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Want to know the Org charts for your favorite companies? Now you can!

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TheOfficialBoard Launches With Wiki Org Charts For 20,000 Companies

We’re all getting used to the idea that our personal information information is now public to the extent that we share it on social networks and elsewhere on the Web. Corporate data about people’s roles and functions within different organizations is similarly becoming increasingly public. All you need to do is search on LinkedIn to get a person’s entire work history or Jigsaw to find their direct contact information. Now you can add TheOfficialBoard, a contact database which goes one step further. It shows the organization charts for 20,000 of the largest companies, so you can not only look up an executive like Mark Zuckerberg but also see who reports to him or her.

Org charts are not always the most reliable indicator of power within a company, but they do serve as a handy way to visualize the power relationships within specific corporate networks. At launch, TheOfficialBoard is hit or miss in terms of its comprehensiveness and accuracy. (See Google. Where is Marissa Mayer? Does Joshua Schachter really report directly to Eric Schmidt? Update: he doesn’t). But it will get better over time. Like Jigsaw, it relies on its members to fill out the data about each company. And most of the detailed information is obscured unless you either add three contacts, or you can pay $100 a year for premium access. Both contact data or cash can be traded in for virtual currency, which then can be used to access the data. This data exchange model is also similar to Jigsaw’s, over which Michael once had a hissy fit.

But TheOfficialBoard takes pains to ensure the accuracy of its data beyond simply relying on the contributions of its members. Every e-mail is kept private. Members can only contact the executive through TheOfficialBoard, much in the same way LinkedIn works. Furthermore, it checks every executive e-mail address that is entered into the system and encourages the named executives at each company to verify the information. (The “contact an executive” feature has not yet been activated, the company is waiting until it has amassed tens of thousands of verified emails). Currently, there are 200,000 executives in the system across 80 counties. The service also offers alerts by company or individual executive. The alerts are sent out whenever there is a change in job positions.

TheOfficialBoard is based in France. It was founded by Thomas Lot, the former general manager of Apple France and VP Europe of Amazon. The site was launched with $150,000 in seed capital.

Update: It turns out Forbes.com also has an Org Chart Wiki, which I am told was something Roger McNamee pushed for after Elevation Partners took a stake in Forbes Media. To be honest, it looks like a half-hearted effort and is hard on the eyes. The challenge for all of these services is getting people with the correct information to give it up. For too many people, the incentive simply isn’t there.

Transitioning blog

Hey everyone!  Just want to give a heads up that I'll be transitioning my blog to another platform in the next couple of weeks.  I'm sorry I haven't been as active as of late, but work has been incredibly busy and I can't get to my blog as often as I like.

I'll let you know the redirect, but wanted to give a heads up to everyone with enough noticed!

Take the test to see how you fare in social media?

Great article in mashable today about how to be effective using social media to your advantage.  Take a look and see how you would fare....

 

Do You Pass the Social Media Recruitment Test?

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 09:38 AM PDT

Boris Epstein is the CEO and Founder of BINC, a Professional Search Firm that specializes in the Software Marketplace. Boris shares his thoughts about the recruitment industry, job hunting and career advice at AskBinc.com.

With the emergence of social media sites like LinkedInLinkedIn reviews, FacebookFacebook reviews, and TwitterTwitter reviews, and their user bases growing by the millions, one would think that a headhunter’s job just got much easier. I mean let’s face it; nowadays we can find anybody whether it’s on one of these social networking sites, on a blog, discussion board, alumni list or via true and tried headhunting techniques.

But it’s not that simple. In the golden days of recruiting we would hunt for days to find a candidate with a degree from a top university who worked for a top notch company who of course was considered priceless and absolutely worth contacting. Today however, we run a simple search on LinkedIn and find hundreds that match that exact profile. Or we run a quick search on Twitter for anybody discussing a specific keyword and we now have hundreds more to contact. But with only a set number of hours in a day, we just don’t have the bandwidth to contact everybody.

The problem of today completely flipped from the one of yesterday where we went from candidate scarcity and limited information to an overabundance of candidates and even more information available on each one.

So in today’s world of information overload where talent is literally available by the truckloads, I thought it would be relevant to write a post about how we evaluate a candidate’s social media footprint to determine (when all else is equal) which candidates we would contact and which ones get left by the wayside. I posed the following question to make it simple:

If all else were equal, like education, work history and general skill set, and I had to evaluate the social media footprints of two candidates to determine which one of them I would contact, which one would I contact and why? In my experience, I would contact the one who:

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On LinkedIn

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1. Has genuine recommendations from peers, managers and colleagues
2. Has the more complete profile
3. Is a member of more groups pertaining to their respective field
4. Has a picture
5. Lists interests, hobbies and other information related to their life outside of work
6. Participates and highlights their involvement in non-paid projects related to their field (open-source, community, volunteer, conference)
7. Updates their status more often
8. Asks and answers more questions
9. Links to their employer, blog and other projects of interest
10. Has the larger network

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On their blog

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1. Has interesting things to say about their respective profession and industry
2. Provides glimpses into their life outside of work – family, friends, hobbies, etc.
3. Does not bad-mouth their current or previous employer
4. Provides links to their other social networking profiles
5. Includes a link to their current resume
6. Updates with new posts regularly
7. Keeps it non-controversial – minimal discussion of sex, politics, religion and other such controversial topics.
8. Is more genuine and honest
9. Has a blogroll with link to other interesting blogs

