Sunday, February 21, 2010

Today's Resume


People used to apply to jobs by going to an interview for a company and bringing them their resumes. That is still mainly the case, but there is a twist, and that is personal branding. You can post your resume on multiple sites online and firms will contact you if they conduct a search and your resume meets their criteria.

We do personal branding without even knowing it sometimes. It's in who you are friends with on facebook and LinkedIn. What interests you list, and how you interact with people online is apart of your brand.


You can connect with others based on how you brand yourself. You can even brand yourself on the relationship sites like eharmony. The internet has allowed people to show people they have never met who they are. Are you proud of the brand you have created for yourself? Are you aware of how people of viewing you by viewing your social media accounts??

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2 comments:

  1. Yeah, I think a lot of College seniors are starting to worry a little bit about the brand that they've created for themselves in the social media arena. I've definitely had a few friends go on Facebook purging streaks to get rid of things that could tamper with their personal brand.

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  2. Facebook is definitely something that could screw up someone's brand, which is why you always have to be careful about what you put on the internet. With the media growing through the internet, we need to learn to adjust our lives to deal with the mass amount of information found on the internet. People can find jobs, employees, and network over the internet. It is so easy. We just need to remember to keep our private lives private on the web.

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