Although the job market may be a bit scarce these days, it is certainly not for lack of opportunities for recognition by job searchers. Today there are more opportunities than ever to get your name and resume in front of businesses looking to hire. With such great resources like monster.com and theladders.com among others it is essential that people understand their resumes are no longer just a piece of paper. For a leg up, resumes should incorporate today's multimedia and social networking capabilities such ones blog or LinkedIn account. Another recommendation is to post videos of mock interviews or audio testimonials of references like a former boss. You can easily do this on your blogs or YouTube. Incorporating these things in to a state of the art technologically savvy resume not only shows that you are cutting edge, but it also allows recruiters to emotionally connect with you on a level they would not otherwise be able to.
Now, it is important to note that if you are to create a social media resume, you must thoroughly inspect all your social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, Blogger etc.) and make sure they represent you in a professional manner that is appropriate for hire.
Here is a link on how to build the Ultimate Resume !
I spent fall break shadowing at several marketing agencies in Chicago and everyone who worked there kept saying that same thing-if you're not on LinkedIn yet, make an account NOW! Lots of employers are looking online for tech-savvy people. One of the people I talked to actually got hired after one of the people in HR saw her impressive profile and online resume on LinkedIn. We're lucky to be graduating at a time when social media is really taking off-we should use it to our advantage!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog post. Creating our own linkedin accounts may be the best thing we will do while at WKU. Hopefully it will lead to a job someday!
ReplyDeleteCrazy to think that a simple LinkedIn profile can land you a job. It is so important to make sure our Facebook, Twitter, etc. is appropriate and not full of bad pictures and comments. I know the company I did my internship for over the summer always checks social networking sites before or after a job interview.
ReplyDeleteZach great blog post, I am definitely going to look into the Ultimate Resume. I also agree that LinkedIn might be one of the best things that came out of my college experience.
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