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On Facebook

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1. Respects the overlap between their personal and professional lives
2. Updates often
3. Posts pictures of friends and family but keeps them pg-13
4. Keeps it non-controversial – doesn’t take extreme positions on sex, drugs, religion, politics or other topics that could cause an employer to be wary of hiring
5. Is a member of groups relevant to their profession

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On Twitter

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1. Tweets often (between 2-10 times per day is considered reasonable)
2. Has a healthy followers/following ratio
3. Has the biggest network
4. Keeps a healthy balance between personal and professional tweets
5. Doesn’t just update, but also responds to others and generally seems to get Twitter

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When Googled

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1. Does not lead to something controversial like arrests
2. Leads to profession-related discussions and commentary on other social media sites
3. Leads me to their online blog, webpage or social media profiles
4. Doesn’t come up blank

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Why it matters

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Now you might be asking yourself, if somebody has the skills that an employer requires, why are all of the above criteria important? The short answer is that nowadays employers rarely hire just skills and are looking for much more of a complete package - skills plus a well-rounded individual that fits well with their team and company. And a person’s social media footprint gives employers (and others) the best insight into your passions, interests, communication styles, work habits, work/life balance and all sorts of other valuable information.

Simply put, it helps an employer get to know you and get comfortable with you before a single word has even been exchanged. So think about it, if you had the choice to consider a cold bland resume or an actual person with common interests, passions and work/life style, wouldn’t the choice be obvious?

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New to social media?

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But what happens if you’re new to the world of Social Media and aren’t quite at the same pace as some of the veterans out there. Not to worry, just follow a few easy steps and you’ll be right into the thick of the game in absolutely no time.

1. Start ASAP!
2. Create fully completed LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter profiles.
3. Shed your preconceived notions of keeping your work and home life separate. Companies want people, not resumes. Start portraying yourself as the well-rounded individual that you are.
4. Use social media to its fullest – update often, connect with others and stay active.
5. Don’t stop ever (even if you’re happily employed and aren’t looking for new work). Establishing and maintaining a social media footprint is not an act, it’s a process. Just like your career evolves, so should your Social Media Footprint.

Boris Epstein is the CEO and Founder of BINC, a Professional Search Firm that specializes in the Software Marketplace. As a professional recruiter Boris shares his thoughts about the recruitment industry, job hunting and career advice at AskBinc.com.

Leveraging Socia Media for Career Success

Great link from Mashable!

Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 09), and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog.

Social media tools are becoming mandatory for career success. They are free advertising and give you the ability to connect directly with hiring managers, entrepreneurs and recruiters, instead of applying for jobs through job boards, which are black holes.  Your digital assets — blog, podcast, and social networking profiles — are your online identity and how people discover and connect with you.  You have the ability to leverage one or all of these social media tools in order to present a positive image and be recruited for a position that aligns with your passion. 

In this post, you’ll learn how to conduct a situational analysis, figure out exactly what your personal brand is, select the best social media tools to connect with your audience, build your online empire and finally, market your brand for career success.  In light of the launch of my new book, Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, we’re also giving away free copies (details at the bottom of this post).

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1.  Conduct a situational analysis

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You can’t leverage social media for career success unless you know where you stand today.  This includes taking a good look at your life, what your current responsibilities are, the amount of resources you currently have and your career position.  For instance, if you have two children and a full-time job (two children is probably another full-time job), you won’t be able to spend ten hours a day building a community using social media tools.  If you’re twenty years old and your parents are wealthy, then you will have more time to invest in your online brand and you may have extra cash to help market yourself. Also, you may have a strong or a weak professional network, which can either support your brand or hinder it moving forward.

When it comes to your career, you need to decide if you’re looking to go to graduate school, start a company, or get a full-time job at a company and climb that corporate ladder.  These decisions will impact how you use tools to communicate what you do, who you serve, and how you want to be positioned relative to everyone else, along with your goals and mission.

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2.  Unearth your personal brand

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Since social media tools require multimedia and written components for profiles, you’ll need to figure out your personal brand before you start building your profiles.  Start by assessing what your strengths are, what you’re passionate about and then ask your network for feedback.  Figure out how people describe you already and how you want people to perceive you in the future.  During this time, you’ll want to stay true to yourself, remain authentic and be completely transparent because that is how people are going to relate to you.

Decide on your personal brand statement, a single picture/avatar to best represent you and fill out the typical profile fields that you will find on the majority of social networks (i.e. a summary, work experience, personal interests, etc).  Your personal brand statement isn’t a job title, like financial analyst or marketing manager.  Instead it tells the world two things:  what you do and who you serve.  After you’ve written all of this information down, you’re prepared to select the best social media tools for your branding strategy.

