You never get a second chance to make a first impression, the saying goes. In our increasingly digital, socially networked world, your avatar or profile picture is frequently your first impression. How important is it? What if we told you that optimizing your profile picture could increase the number of visits to your online resume […]
Here at #CareerGravity, we’ve shown you how to calculate your personal Google score. According to social recruiting software vendor Jobvite, nearly three quarters of employers either always or sometimes search online profiles of prospective job candidates. What will they find when they search your name? A large part of online personal branding is dominating the search results […]
The résumé isn’t just for Microsoft Word anymore. With #CareerGravity, you can do all sorts of cool, bleeding-edge things with your résumé. Social media, especially the visually-oriented destinations (e.g., Pinterest), give you a wide berth to exercise creativity and innovation in how you interpret the idea of a résumé and present it to the world. This past […]
My schedule is tight, filled with competing commitments and responsibilities of similar importance. Perhaps you can relate. Managing it all is a challenge, and the temptation is ever-present to neglect my own digital footprint in favor of my clients’ online brands. I’ve learned that nothing can replace more time, to avoid that pitfall. When is […]
The SavvySugar blog posted a slideshow of the Surprising Day Jobs of 12 Olympians. We’ve summarized them here: Chas Betts Country: USA Sport: Wrestling Age: 25 Job status: Betts is a motions designer, which is a specialized field in graphics that deals with animations. Check out his work on his design website. Chi Yip Cheung […]
An organization has two brands: an employer brand and a consumer brand. And the two converge today effortlessly, as a matter of course. That’s because of social media generally and the web, period. For established organizations, especially large enterprises, the new dynamics are a potential liability; gently persuading all those employees’ voices to communicate a […]
If you’re a start-up and you don’t have a sophisticated and teeming presence online, you don’t exist. Yes, yes, you exist, but you’re invisible. You’re kind of like a tree falling in the forest, with nobody there: You might as well not exist. Perhaps you don’t want to seem to exist. That’s a legitimate strategy, and […]
College is a risky decision these days – especially considering the current job market. Consider these facts regarding college education in 2012: Since 1991, college tuition has increased at twice the rate of inflation. That’s an increase of almost 50%. Compare that to the median income of a college graduate, which has only increased 9.4% since 1991. The average […]
This is a guest post by Jennifer King, HR Analyst at Software Advice. The first weeks on a new job can be overwhelming. There are plenty of orientation meetings to attend, training sessions to complete, and new hire paperwork to fill out. While these are all important, here are six things new hires should do […]
This is a guest post from Sandy Demarest of Demarest Career Directions. If you are one of the people who recently walked up to a podium and received the diploma that renders you an alumna or alumnus, rather than a student, you’ve probably sent out hundreds of resumes over the past semester. If you are […]
