Resume Blogging: The New Job Search

This blog entry was posted on February 8, 2008.

Your resume blog is a great way of publishing your work portfolio to the widest group of potential employers. Your resume blog allows you to avoid the crowded job boards and employers can come to you. Web 2.0 technology puts your resume in front of the world and run your personal blog marketing campaign.

The information you present will be scooped up by the search engines and become available for searches. This increases the chance that some potential employer might randomly come across you when they are looking for a new key employee..

So what should you include in your resume blog?

1. Blogging Platform: The hosted solutions are the simplest and easiest to launch. There are free hosted solutions such as blogger.com or WordPress.com. Typepad is available for a modest subscription price.
2. Design: Choose a design that is unique, clean and professional. The design you choose will give that important first impression. Most of the hosted solutions allow you to customize the top banner.
3. Specialty: If you have a specialty, identify it. Come up with a tagline and include it in the top banner.
4. About Me: This is a compelling yet brief story about you. Include a photo of yourself to help readers connect with you. Tell your story in an informal style so that you can better brand yourself. Include how they can contact you.
5. Resume: Include a printable version of your resume. This could be in a PDF, a word version or an HTML version. Make it easy for your visitor.
6. Testimonials: This allows others to talk about you and is more compelling than you saying these things. Use testimonials in lieu of posting references.
7. Postings: This is the meat of your blog. What to write about? Include stories about your work experience, skills, career stories, education, training, major projects or special accomplishments. Writing these stories out will embed them in your mind and make it easier to recount during an interview.

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