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3.  Select the right tools

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Social media tools should be selected along the lines of three sets of criteria.  First, the volume of the social network is an important qualification because you want to market yourself where a lot of people are already searching for people that have your expertise.  Plus, social networks like FacebookFacebook reviews, LinkedInLinkedIn reviews, TwitterTwitter reviews, FriendFeedFriendFeed reviews, YouTubeYouTube reviews, FlickrFlickr reviews, DeliciousDelicious reviews and DiggDigg reviews have millions of users that can share your resume, profile, blog entries and more.  This allows your brand to go viral and that exposure can help you land a job without applying.  Second, the credibility of social networks helps you consider only the tools that have successful individuals you’d want to network with to help your career. For instance, LinkedIn is known to have many executives on it, including Bill Gates. 

Finally, the relevancy of the social network, as it ties in to your career and industry, can void the other two requirements.  There are social networks for doctors (Medical Mingle), real estate agents (Active Rain), and many more.  You’ll want to join these because you’ll meet people just like you.  Ning contains social networks for almost every vertical as well.

Aside from social networks, I highly encourage you to have your own personal digital asset.  This could be either a blog or a traditional website registered under your name or the topic you want to own (with keywords). For blogging, use either Wordpress.com/.org, Bloggerblogger reviews, TypepadTypePad reviews or TumblrTumblr reviews.  For traditional websites, use a host such as Bluehost, Godaddy, or a free host like Bravenet.

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4.  Build your online empire

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Now that you have all the tools in place and have filled out all your social networking profiles, it’s time to start building your online empire. This means you have to start generating a lot of content, either written, audio, video or all three. It also requires you to become a resource and a valuable contributor to your community. 

You’ll have to constantly share interesting articles that you create or that you find on your topic and distribute them throughout all of your networks (the ones that you chose in step 4).  The process for building your empire includes creating interesting and relevant content and publishing it, over and over again.  To do this, you need to be committed, confident and passionate about what you do or you’ll end up giving up.

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5.  Market your brand

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Marketing your brand for career success is the hardest part of the process.  Most bloggers don’t even bother marketing their blogs.  They believe that creating content markets itself, which is completely false and the reason why they have yet to reach a high level of success.  Just having social networking profiles isn’t enough.  You need to invest ten times as many hours in your marketing campaign as you do actually creating content.

There are many routes you can take to market your brand, such as being a member of a special interest group, becoming a leader in that group and speaking to organizations. Then there’s commenting on blogs in your industry, guest posting on other sites and interviewing bloggers. You can pitch bloggers and traditional journalists so that you can be a part of their stories and you can join forums, Facebook fan pages and groups to meet other people that may want your services.  Regardless of the way you get your name out there, ensure it’s consistent with your brand.

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6.  Monitor your reputation

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Whether you choose to use free or fee-based reputation monitoring tools, you need to keep your pulse on what people are saying about you all the time.  The mandatory tools you need to use are search.twitter.com and google.com/alerts because you’ll be able to catch microposts (Twitter) and macroposts (blogs/news articles) citing your name. 

You want to have a fast reaction time so that you can locate Tweets or blog posts that you can leverage as endorsements or find negative messages that you can prevent from spreading.  Think about monitoring your reputation as an opportunity to learn more about how you’re projecting your brand to the world and take some of it as feedback to help you in your future career development.

Need to find a job using your IPhone...now you have 10 options...

I found this in Mashable today and thought it was just wonderful....but you have to have an IPhone...LOL!  Good luck!

10 iPhone Apps to Manage Your Job Search on the Go

Posted: 26 Mar 2009 03:52 PM PDT

Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 09), and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog.

These days, the job search is happening 24/7, and it’s important to arm yourself with tools that can help provide you with an advantage. You can create a social media resume, connect with recruiters on Twitter, and if you have an iPhone, there are several useful applications you can use to track job listings and networking opportunities on the go.

Here are ten apps that will help you own your online identity, build a strong database of professional contacts, and locate a job in your area in a flash.

Have another app to recommend? Tell us about it in the comments.

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1. Careerbuilder.com

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The Careerbuilder.com iPhone app was the first of its kind when it came out last year and is still quite popular because of its brand name and built-in geolocation technology. It’s a free application that enables you to search for a new job from wherever you are, and has the full functionality of the Careerbuilder.com website.

The application automatically determines which city you’re currently in and allows you to find a job using a keyword search. This is really useful if you’re currently employed and don’t want to make it obvious that you’re searching for another job. You can also read job descriptions and salaries, save jobs to a list of favorites, and email job links.

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2. Job Compass

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Job Compass uses the iPhone’s locator feature to hone in on your position on a map and then gives you the ability to search for a job within a 5 to 100 mile radius. This application will help you find out what jobs are available around you at lightning speed, and once you find a job, you can read about it, call the hiring manager up, and send yourself an email with a link to the job description and apply for the job right from the iPhone. Job Compass used to be a paid application and is now free.

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3.Now Hiring

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Now Hiring, an application that costs 99 cents, is great for anyone looking for a new job or complete career change. With Now Hiring, you can save your job searches, email search results to yourself or others, filter searches by miles, date, relevance, full/part-time, contract, internship or temporary and search by city, state, province, zip code, or postcode. Searches are available in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Spain and India. The app retrieves only the latest jobs that are open, so you’re up-to-date and not applying for jobs that aren’t available anymore.

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4. Job Finder

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Job Finder aggregates jobs from multiple job sites, instead of you having to visit them all individually. All you have to do is specify the locations that you’re interested in and your other preferences and this application will remember them and use them whenever you open it in the future.

