“Long live the resume!”
The traditional resume will die!”
“Video resumes rule.”
This debate will go on and on and on. You know where I stand – the traditional resume will not die, but there is room for other “things” to come in and fill some gaps.
Enter the Social Resume.
I just got an email from the Brazen Careerist [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, LinkedIn, Networking, Resumes author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
March 9th, 2010
Manny Otiko is a PR professional who wrote a great post called Tips on Surviving a Layoff. You’ll have to read his post to get the explanations of all of his points, which are:
Be Patient. Based on today’s economy he argues that it takes considerably longer to land a job – not our fault but [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Education, Links to Related Articles author: Jason Alba comments: 1 Comment
February 25th, 2010
Do you ever get the feeling that the grass is greener on the other side?
Perhaps it is.
I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of a city… why do people tend to move closer to one another? Think about NYC, or LA, or Mexico City, or any major city… what is it that makes people move [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, job search author: Jason Alba comments: 1 Comment
February 18th, 2010
I’ve been thinking about a blog post from Penelope Trunk titled Being an expert takes time, not talent. On my mind was this part:
Figure skating is a good example. I figure skated for ten years. I was good, until I went through puberty and then was clearly the wrong body type to be doing double [...]
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February 3rd, 2010
This week I read something from Richard Bolles (Author of What Color is your Parachute). He said the job search is not a science, it is an art. This is what has bugged me about a lot of job search advice – the advice comes across like a science (”do these 13 things [...]
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January 14th, 2010
I’m guessing you haven’t heard of GarVee. That’s okay, it’s not necessary to know who he is to get value out of his book.
I want you to get (library, buy, borrow, steal, whatever) his book: Crush It. Okay, don’t steal it, but somehow get it.
And read chapter 1. Really, that’s all I want you to [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions author: Jason Alba comments: 4 Comments
January 7th, 2010
I recently wrote a post called Becoming Uncommon in your Job Search, based on a blog post I read from Glen Plantz (original post here). The idea is cool, along the lines of personal branding, and how to me memorable and unique…
Dan Johnson left a really insightful comment. Dan has been in job search (and [...]
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October 22nd, 2009
… or, the value of a resume professionally written.
I was reading Cheezhead, which is a blog that talks about current events in the career space (emphasis on job boards, recruiter tools, etc.). There was a post titled “helpful resume site launches,” talking about JobSpice (which enters into the same space as VisualCV and Emurse (recently [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Links to Related Articles, Resumes author: Jason Alba comments: 1 Comment
August 14th, 2009
One of my favorite posts on the JibberJobber blog is YOU’RE FIRED! Will you do us a favor and sign this before you go?
Ah, the nerve of employers… really!
I have over 30 comments on that post, but one really stuck out. Robert Merrill has been in the recruiting and employment space since I’ve known him, [...]
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August 1st, 2009
I was at lunch with a buddy this last week when he started talking about a very interesting concept: networking vs. socializing. He was talking about how his kids socialize (they do it very well), but they don’t know how to network. Perhaps here are some differences:
Socializing = hanging out
Networking = nurturing relationships
Socializing = no [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Fun With a Purpose, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: 2 Comments
July 7th, 2009
