Online Resources
Online resources offer volumes of information related to your job search on resumes, cover letters, personal branding, networking and more. Here are just a few articles available online offering valuable information:
Top 10 Tools for Landing a Better Job, by Kevin Purdy on lifehacker. Number 1. Write a killer resume for a new career path!
A Cover Letter is not Expendable written by Phyllis Korkki in the New York Times tells you what a cover letter is all about, what it should say and why, even in this day and age, you should never send your resume without one.
Use social media networks to create a “personal brand”, Brianne Sanchez reports in the DesMoinesRegister.com providing advice from Mike Templeton, recently named director of social media and Web strategy at the Iowa Hospital Association, who says, “Before blasting out a “brand”, sit down and do a little self Q&A”.
Eight Little-Known Tricks for the Job Hunt, by Liz Ryan, The Savvy Networker online at SFGate.comhome of the SanFransciso Chronicle. Do you have a signature on your outgoing email? Does your resume sound human? Check out these great tips from an internationally recognized expert on careers and the new millennium workplace.
So much information available at your finger tips!
Tags: Job Search, Online Resources
March 9th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Thanks for including my recent article in the Des Moines Register. Brianne did a wonderful job with the interview and was able to generate a lot of great discussion.
If you’re even thinking about putting together a resume in today’s job world, you’ve got to be considering what’s online and your presence in social media.
Keep in mind that your interviewers will probably be Googling you (or already have) prior to the sit-down interview.