The application uses RSS to gather information and aggregate it from job sources such as SimplyHired, StarTribune.com’s jobs, Hireability.com and others. Job Finder organizes jobs into 73 categories, including Accounting, Advertising, Government/Military, Insurance, IT, Law Enforcement/Security, Transport/Logistics, etc. The app costs 99 cents.

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5. Craigster

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Craigster, the iPhone application for Craigslist, is a great place to search for jobs in your respective area. At 99 cents, you’re able to search all cities on Craigslist. You can search or browse through thousands of classifieds, bookmark your favorite searches, email listing to friends and call numbers directly from listings. Also, you can view locations with direct address links to Maps, post your own classifieds with pictures taken from your iPhone and save drafts of your posts that you can finish up later.

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6. LinkedIn

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Soon after Facebook announced their iPhone application, LinkedIn released their own. You can set your status update, browse through your LinkedIn connections and search for jobs. There is also an address book integration utility and the ability for you to save your search history and results. Just like on LinkedIn.com, you can search profiles, which include avatars and bios, and connect with professionals or friends. You can invite people to LinkedIn and receive network updates wherever you go. Downloading the LinkedIn application is free.

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7. iJobs

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For 99 cents, iJobs delivers millions of job listings to your iPhone. There is a keyword search that allows for searching against a word in a title, description, salary and more. In addition, there is an auto detect on your location, a zip code search and a feature that automatically saves your last search. Similar to the other applications, you can add jobs to your list of favorites and filter the results by category, company, title, industry and employee type.

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8. ABContacts

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While LinkedIn is great for searching for a job and building a network, ABContacts is focused on managing your contacts and organizing them into groups. For $3.99 (you can try a free, lite version here), you can create dynamic groups based on rules. There are five different types of rules and they work on first name, last name, company, notes, job title, department and so on. Rules can be combined into even greater filters and Microsoft Outlook users can create these groups on the iPhone as well. You can show upcoming birthdays, events, unfiled contacts and more. There is an option to display contact pictures as well.

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9. BeamME

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BeamME is a free and universal business card exchange application on the iPhone. It allows you to send your personal or business card from your iPhone to any mobile device or computer, including BlackBerry devices and Macs. Your new contact can add your information to their address book through an optimized vCard. You also get complete tracking information on everyone you’ve met through rmbrme.com, which is an added bonus. There is a free and pro version ($7.99) of BeamME available right now. Instead of wasting paper printing business cards, this is another viable and innovative solution for you.

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10. Domain App

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A job search isn’t complete without a reactionary method, where you setup your domain name and hiring managers discover you through Google. Everyone should have their own domain name because it ranks highly in search and because it allows you to advertise your brand for a minimal cost. Domain App is an iPhone application that lets you search and register domain names from the convenience of your phone, providing you with access to a whopping 80 domain name extensions.

Aside from searching for domain availability, there is instant domain registration, the ability to bookmark your search results and Whois information. This app is free.

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More job resources from Mashable:

Good sites for resume building

Another great article from mashable.com about resume building. Click here to learn more.

Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 09), and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog.

Creating the perfect resume is not easy. Luckily, there are a number of online resources dedicated to helping you create outstanding traditional and social media resumes. Here are 10 great social sites with unique features that let you create your own resume-like profile, edit your resume online, get it reviewed by experts, print it, share it on social networks, and much more. 

Remember, building a strong profile can help serve as a great marketing tool to help you get the job you’re looking for.

Have another resume building site to recommend? Tell us about it in the comments.

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1.  Razume

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Razume is a service that enables job seekers to complete their resumes and polish them up with feedback from reviewers in the community.  The resume you create using this service is exactly like traditional resumes you may have created in the past, but this service allows you to improve your resume so you’re more likely to better your chances at landing your next job. Users are able to search for jobs on Razume and will soon be able to apply for them through the site itself.

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2.  LinkedIn

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LinkedIn seems to be on all of my job lists and for good reason.  LinkedIn is a combination of a resume, cover letter, reference document and a moving database of your contacts. The resume portion is quite standard, with fields asking for your education and work experience.  The cover letter piece is the summary you get to have at the beginning, where you can position yourself for a particular job, based on your qualifications, awards and an explanation of what type of job you’re looking for. 

As you accelerate in your career, your network can easily observe your change in jobs or positions.  You can also update your status bar, just like in Facebook or on Twitter, with the type of job you’re looking for.  Your LinkedIn “resume” will be perceived as noteworthy when you fill it out completely, acquire endorsements for your work, join groups related to your interests, and add applications (such as your blog).

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3.  VisualCV

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VisualCV is a website that provides users with a virtual resume, as well as a database of job openings and networking opportunities.  Whether you’re a job seeker, entrepreneur, consultant, student or manager, VisualCV lets you display all of your credentials in an easy to read format, with multimedia integration.  For example, you can upload or embed a video resume or a podcast of you being interviewed. 

The latest capabilities that they offer allow job seekers to integrate their resume with social media sites, such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, to share their qualifications with friends and colleagues.  When you update your resume, it can be shared through websites such as Digg and StumbleUpon.  Your resume, or VisualCV, can combine other elements, such as images, charts, awards and recommendations, in addition to traditional resume fields such as “work experience.”

