profile or VisualCV. But it’s also the comments you made two years ago on a political blog. [...]
Archive for
June, 2009
When is a Critique Not a Critique?
I’m a little late with this posting, but a couple of weeks ago Jason Alba over at Jibber Jobber wrote an interesting post that got a lot of attention. His main subject was the free resume critique service offered by The Ladders but his comments apply to more than just that company and so I [...]
Don’t Kill Your Resume – Operate On It!
This post by Michael at Human Race Horses makes an argument that I hear often. In these days of social media and web-based job search, can a resume really do the job? Michael thinks not: Another personal reason for wanting to kill my resume is that in looking at this little historical snapshot from so [...]
Why Some Jobs Are Like Leather Pants
Last week I linked to this innovative website belonging to a job seeker. I love the site! It’s irreverent, eye-catching and a far better testament to Miel Van Opstal’s creativity than anything he could write on his resume. A couple of commentors made a good point though and I wanted to spend a little time [...]
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The Words all Professional Resume Writers Hate to Hear
Checking my email one day this week, I found one that started in a way destined to make my heart sink: “I know...
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Why Trying for Less Will Get You More
Can narrowing down your job search focus actually get you more interviews than trying for a wide range of jobs? That’s been...
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Just How Many Jobs Are You Missing Out On?
I recently nagged a client to get her LinkedIn profile fully up and running. She emailed me the other day to say...
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Are You Hoarding or Sharing?
A client asked me “should I put the PDF of my resume on my personal website and keep the Word document to...
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7 Ways to Prove Your Worth on Your Resume
I just read a great post by Jonathan Fields over on Awake@theWheel about the 7 types of proof clients/customers need before they...
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