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CAREER INSURANCE: INCREASE JOB SECURITY IN A TOUGH ECONOMY

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:38:53 +0000

MP3 download - approximately 60min, 55.7MB Much advice is being bandied about on how to stay employed and avoid a downsizing. The top suggestion always boils down to “work hard and do a good job”. Well, it is far too late for that if the firing list is being compiled. Further, shouldn’t we be doing that already? Good work is a given, but what are some actions to take to help insure your job security or at the least be prepared when the severance check arrives at your desk?

BLOGS AS CAREER ACCESSORIES

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:38:53 +0000

MP3 download - approximately 50 min, 22.7 MB

It was in the last century a plain, simple, one-page resume would get you your next job if you weren’t wedded to a company until pension and retirement. Now websites like visualcv.com are devoted to making it easy to present yourself in print, sound, photo and video, the bar is now officially raised. Using blogs, podcasts and v-blogs as job search and career management tools is beyond unavoidable, as they’re a given.

LEVERAGING LINKEDIN: THE INS AND OUTS

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:38:53 +0000

MP3 download - approximately 50 min, 23.6MB

Most people assume that if they build their resume profile on Linkedin then recruiters and hiring managers will just come to them. You can spend a long time waiting to be found in a down economy when recruiting slows. Anyways, this is actually not the optimal use of Linkedin. Beyond a litany of your work history and professional experience Linkedin has other features to enhance networking and has added online applications enabling a robust, multi-faceted view of your professional abilities. Where do you begin and how to you get a jump on maximizing the existing services and the nifty new tools?

BECOME A THOUGHT LEADER USING SOCIAL MEDIA

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:38:53 +0000

MP3 download - approximately 50 min, 22.4 MB

Career competition in a global economy requires that an executive be well positioned and high profile to be considered for the best opportunities with a minimum expenditure of energy and dedication of resources. With the rise of Web 2.0, professional branding, and self-marketing is enhanced using blogs, vlogs, podcasts, micro-blogs, and other tools. This overview will give you the in's and out's of these tools to build professional recognition, subject matter expertise, visibility as a knowledge leader, and intellectual status in a specific sector or industry.

FACEBOOK & TWITTER FOR JOB SEARCH AND NETWORKING

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:38:53 +0000

MP3 download - approximately 45 min, 20.7MB

Facebook is often written off as a place to find and connect with friends and acquaintances. The perception of Facebook is that of being fun, and frivolity rather than a serious, business-like Linkedin. Facebook is just not a pretty face without substance for career growth. Twitter seems little more than instant messaging to the many with its 140 character micro-blogging posts. Twitter is perceived as a tool to update others on the day-to-day mundane of life, political polemics or wonky technical exchanges, but its true possibilities are just beginning to be realized by job seekers and networkers. Twitter is more than following Paul Krugman and Tom Friedman or having Karl Rove follow you!