Disclosure: VisualCV sponsors my blog and magazine.

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4.  Emurse

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Emurse allows you to create, share and store your resume for free online.  Their resume builder is job seeker friendly, allowing you to create and maintain a professional resume which can be downloaded in any format, such as PDF.  Just like LinkedIn, your resume can have a unique URL linked to your name and the ability to view employers who have seen your resume in the past. 

You also get statistics and graphs to aid in resume distribution. In addition, Emurse lets you keep track of your contacts, invite contacts and always access their latest information, similar to LinkedIn.  Just like Google does with AdSense, you get job postings in your local area that are relevant to your resume.  There is also a job search area and organizer, similar to Monster.com’s, where you can keep track of the resumes you submit over time.

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5.  Xing

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Xing is a social network with over 7 million business professionals globally, and is read in 16 languages.  Aside from being able to create a profile, the networking part of this site is what shines.  There are over 22,000 groups and networking events from London to Beijing advertised. 

Xing offers many of the same services as LinkedIn, and like LinkedIn, can serve as your online resume and cover letter. The standard service lets you create a professional profile page, search for people by name and industry, and join groups and events.  When you login, you’ll see jobs that might interest you, new members, visitors to your profile and much more.

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6.  ResumeBucket

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ResumeBucket is a service that enables you to post a resume quickly online.  The site provides you with a unique URL for your resume and enables you to promote your resume on your website or blog with embeddable ResumeBucket badges. In addition, resumes are shareable via popular social bookmarking and social networking sites.

If you’re currently employed and would like to keep your resume private, you can. ResumeBucket also provides you with sample resumes and cover letters as best practices to help you when you build your own.  And if you need assistance, they have a resume writing service where their professional writers can help you along the way.

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7.  ResumeSocial

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ResumeSocial is a social resume community, where you can post your resume online and get feedback, just like Razume.  Registered users can build a resume through feedback and comments from other users who have similar job experience.  You can also be a resume expert and become a valuable member of the community by providing others with resume assistance. 

There is also an area for sharing cover letters and follow-up letters, which are very important as well.  When someone finds your resume on this site, they can print it, quote it, favorite it and email it to other people.  There is also a job search area, a blog and a career area, which gives you advice for putting resumes together.

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8.  Gigtide

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Gigtide is a website that lets you create, publish, manage and track your resumes, contacts and cover letters online.  You can store unlimited resumes, contacts and cover letters and there are professional resume templates to help you.  You also have the option of creating a social media resume, which includes images, video, direct links and sharing functionality. Another interesting feature is a direct employer contact form, where employers can contact you directly through your resume.

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9.  Howtowritearesume

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Howtowritearesume gives you an easy way to build a professional resume, without being an expert.  You get their phrase builder technology, which helps you build compelling headlines, qualifications, achievement statement and more.  Then there is “one-click formatting,” which automatically reformats your resume and makes it easy to choose the best layout.  Your resume is stored online and is accessible by potential employers.  The templates are all predefined, so filling in the blanks is really easy.  You can change the font and margins and preview the changes instantly before printing or saving it.

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10. Ziggs

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Ziggs is designed to help you market yourself and manage your personal brand on the web. The service lets you create a profile and manage your online identity, and alerts you each time a recruiter views your profile and resume. You can discuss topics, ask people for advice or referrals, and search for jobs.

Try Path 101 Alpha for your job search...

Interesting new article regarding a new site for you job search!  This came from Mashable.com

In times of economic turmoil many of us are finding ourselves unemployed or stuck in dead-end jobs for fear of not being able to find a better one. Sure you could try to find a job on Twitter, or reference our career toolbox, but where do you go for direction and career guidance?

Path 101, a new alpha site released to the public yesterday, is hoping to be the guidance resource for your career indecision. They’ve crawled millions of resumes across public Web pages to build a database of information on what people typically do with various work histories, skills, and educational backgrounds.

With Path 101 users can do three things: take a personality quiz for insight on appropriate industries, get detailed analytics on the state of their resume, and ask and answer career-related questions anonymously.

Most importantly, Path 101’s resume analyzer can process documents, public LinkedIn profiles, and other online resumes, which means you have a myriad of options to leverage the site’s database of information. When all is said and done, you can get a telling view, complete with graphs and data, of how you compare to other people with the same background.

Path 101 also integrates with FacebookFacebook reviews and TwitterTwitter reviews, so should you want to share your results with friends you can do so with just a few clicks.

The Path 101 blog post on the launch explains part of the vision behind the site: “We believe that it’s not that people don’t know what they want to do with their careers–they just don’t know what’s out there to do.  By crawling the web for resumes and analyzing that data in our Resume Genome Project, we’re learning more and more about what real career paths actually look like and figuring out how best to expose that data.”

We’re impressed with Path 101’s approach to career guidance, enjoy the privacy options for worry-free question posing, and think that it’s certainly a helpful resource for those who need a push a better direction.

Have you ever thought of using twitter to find a job? Now you can!

Great and interesting article from Techcrunch.com today.

