12 Free Tools To Promote Your Job Search Self

12 Free Tools To Promote Your Job Search Self 64 Free tools to help the unemployed, underemployed and everyone else to package and promote themselves for hiring authorities. This is a guest post by Doug Caldwell. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. “It ain't braggin' if you can back it up.” Dizzy Dean Job seekers often limit themselves to a profile on LinkedIn, paper business cards and a written resume which may be posted on job boards. We often hear about the biggies such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, but there are others. Let’s review others to make you stand out as distinct and different in the labor market.eval Cool tools to stand out in the labor market Resume I have sampled several online apps seeking the best features to promote and package myself with hiring authorities. I made this screencast about 5 different online resume websites. Find what works best for you to promote yourself to get the interview. Beside a 2-page paper resume there is VisualCV to host your resume online. My resume at VisualCV allows for easy rewrites, inserting a photograph, making links to other web pages, adding video and audio. VisualCV makes it simple to share your resume with hiring authorities using a vanity name URL.eval Or use Google Docs to create and share your resume online. While not as feature rich as Microsoft Word or OpenOffice Writer, a Google document can be an option. Google Docs does allow inserting photographs and links to websites into documents. I use Google Docs for my biography with a VisualCV resume. Online Profile Along with my LinkedIn profile, I took advantage of creating and expanding my Google profile. Most important to me was to control more of what Google shows to others as a job seeker. And for employers, a better chance of finding me even when they misspell my name. If and when you create a GMail account, search on your name in Google. Note what appears at bottom of the first page. Are those the search results you want them to find? If not, add the features and links to improve the first impression viewers get of you from Google. Schedule Successful job seekers, at least the ones who land sooner than later, effectively use their time. Scheduling your day and meeting with others is an important component. TimeBridge and Google Calendar can be used separately or together (Calendar requires a GMail account). Do you recall the challenges when you were trying to schedule meetings with missed emails, voice mail not returned, day timer misplaced? And then when it was confirmed, somebody had to change the meet and you started all over again. TimeBridge allows you to share your calendar with others who want to meet with you, like a recruiter. They see when you are ‘busy’ or available and propose meeting dates/times that fit your schedule. I posted a TimeBridge widget on my blog, website and Google profile to make it easy to schedule a meeting with me. Once accepted the meeting can be inserted into your calendar system; Outlook, Calendar, or Apple iCal. If the meeting has to be canceled or rescheduled, all meeting participants can be notified with one email. Business Card The paper card has been around a very long time and is most convenient in many situations. Especially to write a note on the card in F2F meetings. However, you are limited to about 3 1/2 by 2 inches, not much room to package and promote yourself, even at 8 point font size. Virtual business cards can add the glamor that is missing from the paper card with embedded video, social media links, and document attachments. They can be a mini-website. I am using the FREE BusinessCard2 app to host my card. Depending on your social media footprint size you can link the card to your Facebook page, blog, website, and LinkedIn profile. The card can be sent to your contacts one at a time or as group message which they can download into their contact management system. The next step from virtual cards sent by email will be a ‘bu.mp’. I just installed the bump app on my phone, but haven’t had a chance to try it with someone. When we get to meet in person, let’s bu.mp. Video “So tell me about yourself,” said the hiring authority. You have been trying very hard to communicate with your resume, answering the verbal questions from the interviewer to finally be asked that question. Why limit yourself to just written and verbal communications? You can now add the video component to your efforts. Sidebar: Yes, I am in favor of showing your photograph and/or video across the web. Yes, I know that hiring authorities will be prejudiced against hiring a leading-edge baby boomer-seasoned citizen-real old fogey-bald white guy. I'd rather be screened out beforehand than waste time at that kind of interview. Besides, if they discriminate on gender, race, or age what else do they discriminate on, religion? As you network, have informational and occupational interviews, look at using Eyejot to send video emails. The FREE account let’s you record a message up to one minute. You can say a lot in 60 seconds, and eliminate potential confusion with written emails. When the recipient gets the video, they can see your facial expressions, tone and volume and body language. You can create a distinct and different first-impression with the video. If your hair and make-up stylist is not available for the video, try Google Voice. Google just made this service available for FREE with many features and benefits. You can pick a Google Voice number from their extensive list during registration or kept your existing number. I did get a unique Google Voice number to keep for life to use in the future. 3 features alone convinced me to switch to Google Voice: Speech-to-Text transcript of call Personalized greetings for frequent callers Keep my current mobile number Now I get an email when the caller leaves a message with a written transcript and the audio file. While the transcript is not perfect, it is sufficient to know who called and why. If necessary I can listen to the audio file. So when I call/text/email a reply, I know what to say and write. Saves time. I created a default message for unknown callers on my current mobile number [+1-214-641-4084] using Google Voice. For those listed in my address book there is a personalized greeting â€" hi Judy or Bill or Tim or Susan â€" and instructions appropriate for that caller. Google Voice does allow international calling for low-cost from either your computer or via an app on your Android-powered phone. For my international calls and many domestic calls I continue to use Skype on my computer. I especially like the FREE calls with other Skype users which can now include up to five callers in a video conference call. One last thought on communication, your email service platform. Your email name and domain service title will be your potential employer’s very first impression. Make it your best. I strongly recommend making the investment in getting a unique vanity email address (doug@dougcaldwell.net) and robust email platform. Your name is THE most important brand feature and it deserves to be noticed. My email service is with Google which does a great job filtering out spam, improving the contact management system, user-controlled message filter process, and instant messaging with optional video. As an added service you can send updates to Twitter and Facebook from your GMail in-box. Internet TV “All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.” Film buffs will recognize the quote from the movie, Sunset Boulevard. You can have a close up as well on your own FREE Internet TV channel to promote yourself. With many barriers to get to meet the hiring authorities in person, why not offer an opportunity to see me on the Internet every week. (Shameless ad: watch 12:47pm central time USA Fridays) As the station owner and host, my shows are about using social media for job search and career success. The easy part was getting a computer, web cam and a FREE account on Livestream. The hard part is creating interesting and compelling content. Blatant Pitch: If viewers give me lots lots of money, I can run an ad-free TV show. Otherwise you have to watch commercials from Livestream during my show. That’s why it’s free for you and me. Along with my computer, I can also broadcast from my smartphone using an app from Qik. Mobile phone video can be sent to YouTube, Qik, or my Livestream account all at the same time. Conclusion Rarely does the best qualified candidate get hired, the job goes to the best packaged and promoted. How is your package and promotion working for you? It’s time to start bragging. About the Author Doug Caldwell, the ‘Facilitator Extraordinaire’, is a wizard at creating learning WOWs! O*M*G* moments at dougcaldwell.net. He is a featured presenter on Web 2.0+ applications and how their use will reduce costs and improve revenues for companies. Doug hosts a weekly Internet TV show on Friday at 12:47pm central time on Social Media for Job Search Career Success. You can reach him at doug@dougcaldwell.net or follow him on Twitter at @doug_caldwell. This article is part of the 4th Annual JobMob Guest Blogging Contest, which was made possible thanks in large part to our Gold Sponsor, Jason Alba of JibberJobber. If you want Doug Caldwell to win, share this article with your friends.

