A couple of day ago, I posted 6 Examples of Creative Resumes and one of those was a candidate who “…crafted his resume to look like Google search results for the ‘perfect candidate.’” I thought today I’d share that resume with you and deconstruct some of the reasons why I think Simone Fortunini‘s is the best online […]
When you need to find a job, the biggest limiting factor you face is time. A job search requires research, phone calls, networking, applications, emails, etc… But there are only so many hours in a day for all of those activities. And if you’re still working at the same time you’re trying to find a […]
If you vent about your job using social media, better go check those Facebook privacy settings. According to this court ruling, ignorance of the medium is no excuse.
Here at #CareerGravity, we cite quite a few statistics from Jobvite and it’s time to update our stats again. They’re out with their latest social recruiting survey and the use of social media to find job candidates continues to grow. The survey was conducted online between May and June 2012; over 800 human resource and recruiting […]
OK, so you’ve taken all of the steps required to establish your online personal brand. You’ve created your online personal brand and created a WordPress resume. After all of this hard work, it’s time for the great unveiling. If you’ve used WordPress to build your website and followed the best practices for search engine optimization, you’ll […]
These days, there are countless people making the plea, “Help me find a job!” There is no shortage of websites where you can search for jobs. Most LinkedIn groups have a constant stream of job listings. Still, with so many unemployed and underemployed professionals seeking jobs there simply aren’t enough. It’s hard to find the […]
Yesterday, LinkedIn announced it acquired Slideshare for $118.75 million. If you’re unfamiliar with Slideshare, it’s an online service that allows you to upload presentations (and other documents) and then easily share and embed them online. What do online presentations have to do with LinkedIn? For that matter, what do they have to do with personal branding? Here’s […]
Lindsey Kirchoff is a job hunting Tufts University student. She thought that the traditional job hunting process was completely backwards from what she’d learned in her marketing classes. So Lindsey created a blog called “How to Market to Me; Your Guide to Getting to the Millennial Market.” Her story is a great example of how […]
Looking for a host, whether for a small dinner party, a thousand-guest wedding, a national convention or something else, we look for someone who contributes 110 percent. When we seek someone who will watch over our best friends or most important colleagues, we want a person who will treat them with the utmost care and […]
We posted this parody video from The Onion on our Facebook fan page over the weekend. It jokingly reports that “Facebook Pics Make Every Potential 2040 Presidential Candidate Unelectable.” Like all good comedy, it’s funny because there is a kernel of truth underneath the surface. What if this story was about your job search rather than Presidential […]
