“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
When I find your Profile I want to learn about you.
Make it easy.
Don’t make me go to Google to learn about you. It’s too messy, and I’m usually not going to find the information I want to see.
Put up compelling, interesting, relevant information.
I like to recommend that people tell stories in their LinkedIn Summary.
In addition [...]
tags: LinkedIn, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
January 1st, 2010
If I’m looking for you on LinkedIn, and I don’t know your name, can I find you?
Imagine a recruiter trying to fill a job – and you are the best candidate. They don’t know your name, they are only searching on keywords.
Will your Profile come up at all? Will it come up in the first [...]
tags: LinkedIn, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
December 31st, 2009
If you aren’t searching on LinkedIn you are missing the boat.
I like the simple search, but here are two other places I really like:
1. The Advanced Search
This is pretty powerful – you can search for people who USED TO work at a specific company. This is great because they might answer your questions faster or [...]
tags: LinkedIn, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
December 29th, 2009
Let’s make that Join RELEVANT Groups.
I have been doing a lot of work on LinkedIn lately and have really gotten value out of joining appropriate and relevant LinkedIn Groups.
When I join a LinkedIn Group I think about two things:
Can I find new, relevant contacts that I should be in touch with?
Will I want to communicate [...]
tags: LinkedIn, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
December 28th, 2009
In two weeks I’ll deliver another webinar specifically for executives called LinkedIn Essentials for Executives. This is sponsored by Career Resumes and hosted by Experts Connection. This is the first time I can do a LinkedIn webinar for Experts Connection that is 90 minutes long, instead of sharing time talking about Facebook or other tools [...]
tags: Career Discussions, LinkedIn, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
September 10th, 2009
As the owner of a website that people come to to manage their careers (organize their job searches, etc.) I’ve been intrigued at the cyclical nature of my signups. Remember, my site is JibberJobber, and the idea is that it replaces the job search spreadsheet.
This is my third summer in business, and each summer I [...]
tags: Career Discussions, LinkedIn, Networking, Resumes, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
August 5th, 2009
On Peter’s LinkedIn Profile there are two questions that have received some excellent answers:
At what age do you think age discrimination (for older workers) starts?
What should older workers do about age discrimination?
Age discrimination is TOUGH. When I started my job search I was 32. I felt OLD compared to the college kids that were getting [...]
tags: Career Discussions, Career Education, LinkedIn, Required Reading, Salary & the Market, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
August 3rd, 2009
I got this question from a friend in a job search, and thought I’d respond here:
I have been hearing about Twitter, Facebook, Grouply, etc. as additional social networking sites that people have joined or are participating in. I haven’t joined in because, simply, I am not sure how well I could keep up with adding [...]
tags: Career Discussions, Career Education, LinkedIn, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
July 15th, 2009
I wrote a book on LinkedIn called I’m on LinkedIn — Now What??? I also recently developed a DVD tutorial called LinkedIn for Job Seekers, where I walk through various aspects of LinkedIn with my advice on what to do, and what you can ignore. So I’ll start a new series of posts on this [...]
tags: LinkedIn, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
July 9th, 2009