Resume Writers

Resume WritersThe updated resume is the required document for every job seeker. Every job aspirant wishes to show his hard work, dedication and commitment in his job. As a result of this he requires a resume that shows his proficiency and worth in terms of his qualification and experience.Many job seekers fail to realize their worth because they do not understand the importance of updated resume. They simply submit the old resume and start over again after replacing the old material with the new one. While doing so they never realize the difference between the new and old material. In fact many a times the material is also different.So, how should you update your resume and maintain its quality? Well, the most important element of your resume is the information contained in it. You should make sure that it contains all the relevant details and the details are accurate. This will help you get the job and can also help you land the job.You should always keep in mind that your resume ha s to be updated on a regular basis because this can give a positive look in your face and boost your confidence level. This is the primary reason of why your resume should be updated on a regular basis and not just when the company wants to see it.Employers prefer to know about your abilities and capabilities and not just your skills and knowledge. Thus you should always update your resume to show your experience and expertise that are necessary for the present job and to get you in the job.It is not necessary to change your resume every time you get a new job. This is the reason why many times you will find that some companies ask you to update your resume after some months or years.In today's world when there are so many resumes floating around, it becomes quite difficult to pick upthe right one. It becomes a daunting task to pick out the one which is relevant for your position. Hence to make things easier you can go for a professional resume writer who can offer his services at a very low cost.He can give you a new updated resume which is truly amazing and relevant for the current job and that can really help you get a good job. So, it is always better to spend some time and do some research before deciding upon a particular job. And when you hire a professional resume writer you can ensure that your resume will be updated regularly and so it will always look fresh and new.

