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I’ve Got a LinkedIn Profile – Now What?

August 3, 2010  |  Posted By: Jessica Hernandez  |  Posted in LinkedIn

If you’re currently searching for a job, LinkedIn offers a free and easy way to create a presence for yourself online.  While some people think of the site as simply another place to post their resumes, it offers many other career promotion tools as well.  For example: Start a reading list LinkedIn is not a [...]

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How To Stand Out As An Intern…Sort Of.

June 28, 2010  |  Posted By: Trevor Wilson  |  Posted in Youtube

Want to stand out as an intern? Try rapping about your company’s products. Seriously. It worked for this guy… Now here’s the million-dollar question. Would you rather land a full time job because of your hard work and dedication? Or because of your 15 minutes of fame after getting posted on Mashable? Discuss.

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Mastering Proper Networking Techniques

June 18, 2010  |  Posted By: Trevor Wilson  |  Posted in Finding Contacts

There’s a great article on Career Solvers called Why Networking Gets a Bad Rap and What to Do About It which provides information on how to “properly” network when looking for a job. It also has some excellent tips on how to be more effective while networking. Among my favorite advice: …when you network you [...]

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Using Facebook In Your Job Search

June 17, 2010  |  Posted By: Trevor Wilson  |  Posted in Facebook

I’ve long maintained that Facebook can cause more harm than good when it comes to your job search. However, that doesn’t mean that it can’t be useful. To get a better handle on how Facebook can be used to help you land a job, I’d recommend watching Alison Doyle’s video How to Job Search on [...]

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