Resumes Are Like Food Labels : CAREEREALISM

By CAREEREALISM founder, J.T. O’Donnell

I recently joined forces with Monster.com’s social networking division to write a weekly Q&A column called, “Ask the Career Expert,” for their on-line community, Excelle (a professional resource for career-minded young women).

My first question was asked by a job seeker who felt she needed ’spice up’ her resume. Read here if you want to learn why I told her to make her resume more like a food label….

Or, you can watch the short video advice clip I produced below. Either way, you learn the secret to a resume that doesn’t just get read, it gets put in the shopping cart!

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Is Your Job Search Over 8 Weeks Old? | Career Rocketeer - Career Search and Personal Branding Blog

Recently (July 2010), the New York Post ran an interesting article in their career advice section, and the writer included these three ubiquitous facts, some of which you may already be aware.

1. “Today’s workers will run through at least 10 jobs, three careers, and two layoffs between college and retirement.”

2. “90 percent of all jobs come through networking.” (Face-to-face and online)

3. The big five [social media networking sites] are Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, and blogs.

As I said you may already be aware of these facts, but how might they directly impact you? Let’s look at them point by point.

Unemployment Stories: Share Your Unemployment Story

Unemployed? Share your unemployment story and tell us about the job you lost, what it's like being unemployed, and what you might have learned while you're out of work. Read, as well, about others who are unemployed and what life has been like for them.

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Alison Doyle: Free Job Search Webinar From JobAngels

JobAngels has announced a series of free webinars from some of the world's leading career experts.

The first will occur on Wednesday, August 18th at Noon EST and 

features career advisors and columnist Laurie Ruettimann as well as business performance expert Ryan Estis.

The topic is "Getting the Job You Want: Accelerate Your Career Search with a Sales and Marketing Strategy" and you can register for FREE at http://newmediaservicesllc.com/voice-of-careers.

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On the Ledge - Job Search Have You Feeling Down? | CareerAlley

“You’re never beaten until you admit it.” – George S. Patton

You are on the ledge, inching forward one tiny step at a time. It took a lot of courage to get up here, now you just need to step off. You know that once you step off there is no turning back, but you hesitate yet again. It’s a beautiful day, sunny and no clouds in the sky, a great day to be out here. You finally find the courage to move to the end and you step off. You drop quickly and look up at the brilliant blue sky before you hit. Your journey ends and you plunge into the water, the pool water is not as cold as you thought and, now that you think about it, the diving board is not really that high.

Social Media & Your Job Search: Act Like a Company, Not a Person | Tim's Strategy

A guest post by author and social media strategist Neal Schaffer

You’re in transition.  Fine.  We are all, at multiple times in our lives, in between jobs and conducting a job search.  And we all land jobs and don’t remain a job seeker forever.  But the situation in 2010 is not like it was when you graduated from college in 1990 or even 2000.  Now, you truly are your own company, and those that have been in transition during this recession realize it.  If this is the case then, why don’t more people act like a company would?

Two Words that Characterize Your Personal Brand | Brand-Yourself.com Blog

Words frequently have more than one meaning. No big surprise: you knew that. But did you know that a two-word pairing can have a whole different meaning, depending on the order in which those same two words are presented? That is perhaps much more interesting–and valuable–when you know how this two-word test can be a powerful indicator for your personal brand.