First video resumes, now resumes on Google Earth. Interesting. The Google Earth resume shows the locations where the job seeker went to school, where their jobs were/are, where they participate in extracurricular activities, etc. It allows for the viewer to drill down on the locations and get more information about each.
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Posted in Uncategorized, Internet, Blog, Creativity, Jobs, Value, Branding, Interview, Career, Career Life, Careerhacker on Mar 2nd, 2007 1 Comment »
The website the Vault evaluated scores of video resumes to select the 5 best submissions. Here were their observations:
A confident, poised video resume can make up for deficits in your written resume.
If you use the Q&A format, try not to jump immediately to your answers - wait a second or two.
Speak at a fairly slow […]
In many cases people are stigmatized with the status and role (i.e. brand) the obtain when they get started with a new company. There are several ways to combat this:
(1) find a new job with more responsibility and higher compensation. See the previous post Job Hopping Your Way to Career Success for more information.
(2) constantly […]
Posted in Companies, Jobs, Branding on Nov 15th, 2006 1 Comment »
“Existing employees have a proven track record of success with [their current companies],” writes Katherine Spencer Lee of Robert Half Technology. Because of this internal employees are often given preference over external candidates.
If you do look at job openings at your current company here are a couple of things to keep in mind:
Don’t take it lightly […]
According to a survey by Careerbuilder, over a quarter of hiring managers have looked at the web before making a decision to hire a candidate for a job opening. Over half of those have made a decision not to hire someone based upon what they saw.
Here are the things that hiring managers are finding about […]
Employers will search for information about your online during and after the recruiting process. Why not be proacticve about creating a personal brand on the Internet? Reach Communications Consulting, Inc. is a personal branding service who has written some interesting articles on the subjectand posted them to their website.
Personal Googling. [Reach Communications Consulting, Inc.]
