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Professional Employment Resources
Your Internet Presence and Job Possibilities When it comes to your Internet presence, your online profile, a powerful marketing tool, must match your job hunting life and your personal life.
There’s slim to no chance that you don’t have an Internet presence at this time. Unless you have lived like a recluse and don’t have a website, don’t blog, don’t comment on various editorials, haven’t posted a resume online and in no way deal with the Internet, chances are your name is out there. That’s why it’s important to make sure that your name says what you want it to say. There are two aspects to this. Many people separate their job hunting life from their personal life. Don’t. What you say on your online profile MUST match what you say in a blog, on a public forum, newsgroups etc. Let’s look at both of these. Online Profiles There are many places for the job hunter to have online profiles. To say that many of these are woefully inadequate is not an understatement. These places are a great opportunity to market your skills. Some of the places to check out include ResumeDirector and ResumeArrow, which include a feature that let you create your own resume web page. As the Internet is changing all the time, you will need to search to find some of the other sites. When you look at each site, take the time to navigate through it, understand what’s required of you, and what’s offered to you. Many sites have free tools, tips and offers. Take advantage of other people’s experience to boost your own. In addition to letting you create a resume web page and submit it to Google, ResumeDirector also lets you get your resume posted on over 90 job sites at once - such as Monster, HotJobs, CareerBuilder, Jobwerx, etc. To find out more, visit: http://www.jobwerx.com/resume_director.html ResumeArrow also offers a resume web page option, and gets your resume sent to the inboxes of thousands of recruiters in your industry and geographic location. To find out more about it, visit: http://www.resumearrow.com/def.php3?pc=13CS756 When creating your profile consider: Online Persona Many people understand the importance of the above section and then slack off with their online persona. Too many people view their online persona as personal and shouldn’t be anybody else’s business. This is a mistake. When you are looking for work, more so than any other time in your life, you need to present yourself as a whole unit. All your personal actions and comments reflect who you are and needs to be inline with the person you are trying to sell to an employer. Remember the Internet keeps material for a long time and what you say will still be there for viewing in 2, 5 and possibly even 10 years. Todd Hilton, a Microsoft software developer guest blogged on the Hire
Calling blog and said, Therefore, although you may be gainfully employed today, next month or in five years, you could be looking for work. Are the words you are submitting today going to hold you in good stead in five years? If not, don’t write them. For more information on other helpful job searching resources, please feel free to search for more on our website; http://www.jobwerx.com/search.html Special thanks to Michael Green, Editor, Career Reports JobSearchInfo for his contribution. E-mail this page to a friend
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