What is a Social Resume?

“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 [...]

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Have You Thought About Becoming a Motivational Speaker?

Thom Singer just wrote a post called Busy, but no complaints! The life of a motivational speaker.  Thom has been a speaker since I knew him, and was one of two authors I spoke with before I came out with my first book.  For most of the time I’ve known him he has had a [...]

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Jobless Benefits and Long-Term Joblessness

Check out these two contrasting articles:

Jobless benefits start ending on Sunday
Long-Term Joblessness “Off the Charts”

You’ve probably heard about the jobless benefits ending, and about Senator Jim Bunning, who “has been holding up jobless benefits for millions of Americans.”  There are really tough decisions to be made.  Do you keep giving benefits to people who aren’t [...]

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Job Seekers: Is It Time To Move?

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 [...]

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Job Seekers Ask For Help The Wrong Way

Read this post from The Daily Machete: Networking: Ask for Specific Help
As a job seeker, how do you ask for help?
I know that depends on who you are talking to. If you are interviewing with someone you don’t ask them the same help questions as you would as a fellow job seeker.  And hopefully you [...]

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Job Search Networking: Do You Have a Networking Vehicle?

I was talking to someone a few days ago and he was telling me about going to network meetings with people who really had nothing to say.
Do you ever feel, as a job seeker, that you don’t know what you could say when you network with people?  Here’s what the guy I was talking to [...]

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Are You A Rude Job Seeker?

I work with a lot of job seekers and every once in a while get a message that is amazingly rude.  It isn’t common, and it’s not a significant portion of my overall feedback, but every once in a while I have someone vent.  It is usually way off-base, but I do hate being the [...]

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What is your (career) purpose in life?

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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What is the purpose of a resume?

Sidestepping the question of “are resumes relevant,” I want to talk about something else: what is the purpose of a resume?
In my job search I thought my resume was to help me get branded, and help me in my networking efforts.
It was also to impress people that I gave the resume to.
I think that those [...]

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Job Search Tip: Do What You Don’t Want To Do First

I’ve had to lead a self-directed day since I got laid off, and I’ve found I am really good at putting things off.
There are always priorities, and always new little fires.  There are always things I want to do, and things I DO NOT want to do.
What I’ve learned in the four years since I’ve [...]

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