Use Social Media in Job Search Series — #3 Are you committing fatal errors with LinkedIn? LinkedIn has the least amount of interaction compared to Twitter or Facebook, but there are multiple ways of making it more interactive than it initially appears. Fatal Error #1: Don’t fill out your profile LinkedIn’s profile has integrated sections…
Monthly Archives: October 2009
What's Worth the Investment?
I was just reviewing my checkbook online and saw the six month fee for Hostgator who hosts Designresumes.com and wausauwhitewater.org. It reminded me what a good investment the hosting move was. Previously, both sites were hosted by someone down in Texas who was very cost-effective – he often forgot to bill at all and a year…
LinkedIn Q&A
Photo by nan palmero Social Media in Job Search #2 Do you feel like your experience with LinkedIn is fruitless? Question: I don’t seem to be getting anywhere with LinkedIn. What should I do? Answers: Is your profile complete? Here’s my LinkedIn Profile Look it over. If yours has only your job history and no details,…
How Does Social Media fit in YOUR JobSearch?
Social Media in Job Search #1 To me, it seems everyone is talking about social media so other than an occasional LinkedIn article, like My Journey with LinkedIn or the post, LinkedIn or LinkedOut?, I have blogged about other aspects of job search. A friend from Facebook said, yes, everyone is talking but that doesn’t…
Oops – Manage Photo Credits Better!
Oops! Sometimes the many hats I wear get tangled and I forget critical issues. This morning, I was working with Lori Woldt, a friend that I have known for many years. She had been wanting to update her LinkedIn profile and knew that I offer that service to my Design Resumes clients. She is a…
What Makes You Happy?
I was talking to a friend of mine on the phone and told him that I’ve been blogging again and I already knew he had been reading them. I was telling him that I was getting traffic and wondering if he was going to tell me I was wasting time. But his comment surprised me…
When is it a Scam?
Back in April, my husband who never gets calls from unknown people on his cell phone fielded a call from Consumer Direct Warranty Services selling a warranty product from Vehicle Services, Inc. that cost us $495 and could have ended up costing much more. The caller told him his warranty was ending soon and to…
Not a Numbers Person
In this day of social media overflowing into almost every aspect of our lives, many are drawn to it because of numbers. Now don’t get me wrong, I love some numbers. For me, with blog posts, numbers are something I watch. I do check my stats and even cheer them on. But what it means…
Are you playing “The Blame Game?”
I do it. Other people I know do it. You probably do it. We play the blame game. It’s an easy out and has complicated side effects. At points, I blame others and more often, I blame me. Neither of these are productive. A young man I know well has chosen to make this the…
Two Powerful Job Search Words – Thank You!
When I hear of people successfully getting interviews but not getting offers, my first question is, “Did you send a thank you?” I coach my clients to send thank yous when we are discussing interview strategies but I know that even I am lax on writing thank you notes. We get busy and forget how…
