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Favorite 2010 Career Posts and Tweets

Follow the hash tag #Favorite2010 during the month of December

As we close this year of 2010, I wanted to bring you, the leading careerist of 2011, some of best that I have come across via my involvement in social media and career related networking.

There were too many great articles, tweets, and blog post to list here, and I am sure that I have missed some. So, I need your help. If you are a career professional and believe your favorite tweet, blog post, or article can help others, please feel free to include it in your post comment.

 

Job seekers/careerist if you have found information that you believe is helpful to others, please post it as well. Here are a few Favorite from some of my closest Twitter and FB (Facebook) colleagues who contribute their wisdom every day to help you have a successful job hunt.

 

 

 

Career Pros You Must Follow on Twitter: 

Career Pros On Twitter

 

 

 

Blog Posts:

Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter

What Would Hemingway Do? | Career Trend http://goo.gl/vXMj3  by @valueintowords

 

Dawn Bugni
There is no such thing as “Just” http://bit.ly/fRmeEh  by @DawnBugni

 

August Cohen 
Resolution for the new year http://goo.gl/CUKTs  by @resume_writer  

Kris Plantrich
ResumeWonders' Blog » Networking and My Gardens http://goo.gl/17LiS  by @KrisPlantrich

 
Cindy Kraft
CPA CFO vs. Non-CPA CFO | CFO Coach http://goo.gl/ZhJUl  by @CFOCoach

Gayle Howard
When advice can be too much: The Great #Resume Truth http://bit.ly/bJ5lpU by @GayleHoward

Ilona Vanderwoude
Are You a “Jack-of-all-trades, Master of none?” by @CareerBranches http://goo.gl/xloxy

 

Erin Kennedy
What do the Olympics have to do with your JOBSEARCH? http://bit.ly/aJpO4j by @ErinKennedyCPRW

  

Phyllis Mufson
The Boomer #JobSearch Advantage http://bit.ly/6u69hX by @phyllismufson via @JobHuntOrg

 

Tim Tyrell-Smith
10 Ways To Penetrate Your Target Companies http://t.co/y7lDqmg by @TimsStrategy

Miriam Salpeter
5 ways to market your skills across industries when no one is hiring by @Keppie_Careers http://goo.gl/oj1mj

 

Harry Urschel
The job application process… and how to break through! http://goo.gl/4RWqR by @eExecutives

 

Career Sherpa
RT @careersherpa: Interviewing is an exchange of information! http://bit.ly/cL9GO4

 

Susan Ireland
Susan Ireland's Job Lounge: What Makes an Executive Resume Different From Professional Resumes? http://bit.ly/9wLSm0

Julie Walraven
8+ tips to improve your online applications  http://bit.ly/dsRoXQ by @juliewalraven:

 

 

 

 

 

Favorite Tweets

Susan Whitcomb
RT @SusanWhitcomb #JobSearch Tip: When using an online assessment, pay close attention to areas with low scores as well as high scores.

Darryl Dioso
RT @DarrylRMSG Sometimes it's best not 2 use acronyms: Letter rec'vd: "Cold call & introduce clients to SH IT solutions".

PRT @DarrylRMSG Proof ur #resume and proof again. Today's unfortunate error - "Resume for the perfext candidate"

 

Daisy Wright
Don’t Quit: The more No’s you get the closer you are to Yes! Hang in there and never give up. RT @careertips2go

RT @CareerTips2Go Your #resume is a fluid document...it must constantly be adapted to fit the job requirements. Another #fave2010

Maureen MCCann
@mypromotion #jobseekers: DEFINE what u need to be successful in your #jobsearch, then ask yourself “who do I know” who can help?

RT @mypromotion You are an awesome employee / manager / entrepreneur, right? Besides you, who else knows about this? #FAVE2010

Martin Buckland
RT @MartinBuckland: Don't embellish in a resume, just make yourself look super sexy!

Jackie Yun
RT @JackieYunTweets: #Focus RT @WalkingWil Do u have too many things going on in ur life to pay much attention to any one of them?

RT @JackieYunTweets: RT @joannapaterson: Making Time to Be Conscious of Treasure http://fb.me/DlpLHMuw

For more fantastic career and job search tweets please follow the hash tag on Twitter #FAVE2010 and/or see below:

Are You Boring Recruiters?

 

 

Does your resume resemble a checklist, to-do list, a laundry list? Have you desperately tried to convince your prospective employers of your qualifications by including everything but the kitchen sink on your resume? Well, please don’t. Believe me, HR knows what a job description is; they have seen thousands of resumes. While the HR/hiring authority’s goal is to screen resumes and identify qualified candidates, the person doing the screening, well, is a person—and no one enjoys being 'bored to death', especially not by sifting through long-winded resumes that regurgitate all-too-familiar job descriptions. Here is a little secret: Many HR Managers actually write job descriptions. So, you are not doing them (or yourself) any favors by including a sea of bullets with your daily job accountabilities. Understand that your resume’s job is not to give away every little detail of what your job entailed. Instead, your resume’s job is…

to list your employment, so they know you have experience;
include job titles, so they know you have done the job before;
include dates, so they gauge your loyalty and employable record;
and, include education, certifications, and professional development, so they verify your credentials.

The rest of the resume is marketing, so you outdistance other job seekers. How do you outdistance other job seekers? With differentiating, interesting, and attention capturing copy that gets into the mind of the hiring authority and motivates them to ‘buy’ what you are selling.

So, before you decide to use your resume to tell HR Managers what an Operations Manager does, what a Creative Director is supposed to do, what Sales Managers are in charge of…opt to instead capture attention by telling them (concisely) how well you did it, a story of what challenges you faced, how you creatively overcame them, and paint a picture of the bottom-line your efforts produced. Now, that will ensure you are memorable, entertaining, and worth an invitation into the office for a personal interview.

 

Here is a checklist (how on topic) to help you determine if you have said way too much and if the “HR Lady” is snoring on the other end.

1. Is your summary longer than five to six sentences? Keep things concise and employer-focused. It helps to write this section last.

2. Have you included more than say 2 to 3 soft skills(personal traits) in your Professional Summary. Soft skills are usually adjectives and while they add energize your writing, too many of these also weaken your candidacy. On the flip side, substantiated and concrete skills (hard skills), strengthen your candidacy.

3. Is it difficult to identify your hard skills (technical skills, experience listed through the use of industry jargon such as staff management, operations improvement, sales cycle). These should be clearly identified.

4. Does your employment history resemble a job ad. Have you just defined what your job title means by recounting the reason you were hired. Don’t do this. Instead, focus on how you performed in this role, how you owned the role, and tell a story of the magnitude of obstacles you faced.

5. Do you have more than say six bullets under each job description? Remember that accomplishments are to be bulleted. While you may have more than a few accomplishments under each role, a skilled copywriter (resume writer) can combine similar triumphs, identify which are worth mentioning, and ‘umbrella’ some. There are a myriad of ways to convey your milestones without having to list 20 bullets under each job title.

6. Have you left them with questions? You must, but be very careful. You must say enough not to sound vague but conceal enough to ignite interest and plant a need for them to know more about you.