Two New Ways To Find A Job: Auction Yourself Off At JobaPhile Or Do A TwitterJobSearch

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 09:25 AM PDT

In this economy, looking for a decent job is no easy task. If you find yourself on the hunt, you have to try every avenue possible. Two new job search options came across my inbox this morning. The first one is Jobaphiles, which bills itself as the “eBay of jobs.” Started by some college students in Boston, now it is trying to expand nationwide. The site is really geared towards students looking for jobs, but could be applied to freelance work or any job that pays by the hour.

Employers list jobs along with hourly pay, and job seekers then bid on those jobs. Whoever is willing to do the job for the lowest pay is most likely to get it, although employers can take into account experience as well. The site seems a bit cruel in the current job environment. With unemployment rising, it gives employers even greater leverage over hourly wage earners. But if you are desperate, it could put some cash in your pocket. And when the economic tides turn and available workers once gain grow scarce, this same model will give workers the advantage. The site today, however, needs many more listings to remain a going concern in its own right. The same jobs seem to pop up no matter what you search for. A search for “software engineer” for instance turns up openings for a tutor, clerk position, and summer baby sitter—no thanks.

A much better experience out of the gate is TwitterJobSearch, which just launched into beta today. Developed by UK-based job search engine Workhound, TwitterJobSearch pulls up Tweets that are only job-related and links to the underlying job posting. Most of these seem to link to other job sites such as CareerBuilder or more niche job sites which all seem to be using Twitter to post their latest openings. But with TwitterJobSearch, you search across all of them, and results are ranked by both relevance and by how recently they’ve been posted. A job search for “software engineer” returns 4,838 results, and you can reorder results by geography simply by adding the name of a city to the search.

TwitterJobSearch is competing against Twitter’s own search engine, which does a pretty good job coming up with relevant results. Try a job search for “software engineer” and most of the results seem to be about job openings. TwitterJobSearch also seems to favor results from other members affiliated with job boards and job search engines. Twitter’s own results appear more varied, which I think is more likely to turn up that gem being Tweeted by the head of engineering at a startup. But it is also more likely to turn up false positives—results that have nothing to do with job openings.

That is okay, though. It’s all about the hunt.

How to find a job on Twitter- From Mashable

This is a great link from Mashable on how using new technology is helping people find jobs.  Twitter.  Who would have thunk?

 

HOW TO: Find a Job on Twitter

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 08:31 AM PDT

Sarah Evans is the director of communications at Elgin Community College (ECC) in Elgin, Illinois. She also authors a PR and social media blog and is the founder of #journchat.

Tough economic times call for innovative approaches. An estimated 51 million people internationally are expected to lose their jobs in 2009, and with the unemployment rate on the rise, how does one find career opportunities fast? One great option is Twitter.

Twitter is evolving as another resource, in addition to traditional methods, for both job searching and recruiting.

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Get the most out of your page

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• Make your Twitter presence “employer-friendly”

o Put your job pitch in your Twitter bio (which is 160 characters)
o Use a professional looking avatar
o Tweet about your job search

• Utilize your Twitter background. There’s lots of space you can use to promote yourself. Don’t know how to create a professional-looking Twitter background? Use this free template to design your own.

• Include a link to an online CV or resume in your bio. Use a tool like VisualCV. (For more information on building an online resume, see Dan Schawbel’s post HOW TO: Build the Ultimate Social Media Resume)

• Establish yourself as an expert in your field on Twitter. It’s important to note that you should not misrepresent yourself. If you’re not a medical doctor, don’t play one on Twitter. As those on Twitter become interested in your content, when employers are looking at you, you’ll have more than just your resume to back up your knowledge and experience.

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“It’s about who you know”

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How do you get to know the right people? It’s not always about who you’re looking for, some people on Twitter are actually looking for YOU.

There are many job recruiters who use Twitter to look for potential candidates. Before contacting a recruiter via Twitter, check out:

• Their bio
• Follower/Following ratio (Have they been around a while? Do they follow people back?)
• Click the link to their website
• Ask others in your network whether or not the recruiter is a credible source

Here are a few recruiters representing different professions and industries on Twitter:

Christa Foley a.k.a. @electra - Christa is the recruiting manager and recruiter at Zappos.com. Christa gives followers an inside look into her career at Zappos. She tweets out examples of negative recruiting interactions with potential clients, outreach she does with high school and college students, and ultimately looks for potential Zappos candidates.

Craig Fisher a.k.a. @Fishdogs - Craig is an IT and executive recruiter who co-founded A-List Solutions staffing firm. On Twitter he offers tweets on how to find a job in the web industry, hiring tips and tricks, along with professional career advice.

Jim Durbin a.k.a. @smheadhunter - A social media recruiter, Jim is active on the Twitter scene. His goal is to partner “social media gurus” with the right companies. Jim responds to followers’ questions, offers general recruiting advice and sends out “teaser” tweets for positions he thinks followers might be interested in.

Jennifer McClure a.k.a. @CincyRecruiter - Jennifer is an executive recruiter/coach. She often tweets out specific advice for job seekers, including words not to use on a resume. Jennifer is accessible to her followers and tweets about non-recruiting topics as well.

Laurie DesAutels a.k.a. @biotechjobs - Laurie recruits a specific niche, looking for senior level leaders in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry. Her tweet stream includes links to other job search resources and lots of Twitter information.

