One of the things I am learning throughout this job search phase of my life is that I must be good at marketing myself if I am ever going to convince someone else to hire me. It is a competitive market out there and if I don't have something that others don't, I will be jobless forever.
So lately, I have been racking my brain trying to figure out how to add a little pizazz to my resume and draw some attention to my hard work, experience, and education. I recently visited a blog that was super duper adorable. I saw on the right of the blog that the blogger had her resume, portfolio, and published work as links on her blog page. Uh, DUH!!! What a great idea!!! So I googled "Resume hosting sites" and found a page that showed "the top 5 free resume hosting sites."
These host sites allow you to create a resume using their templates. I decided to go with Lead You because I liked the more non-traditional look. The process was very easy. You just create a username and password, choose a template, fill in your personal information, add the resume elements you want to include, and voila! Click "DONE!"
Not only can I now post my resume to my blog, I can email it, share it, post it to facebook AND my friends & family can also send it to others as well!
The good thing about this format is that YOU can provide feedback if something on my resume needs revising or if I have a spelling error that I missed.
*Note: IF YOU SEE A SPELLING ERROR OR YOU THINK SOMETHING IS WORDED FUNNY PLEASE TELL ME!!! I can't stress how open I am to constructive criticism regarding my resume. If I am overlooking something it may be the difference between an interview and getting my resume tossed! So please, BRING IT!!
Hopefully sharing these cool tools will give me some good job search Karma and won't simply give someone else the advantage over me!!
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In the 2nd paragraph, I think you meant to say "hard worK", not "hard word". Just because you asked for feedback, even though it's not on your resume. ;-)
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
It seems like you are listing things in reverse chronological order, so perhaps you should list your education that way, too. Otherwise, looks great! Thanks for giving me something to look at other than these darn papers I have to write!
ReplyDeleteIUP?! I didn't know this! My sister almost transferred there in about 1994.
Thanks!! I definitely don't mean "hard word!" That would be an odd thing to want to market ;-)
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