Bilingual Ladies Are Highly Employable

Bilingual Ladies Are Highly Employable Todays post is by, J. Salvage Approximately twelve percent of the US population speaks Spanish. The United States houses the fourth largest Spanish-speaking population in the world. Depending on one’s state of residence, this percentage may be higher. For example, more than twenty-eight percent of California’s population speaks Spanish. Texas is close on California’s heels with over nineteen percent of her population speaking Spanish. Florida is the third-most populous state in terms of Spanish-speaking residents with nearly ten percent. Knowing that customers are more comfortable conducting business in their native tongue, American industries are eager to hire and promote employees who can speak both Spanish and English. Bilingual employees widen the accessible market share for the companies that are fortunate enough to hire them. For those states in which a significant portion of the population speaks Spanish, bilingual employees are even more vital. Individuals fluent in English and Spanish are highly employable in governmental and nongovernmental service organizations. Federal regulations ensure that all federal programs from Unemployment Compensation to Driver’s License services must provide information in a variety of languages â€" including Spanish. Ample opportunities for bilingual employees also exist in various service organizations such as legal services, customer service representatives, and translators. Learning to speak Spanish not only increases one’s value on the job, it increases one’s personal value. Foreign travel is easier when one speaks the local language. An individual who is fluent in Spanish can find the hottest night clubs in Cancun, order from a menu in Costa Rica, and find the most interesting Mayan ruins in South America. Because Spanish is a Romance language (a category of languages including Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian, and Catalan), individuals who are fluent in Spanish are able to negotiate their way through other similar languages than are non-Spanish speaking travelers. Spanish is easy to learn, given the large number of cognates (words that sound alike and have the same meaning) between Spanish and English. While English is not strictly a Romance language, it does borrow heavily from Latin, providing numerous similarities with Spanish. For example, the Spanish word “teléfono” is clearly recognizable as the English word “telephone”. One crucial difference between English and the Romance languages is that of gender. In English, virtually all nouns are neutral, with a few notable exceptions. “Doe” is a female deer, “waitress” is a female waiter, and the ambiguous “ship” is always referred to in the feminine. In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine. Knowing the gender of the noun affects its spelling, pronunciation, and translation into English. Individuals interested in learning Spanish, whether for business, pleasure, or both, should consider an immersion course. This type of Spanish course places one in an entirely Spanish-speaking environment, enabling her to learn the language through living the language. Such courses mimic the way children learn their first language, making the road to fluency in Spanish an easy and fun path to a new and rewarding career. If this type of course is not an option, there are several downloadable or CD Spanish course options available. J. Salvage is late-blooming career woman with a lot to say.

Having Humility in Recruitment

Having Humility in Recruitment Choosing to write a blog about having humility- truly remembering to be human- in recruitment is necessary in a world which is ever changing, with AI altering how candidates experience a recruitment process and companies hire their staff; however, I felt rather compelled to share my views as a podcast I listened to recently only bolstered my view that by being the best humans we can be in our sector, we ensure we are future-proofing ourselves in a technology-led world and it is a stark reminder that ultimately it is a HUMAN business we are in! The podcast I am referring to was broadcast on The School of Greatness podcast (Stitcher) have a listen as the guest talks passionately about the conflict of confidence in business versus humility and it is this latter point that I believe lacks in the recruitment sector which is what I want to explore in this blog The archetypal recruiter has historically been cast as a cocky 20-something, with stacks of confidence, oozing charm and charisma and with more balls than a Wimbledon tennis court… however, there is a seismic shift in my opinion as the market becomes ever more congested with recruitment companies and the ever-increasing ginormous threat of AI over the longevity of actual humans getting humans their next role…..this is an Armageddon warning to the Wolf of Wall Street. Embrace your humanity now before you make yourself extinct…. I have always maintained that nice people can be successful in recruitment (and business generally!)- there has always been a misinformed view that you have to be uber-competitive and cut-throat to make it in this recruitment world. I am hoping my connections, readers and subscribers will agree that I have always broken the rule with this by being honest, kind, caring and nice to everyone I have partnered….. call people back, tell people they arent being progressed, being honest throughout the process…. If every recruiter had to stop the way they had been trained and just focused their energy on listening to what the candidate seeking their help and the client trusting them actually wanted and replacing SALES and pushiness with CARE and empathy, ok maybe there would be less activity for a KPI matrix, but I bet you now there would be a better strike rate, lower ratios as the way you then recruit is by putting the HUMAN factor back into the whole reason recruiters exist….. to CONSULT clients on their hiring needs and candidates on their career options. Brave employers need to think about the core values they post on their websites and paint in large letters on their board room walls- you talk about integrity and honesty but really you just care about profit and the size of your bonus cheque…. When did the sector lose sight of what we are here to do? Get people new jobs. We are changing peoples lives quite literally. I am not naive, I know that AI and Technology have simplified a lot of the process of elimination and selection for large companies and this will continue to evolve and impact recruitment. The human factor must never be forgotten as there will come a time, to anyone and everyone reading this where you once again become the job seeker and will wish that the recruiter had taken heed of my comments to remember your feelings in the process.