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Job search tools & resources

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A reactive job search on Twitter probably isn’t the best way to find a job. There are many new Twitter tools and applications to assist with a proactive job search.

@Microjobs

Started by well-known PR professional, Brian Solis, @Microjobs was developed to bring together job seekers and recruiters through tweets.

How does it work?
Recruiters begin their tweets with @Microjobs, and then submit. The @Microjobs account automatically tweets out requests to its growing network of job seekers.

TweetMyJobs

Another tool born out of Twitter for job seekers and recruiters. Follow the hashtag #Tweetmyjobs and visit the website. This is a very simple (and free) tool for job seekers. You can subscribe to desired job channels and even have new openings automatically sent to your mobile phone. Even better? You can specify which cities you want notifications from.

Job search accounts

There are a variety of Twitter accounts dedicated to providing job listings by field, company, region, and more. Once you’ve decided which best match your job search, consider turning on mobile alerts for these accounts to be among the first to receive messages (if your mobile phone plan includes SMS messages).

By company

@attjobs – Jobs at AT&T
@mtvnetworksjobs - Jobs at MTV
@TRCareers – Jobs from Thomson Reuters

By field

@alldevjobs - Developer jobs
@ArtDirectorJobs – Art director jobs
@cwjobs - Copywriter jobs
@jobsinhiphop – Jobs in Hip-Hop
@journalism_jobs - Jobs in journalism
@juicyjobs – Green jobs
@libgig_jobs - Library Jobs

@mediabistrojobs - Media job listings from mediabistro.com
@medical_jobs - Medical jobs
@media_pros – Jobs for media professionals
@narmsjobs – Retail marketing jobs
@PRSAjobcenter – Jobs in public relations, communications and marketing
@reflectx - Physical Therapy jobs
@seojobs - SEO job listings
@socialmediajob - Jobs in social media

@travelmaxallied - Healthcare jobs
@travelnursejob - Jobs for traveling nurses

@usmusicjobs - US Music Jobs

@web_design_jobs - Web design and other graphics jobs


By job type

@findinternships – Internships and entry level jobs for college students
@freelance_jobs – Freelance jobs
@heatherhuhman – Entry level jobs and internships
@Project4Hire – Freelance and temporary jobs
@jewish_jobs - Jewish job listings

By region

@MyBristolJobs – Job listings from mybristoljobs.co.uk
@chicagowebjobs – Web-related jobs in Chicago
@ChicagoTechJobs – Technology jobs in the greater Chicago area
@ITJobsLondon – IT jobs in London
@ITJobsSydney – IT jobs in Sydney, Australia
@JobsBoston - Jobs in the greater Boston area
@jobshawaii – Jobs in Hawaii
@NewYorkTechJobs – Technology jobs in the greater New York area
@PDXJobs – Jobs in Portland, Oregon
@sdjobs - San Diego technology jobs

@sfmobilejobs – Mobile Web and Digital Media jobs in Silicon Valley
@mtltweetjobs - PR/marketing/social media/tech jobs in Montreal
@TopJobsInLondon - Top jobs in London, UK
@web20jobs - UK-based web 2.0 jobs


General

@JobAngels – Helping the unemployed find jobs
@indeed - One search. All jobs.

@jobshouts – General job postings
@simplyhired - Job search site

@StartUpHire – Jobs at VC backed companies
@twithire - Job board service 


To find additional Twitter job resources, use the Twitter search function and type in keywords important in your job search. For example, “job openings,” “looking for a job,” or “healthcare career.” Additionally, you can search out others in your desired career field on sites like Twellow, Just tweet it, and TwitterTroll.

Your next job could be just a tweet away.

Have more tips, accounts, or stories of your own to add? Tell us about them in the comments.

New jobs - week of March 9

Hey, some new stuff.  Some good ones for those who are just out of school!  Good luck!

From LinkedIn Sports Marketing Newsletter

**Because companies are now finding themselves in need of additional workforce

but are not in a position to hire full-time employees, MiCa Sports has created

“MiCa Freelance,” a new service that offers a solution. An extensive database

enables Mi  Ca Sports to match companies’ needs with individuals who are willing

to work on a freelance basis in a variety of areas, including sponsorship,

program/account management, sales, public relations, events, mobile marketing,

licensing, new media/digital/interactive and more. This service will be offered

to employers at a simple and cost effective rate. Contact michelle@micasports.com

or Caryn Snerson, at 973-618-9979, caryn@micasports.com  for more details on

this great idea for job seekers.

 

**Xonicwave is currently seeking a highly motivated individuals to perform

outside sales.  The Client Development Executive performs a wide array of duties

to establish relationships with potential clients and partners. Qualifications

include 3+ years of experience in outside sales, consistently exceeding quoting,

prior experience working with small and medium sized businesses,prior Experience

is a plus (but not required) selling IT solutions (Hardware, Software, or

Telecomm).  Candidate must have demonstrated ability to generate revenue by

identifying and closing new accounts through interacting with partners, cold

calling, and following up on lead generation.

Check out www.xonicwave.com  and if you are interested send a  your resume to  

jerry@xonicwave.com. 

