http://www.career-resumes.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:12:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "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 ... http://www.career-resumes.com/what-is-a-social-resume/ 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 ... http://www.career-resumes.com/have-you-thought-about-becoming-a-motivational-speaker/ Have you seen the Job Search Checklist from Career Resumes?  It's really good - just print it out and you'll have a list of 9 things to do in your job search.  Here they are, but go to the Job Search Checklist page, check out the descriptions, and print out ... http://www.career-resumes.com/job-search-checklist_1/ 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 ... http://www.career-resumes.com/jobless-benefits-and-long-term-joblessness/ 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 ... http://www.career-resumes.com/how-to-survive-a-layoff/ Are you looking for resume samples?  You should be, for a number of reasons: Resume samples show you different formatting ideas - resume formats that are acceptable. Resume samples show you how to structure phrases and sentences on your resume. Resume samples show you what sections go where, or how long sections of ... http://www.career-resumes.com/resume-samples/ 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 ... http://www.career-resumes.com/job-seekers-is-it-time-to-move/ 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 ... http://www.career-resumes.com/job-seekers-ask-for-help-the-wrong-way/ 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 ... http://www.career-resumes.com/job-search-networking-do-you-have-a-networking-vehicle/ 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 ... http://www.career-resumes.com/are-you-a-rude-job-seeker/