Writing a Resume on Your Own That Will Land You the Job

Writing a Resume on Your Own That Will Land You the JobIt is difficult to find a job in a highly competitive market where a bad written resume is more likely to land you the job than a good one. The job seeker has many things to keep in mind when he writes his resume and it is up to the writer to ensure that all the information is in the right place.Writing a good resume entails not only a deep knowledge of the industry, but also to be able to offer value for money and this is where the office of Monash alumni can play an important role. The office of alumni can help to guide a job seeker in writing a resume that will stand out from the rest and will land him a better paying job in a very competitive market.The Monash alumni has helped countless job seekers with their resumes. The writing skills of job seekers are becoming more important and the job seekers have become aware of the fact that they must write an impressive resume that speaks of their skills and experience. The job seek er must be able to give an idea about himself without unnecessarily bulking up on the information that would leave them with little scope for anything else.The writing skills of job seekers has been considered as a key factor in ensuring that they get the opportunities they deserve. One has to write their resume keeping in mind how they might relate to the company before they go about writing it.The office of alumni will help you find out about the various tools that are used by the executives of the university. The alumni will offer you with the contacts of the executive that can help you with your need.The alumni will help you in creating a strong network to contact the executive and this is crucial in making sure that the executive gets in touch with you and if possible gives you the recognition you deserve. The decision to hire someone can be made by the executive or the dean who will find the best candidates for a job that would make the school proud.You can hire the services o f the office of alumni at a nominal cost and then sit back and relax while the alumni takes care of all the details you would need to write a successful resume. The job seeker will feel that he has hired the services of a professional when he thinks of hiring the services of the Monash alumni.The Monash alumni offers free service to those who want to make sure that they get the best possible position in a company. There is nothing wrong in asking for free services and this will ensure that you do not waste your time with the mistakes that other job seekers have made in the past.

Transfer Your Skills

Transfer Your Skills Frustrated that there arent more jobs out there for you?   Are you not sure you want to do the same job anymore?   Well, perhaps it is time to transfer your skills to a new occupation or industyr. Let me add beyond transferable skills, youve performed transferable functions. Functions within your last jobs will transfer to many other jobs if you look at what skills the functions required. There are many ways to assess your transferrable skills.   None are easy.   Assessment usually requires digging below the surface.   You could do a pen and paper assessment or an online assessment. Dig deep.   At the core, there are things you enjoy doing more than others. Enjoying something will most likely make it a better choice.   Find the root of your motivation. Because I am no-nonsense kind, my recommendation is to use the O-Net Interest Profiler assessment.   It isnt very long and it is a good starting place.   Oh, and it is free. The results of your assessment will help you uncover occupations that use the skills you like using most! Use Skills Search to start your exploration.   This will be a high level overview of skills.   I would recommend you only select those you truly enjoy right now.   You could go back and enter all skills you can perform next if you choose. Here is what the skills listing looks like: Next, you will be provided with a listing of occupations that require the use of these skills.   You will most likely see some that are similar to what you have done or been doing. If you click on any of these occupations you will see job responsibilities as well as other requirements of the job. Read carefully.   There are clues in here. You will also see at the very bottom a listing of similar occupations.   You can learn more about those occupations by clicking on the title. I hope this is somewhat helpful.   The more you use this tool, the more user-friendly it becomes.

Arbejdsglaede tip Do a Random Act Of Workplace Kindness - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Arbejdsglaede tip Do a Random Act Of Workplace Kindness - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Your mission today is to perform at least one random act of kindness at work. A small, nice, generous, funny, surprising, silly, amazing, touching and/or kind act for someone else at work. If you?re stuck for ideas, here are a few suggestions: Bring someone a cup of coffee, without them asking Leave a flower on someone?s desk Leave a nice, hand-written note for a co-worker Help someone carry their stuff Pass out candy in the hallways Do you have more suggestions? Write a comment! For bonus points, do a random act of kindness to total stranger on the way home from work. Have you done this? How was it? What happened? How was it received? Tell us all about it in a comment were curious, dammit :o) Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related