 

FROM PAINLESS NETWORKING

 

DIR. OF PREMIUM SERVICES AND EVENT MGR. – UNIV OF MINN - MINNEAPOLIS

LINK:  employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=79115  

 

Required Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree and five years of experience working in athletics. Three years experience in supervising full time employees.

 

Preferred Qualifications: Master's Degree and experience in premium seating, gift stewardship, and oversight of fund-raising events.

Excellent verbal communication skills including the ability to work effectively with multiple constituency groups. Attention to detail, organization, problem solving and decision making abilities and experience.

 

General Expectations:

The Director of Premium Stewardship & Events is responsible for providing primary services and support for TCF Bank Stadium suites, indoor and outdoor club seating, Mariucci Arena Suites, Williams Arena Barn lofts, the club rooms of all three venues, and other areas used by premium seating patrons of The University of Minnesota. This position also oversees the sales, marketing, and managing of premium spaces and events within TCF Bank Stadium on non-game days throughout the calendar year. Responsible for the overall management and revenue growth of all fundraising events run by the Golden Gopher Fund office and assist with similar events hosted by Gopher Sports Properties. These fundraising events currently include golf tournaments, annual scholarship dinner and wine experience event. This position will also manage donor or sponsor travel with any of our athletics squad during the regular season and post-season events. Assist in the overall management of various premium seating and suite sales, agreement contracts and payments.

Assist in the coordination of all game day activities related to premium seating at University of Minnesota venues including but not limited to; security staff, ticketing, catering/concessions, facilities maintenance, and guest services. Manage, create and execute various stewardship initiatives for donors and premium seating participants. Coordinate various special events under the direction of Athletic Development Office. This position will differentiate and coordinate the needs of both Gopher Sports Properties and the Golden Gopher Fund and their respective clients, making the goal of customer satisfaction the number one priority. In addition, this position will act as a liaison with the leverage of revenue for all stakeholders, thereby ensuring the maximum revenue generation for both the University of Minnesota and Gopher Sports Properties. This position will work extensively with the annual giving program by assisting in the coordination of premium seat patron's allocation and parking benefits. Candidates must have the ability to

work evenings and weekends on a regular basis.  

 

Job expectations include:

1. Embraces the Mission, Value & Vision statement of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and its accompanying values and commitments.

2. Establish and nurture an environment that actively acknowledges and values diversity.

3. Adheres to the rules and regulations of the University, the Big Ten Conference and the NCAA; commits to reporting any Big Ten or NCAA violations involving the University of Minnesota to departmental compliance personnel.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Maintains all related contracts and handles the billing for the leasing of these premium seating spaces, seat inventory and related ticketing.

2. Coordinates the service needs related to all leased premium seating spaces, including parking, concierge service, catering, and game-day amenities.

3. Hires, trains and supervises suite and club seat attendants who serve clientele utilizing leased premium seating spaces.

4. Acts as liaison with caterer(s) for game days in all premium seating patron areas.

5. Acts as liaison with Athletics Facilities Office for upkeep and repair of leased TCF Bank Stadium premium seating areas.

6. Develops annual plan for game-day amenities and oversees implementation (e.g., photos, special offers, theme menus).

7. Troubleshoots patron issues and needs. Works in partnership with Athletics event management staff.

8. Assists with other special events hosted by the Department of Athletics, such as banquets, receptions, VIP events, tournaments, championships and donor events.

9. Assists in the selling of remaining premium seating spaces (suites, club seats, stadium club space).

10. Develops and monitors the budget associated with all TCF Bank Stadium Premium Seating and Club Room areas.

11. Assists the Ticket Office in the assignment or upgrading of season tickets to premium seating patrons.

12. Become knowledgeable of all sponsorship opportunities in order to maximize revenue with clients.

13. Performs other duties as assigned.  

 

Program/Unit Description

The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, will be hiring a Director of Premium Seating Stewardship and Events.

Gopher Athletics offers 25 NCAA sponsored Division I sports and participates in the Big Ten and WCHA conferences.

 

The Department's mission reads: To serve as a window to the University in an environment of integrity and equity that enables student-athletes to achieve excellence in their academic and athletic pursuits. Gopher Athletics' vision is to be the model Division I program in the country and has adopted four core values that guide decisions and behaviors in ongoing efforts to fulfill the mission and vision: (1) a confident and humble pride, (2) integrity in our words and deeds, (3) respect for the dignity of ALL stakeholders, and

(4) loyalty built on honest and

trusting relationship.  

 

Application Instructions

 

To apply for the Director of Premium Seating Stewardship and Events, apply online via the Employment System at

https://employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=79115

 

Attach a cover letter, resume and names/phone numbers of three references.

Review of applications will begin March 23, 2009. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

 

Salary is expected to be in the range of $50K's to $60K's annually, commensurate with experience.

 

For more information on Gopher Athletics go to gophersports.com.  

 

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Ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:

 

• Self motivated, hard working and passionate individual who is looking to flourish in a growing company located in the western suburbs.

• Creative individual with strong desire for generating new ideas, especially as it relates to digital and emerging marketing trends.

• Excellent communication, relationship building and interpersonal skills, along with being highly organized.

• Leadership and strategic problem solving skills.

Please send your resume to jmorgan@synmp.com

 

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